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The results are in and here is the list:
39 – The Colour of Magic (445)
38 – The Light Fantastic (439)
37 – Eric (438)
36 – Making Money – (424)
35 – Unseen Academicals (417)
34 – Sourcery (380)
33 – Wintersmith (351)
32 – Monstrous Regiment (346)
31 – Moving Pictures (344)
30 – The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents (343)
29 – The Last Hero (332)
28 – I Shall Wear Midnight ( 328)
27 – Soul Music (325)
26 – The Last Continent (324)
25 – Equal Rites (321)
24 – Pyramids (312)
23 – Mort (304)
22 – A Hat Full of sky (301)
21 – Snuff (285)
20 – Interesting Times (278)
19 – The Wee Free Men ( 258)
18 – Reaper Man (251)
17 – Carpe Jugulum (249)
16 – Thief of Time (244)
15 – Hogfather (241)
14 – Going Postal (222)
13 – Witches Abroad (205)
12 – Men At Arms (203)
11 – Lords & Ladies (202)
10 – Thud! (201)
9 – Wyrd Sisters (200)
8 – Maskerade (186)
7 – Feet of Clay ( 182)
6 – The Truth (181)
5 – Small Gods ( 177)
4 – Guards! Guards (176)
3 – The Fifth Elephant (174)
2 – Jingo (151)
1 – Night Watch (73)
For those wanting to know how the list was worked out, please read on. To work out the results I added each books score up and the book with the lowest score would be the most popular and the book with the highest score would be the least popular; for example, if 10 people sent there list in and each one placed Thud at 39, the book would score 390 (10×39) and would be placed in last place and if the same 10 people placed Eric at number 1, the book would score 10 (10×1) and placed 1st. So I hope that makes sense, to keep the results fair only lists 100% completed were counted.
Full story and more details here: http://bricksandbooks.co.uk/2011/best-b ... e-results/
39 – The Colour of Magic (445)
38 – The Light Fantastic (439)
37 – Eric (438)
36 – Making Money – (424)
35 – Unseen Academicals (417)
34 – Sourcery (380)
33 – Wintersmith (351)
32 – Monstrous Regiment (346)
31 – Moving Pictures (344)
30 – The Amazing Maurice & His Educated Rodents (343)
29 – The Last Hero (332)
28 – I Shall Wear Midnight ( 328)
27 – Soul Music (325)
26 – The Last Continent (324)
25 – Equal Rites (321)
24 – Pyramids (312)
23 – Mort (304)
22 – A Hat Full of sky (301)
21 – Snuff (285)
20 – Interesting Times (278)
19 – The Wee Free Men ( 258)
18 – Reaper Man (251)
17 – Carpe Jugulum (249)
16 – Thief of Time (244)
15 – Hogfather (241)
14 – Going Postal (222)
13 – Witches Abroad (205)
12 – Men At Arms (203)
11 – Lords & Ladies (202)
10 – Thud! (201)
9 – Wyrd Sisters (200)
8 – Maskerade (186)
7 – Feet of Clay ( 182)
6 – The Truth (181)
5 – Small Gods ( 177)
4 – Guards! Guards (176)
3 – The Fifth Elephant (174)
2 – Jingo (151)
1 – Night Watch (73)
For those wanting to know how the list was worked out, please read on. To work out the results I added each books score up and the book with the lowest score would be the most popular and the book with the highest score would be the least popular; for example, if 10 people sent there list in and each one placed Thud at 39, the book would score 390 (10×39) and would be placed in last place and if the same 10 people placed Eric at number 1, the book would score 10 (10×1) and placed 1st. So I hope that makes sense, to keep the results fair only lists 100% completed were counted.
Full story and more details here: http://bricksandbooks.co.uk/2011/best-b ... e-results/
Good work and very interesting reading RJH. Thank you for taking the time and effort to do it! 
I know I didn't vote (there was no way I would be able to list all the books in order of preference) so my opinion shouldn't count for much (in the same way as people who don't vote in elections and then go on to criticize the government voted in.) I was, however, quite surprised to see "The Amazing Maurice" and "I Shall Wear Midnight" so low down on the list as I personally would have placed them much higher. Is it because, do you think, that they are considered as 'childrens books'? (hate that term, btw, and much prefer the description as 'young adult'.) :think:
I know I didn't vote (there was no way I would be able to list all the books in order of preference) so my opinion shouldn't count for much (in the same way as people who don't vote in elections and then go on to criticize the government voted in.) I was, however, quite surprised to see "The Amazing Maurice" and "I Shall Wear Midnight" so low down on the list as I personally would have placed them much higher. Is it because, do you think, that they are considered as 'childrens books'? (hate that term, btw, and much prefer the description as 'young adult'.) :think:
Nightwatch was my runner up but CoM & LF wasn't rock bottom because I generally 'mitigate' them as being conceptual scene-setting books that don't deserve to be castigated for being 'poorly written' (comparatively) because they had to do the pioneering so they don't come out bottom of the heap.
I think there is something in the 'young adult' factor - I'm not a Tiffany fan either though so those books I'm biased on straight off and, because they're not going to be so 'raw', I don't rate Maurice for instance quite as much as it's not so 'gritty' I suppose?
I think there is something in the 'young adult' factor - I'm not a Tiffany fan either though so those books I'm biased on straight off and, because they're not going to be so 'raw', I don't rate Maurice for instance quite as much as it's not so 'gritty' I suppose?
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For me, the results for the most part, align with my rankings.
TFE, my favorite, is 3rd.
Small Gods, which has moved to my top 5, is 5.
Thief of Time, also in my Top 5, was ranked lower than I'd expect.
None of the Rincewind books, all of which I hate, ranked higher than 20 and most were dead last, where they deserved to be.
My only major disagreement was that while Pyramids was appropriately ranked in the bottom 50%, it was still far too high at 24 (probably because Pooh voted 20 times. )
TFE, my favorite, is 3rd.
Small Gods, which has moved to my top 5, is 5.
Thief of Time, also in my Top 5, was ranked lower than I'd expect.
None of the Rincewind books, all of which I hate, ranked higher than 20 and most were dead last, where they deserved to be.
My only major disagreement was that while Pyramids was appropriately ranked in the bottom 50%, it was still far too high at 24 (probably because Pooh voted 20 times.
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