[EM] Guardian 100 Best Novels

[Ross Hyman]

The Guardian's 100 Best Novels
https://www.theguardian.com/books/ng-interactive/2026/may/12/the-100-best-novels-of-all-time
inlcudes 172 ballots ranking voters' 10 favorite novels.  I think it
would be interesting to use different voting methods on this ballot
set..

The method the Guardian used to determine their l00 novel list from
the ballots is very mysterious to me.

They state "We scored the titles according to how often they were
voted for, and then added a weighting based on individual rankings to
produce the overall list of 100 greatest books."

I played around and could not find anything that fit this vague
description and would produce the presented list.

For example, My Antonia in 100th place is ranked on 4 ballots while
99, The Go-Between is ranked on 3. So rankings are not just being used
to break approval ties.

Then look at 89 The Left Hand of Darkness, also ranked on 4 ballots.
But Antonia at 100 is higher ranked on its four ballots than Darkness
is on its four.

What is their formula?

 Best,
Ross