Okay, It Wasn’t That Hard Last Year

The Clarke Award shortlist is out so I am going to try and repeat my trick of predicting the winner.

• Europe In Autumn by Dave Hutchinson – 1/2
• Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel – 3/1
• The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August by Claire North – 3/1
• Memory Of Water by Emmi Itäranta – 6/1
• The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey – 9/1
• The Book Of Strange New Things by Michel Faber – 18/1

Incidentally, I reckon this is the best shortlist since 2011.