The 2014 Constant Reader Awards (CRAs) are now underway, with Round 1 polls opening each Wednesday and Friday from March 19 until April 30. Each poll will be open for 7 days and close automatically. Then the FAS (Final Average Score, an average of all received votes) will be calculated and posted at the end of the poll and updated here as well. The top 30 books (highlighted in green) will move on to Round 2, to begin on May 7.
Bracket 1: opened March 19- Carrie: rated 4 with 9 votes - FAS: 3.660000000 (73.20%)
- 'Salem's Lot: rated 5 with 10 votes - FAS: 4.277777778 (85.56%)
- The Shining: rated 5 with 10 votes - FAS: 4.461538462 (89.23%)
- Rage: rated 3.5 with 7 votes - FAS: 3.204545455 (64.09%)
- Night Shift: rated 4/3.5 with 7 votes - FAS: 3.928571429 (78.57%)
Bracket 2: opened March 21- The Stand: rated 5 with 20 votes - FAS: 4.826923077 (96.54%)
- The Long Walk: rated 5 with 15 votes - FAS: 4.640000000 (92.80%)
- The Dead Zone: rated 5/4.5 with 6 votes - FAS: 3.978260870 (79.57%)
- Firestarter: rated 4 with 9 votes - FAS: 3.714285714 (74.29%)
- Roadwork: rated 4/3.5 with 6 votes - FAS: 3.571428571 (71.43%)
Bracket 3: opened March 26
Bracket 4: opened March 28- Christine: rated 4 with 8 votes - FAS: 4.289473684 (85.79%)
- Pet Sematary: rated 5/4 with 9 votes - FAS: 4.326923077 (86.54%)
- Cycle of the Werewolf: rated 3 with 5 votes - FAS: 3.323529412 (66.47%)
- The Talisman: rated 4.5 with 6 votes - FAS: 4.150000000 (83.00%)
- Thinner: rated 4 with 5 votes - FAS: 3.441176471 (68.82%)
Bracket 5: opened April 2
Bracket 6: opened April 4
Bracket 7: opened April 9
Bracket 8: opened April 11
Bracket 9: opened April 16
Bracket 10: opened April 18
Bracket 11: opened April 23
Bracket 12: opened April 25- Blaze: rated 4 with 9 votes - FAS: 3.769230769 (75.38%)
- Duma Key: rated 4.5 with 11 votes - FAS: 4.478260870 (89.57%)
- Just After Sunset: rated 3.5 with 9 votes - FAS: 3.521739130 (70.43%)
- Under the Dome: rated 4.5 with 8 votes - FAS: 4.145833333 (82.92%)
- Blockade Billy: rated 3 with 7 votes - FAS: 3.119047619 (62.38%)
Bracket 13: opened April 30
Overall Round 1 Standings
Top thirty books are promoted to Round 2 (books highlighted in grey are eliminated)
- The Stand - 4.826923077 (96.54%)
- It - 4.709677419 (94.19%)
- The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands - 4.673076923 (93.46%)
- The Long Walk - 4.640000000 (92.80%)
- The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three - 4.603448276 (92.07%)
- The Green Mile - 4.590909091 (91.82%)
- Different Seasons - 4.547619048 (90.95%)
- Black House - 4.500000000 (90.00%)
- Duma Key - 4.478260870 (89.57%)
- Misery - 4.462962963 (89.26%)
- The Shining - 4.461538462 (89.23%)
- 11/22/63 - 4.437500000 (88.75%)
- The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla - 4.347826087 (86.96%)
- Pet Sematary - 4.326923077 (86.54%)
- Joyland - 4.312500000 (86.25%)
- Christine - 4.289473684 (85.79%)
- 'Salem's Lot - 4.277777778 (85.56%)
- Desperation - 4.195652174 (83.91%)
- Skeleton Crew - 4.187500000 (83.75%)
- The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower - 4.173076923 (83.46%)
- The Talisman - 4.150000000 (83.00%)
- Under the Dome - 4.145833333 (82.92%)
- The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass - 4.120000000 (82.40%)
- The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - 4.060000000 (81.20%)
- Needful Things - 4.045454545 (80.91%)
- The Dead Zone - 3.978260870 (79.57%)
- The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole - 3.954545455 (79.09%)
- Night Shift - 3.928571429 (78.57%)
- Four Past Midnight - 3.886363636 (77.73%)
- Cell - 3.884615385 (77.69%)
- Full Dark, No Stars - 3.863636364 (77.27%)
- Insomnia - 3.807692308 (76.15%)
- Bag of Bones - 3.791666667 (75.83%)
- Dolores Claiborne - 3.785714286 (75.71%)
- The Dark Half - 3.782608696 (75.65%)
- Hearts in Atlantis - 3.775000000 (75.50%)
- Danse Macabre - 3.772727273 (75.45%)
- Blaze - 3.769230769 (75.38%)
- Everything's Eventual - 3.761904762 (75.24%)
- From a Buick 8 - 3.750000000 (75.00%)
- Doctor Sleep - 3.739130435 (74.78%)
- Cujo - 3.725000000 (74.50%)
- Firestarter - 3.714285714 (74.29%)
- The Eyes of the Dragon - 3.708333333 (74.17%)
- Carrie - 3.660000000 (73.20%)
- The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah - 3.630434783 (72.61%)
- The Running Man - 3.619047619 (72.38%)
- Roadwork - 3.571428571 (71.43%)
- Rose Madder - 3.550000000 (71.00%)
- Nightmares & Dreamscapes - 3.547619048 (70.95%)
- Just After Sunset - 3.521739130 (70.43%)
- On Writing - 3.500000000 (70.00%)
- The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - 3.476190476 (69.52%)
- Thinner - 3.441176471 (68.82%)
- Faithful - 3.375000000 (67.50%)
- Cycle of the Werewolf - 3.323529412 (66.47%)
- The Tommyknockers - 3.250000000 (65.00%)
- Rage - 3.204545455 (64.09%)
- The Colorado Kid - 3.150000000 (63.00%)
- Blockade Billy - 3.119047619 (62.38%)
- Dreamcatcher - 3.095238095 (61.90%)
- The Regulators - 3.090909091 (61.82%)
- Storm of the Century - 3.000000000 (60.00%)
- Gerald's Game - 2.909090909 (58.18%)
- Lisey's Story - 2.780000000 (55.60%)