Feb 2, 2011. Here are the voting results for the next series of LAVA discussion books. The average vote for each book is at the right, with higher scores indicating increasing preference on a scale of 1 to 10. The first nine books will go into the LAVA schedule and the most popular of the remaining books will be eligible for next year’s vote. Books in italics are longer books that were reserved for our summer reading. 19 people participated in the voting.

Candidate	Average vote

Devil in the White City	8.4
Never Let Me Go	8.0
Too Close to the Falls	8.0
Here If You Need Me	7.6
Henrietta Lacks	7.6
Other Side of the Bridge	7.3
Guernsey	7.3
People of the Book	7.2
Kavalier & Clay	7.1

History of Love	6.5
How To Read Literature	6.5
Hot, Flat, and Crowded	6.1
The Secret Scripture	6.0
The Tortilla Curtain	6.0
Half of a Yellow Sun	6.0
Team of Rivals	5.8
Cutting for Stone	5.8
Wolf Hall	5.5
The Big House	5.4
Battle Cry for Freedom	5.2
Seven Storey Mountain	5.1
Pigs in Heaven	5.0