Feb 2, 2010. Here are the voting results for LAVA discussion books for the period from April 2010 to April 2011. 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 eight books will go into the 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. 18 people participated in the voting.
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Loving Frank |
8.3 |
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The Elegance of the Hedgehog |
7.9 |
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Unaccustomed Earth |
7.2 |
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Olive Kitteridge |
6.9 |
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Netherland |
6.8 |
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The House on Fortune Street |
6.8 |
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Eventide |
6.8 |
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Connected |
6.7 |
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The Glass Castle |
6.6 |
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People of the Book |
6.6 |
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society |
6.5 |
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How to Read Literature |
6.4 |
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Battle Cry for Freedom |
6.2 |
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Half of a Yellow Sun |
6.2 |
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The Other Side of the Bridge |
6.1 |
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Seven Story Mountain |
6.1 |
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Team of Rivals |
6.1 |
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The Big House |
6.1 |
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Here If You Need Me |
6.1 |
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded |
6.1 |
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Marie Antoinette |
5.8 |
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The Sheltering Sky |
5.8 |
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The World to Come |
5.3 |
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The Master |
5.1 |
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American Pastoral |
4.4 |
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A World Made by Hand |
4.3 |
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao |
4.2 |