Here are the voting results for the next series of LAVA discussion books.  The vote was based on this list of candidates.  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 seven books will go into the LAVA schedule and the most popular of the remaining books will be eligible for next year’s vote.  12 people participated in the voting process. 

Lab Girl	8.0
Killers of the Flower Moon	7.8
Bellvue	7.7
The Essex Serpent	7.5
Cutting for Stone	7.4
The Children Act	7.3
Burial Rites	7.1
Brain on Fire	7.0
Hero of the Empire	7.0
The Warmth of Other Suns	7.0
Year of Wonders	6.9
Lincoln in the Bardo	6.8
Fates and Furies	6.8
Mount Allegro	6.8
Commonwealth	6.6
Remains of the Day	6.6
The Narrow Road to the Deep North	6.4
The Road	6.2
The Tiger's Wife	6.0
Middlemarch	6.0
Bringing Nature Home	5.4
Americanah	5.0