Saratoga Reads Announces Top Five Books for Year 8
Published on Saturday, October 1, 2011 — 8:12 pm
Public vote to determine winner
Saratoga Reads has announced that out of some 75 titles nominated by the public for this year’s book of choice, five have been selected as finalists.
The winning title will be decided by public vote, with area residents having until October 31 to cast their ballots. The selected book will be announced on November 10.
Among the top five contenders are two novels, A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Eagan and Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier, and three nonfiction works—The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, The Invisible Gorilla by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, and Zeitoun by Dave Eggers.