Today the finalists for the 2010 Story Prize were announced, picked from a slate of 92 books nominated by 60 different publishers or imprints. The winner will receive a $20,000 prize and both of the runner-ups will receive a $5,000 prize.
Below, we’ve collected free samples of the nominated books. The winner will be revealed in a ceremony at New School’s Tishman Auditorium in New York City at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 21.
The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo (Scribner)
We Others by Steven Millhauser (Alfred A. Knopf)
Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman (Lookout Books)