CHAUTAUQUA BOOKSTORE

Welcome to the Chautauqua Bookstore

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Chautauqua Bookstore is currently open 9-5 daily
We will be closed Thanksgiving Day

At present, we are not accepting cash, are not selling newspapers, and are requiring masks. Please view this page for a full list of our current limitations, health and safety requirements, and further plans.

We are working in coordination with other Chautauqua Institution facilities to contain the spread of coronavirus. Updates on the CHQ response to COVID-19 can be found at covid-19.chq.org.

Curbside pickup is available! (The current pickup window is between 4-5pm daily --more detailed shipping & pickup information is available here).

Thank you for your support. Be well!

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Dedicated to the exploration of the best in human values and the enrichment of life.

Recent & Upcoming CHQ Program Reads!

In the Country of Women: A Memoir Cover Image

Tehran Children: A Holocaust Refugee Odyssey Cover Image

Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own Cover Image

The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? Cover Image

We have a special offer for you!

Right now, we're offering Barack Obama's A Promised Land at 20% off!

November's CHQ Mirror Reading Circle Selection Announced

November's CHQ Mirror Project reading selection is Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own.

Register for a Reading Circle Discussion Session here.

Just Restocked -- Jeweled Miller Bell Tower Gifts!

Chautauqua Calls for Nominations

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Previous Winners:

Out of Darkness, Shining Light: A Novel Cover Image

All the Names They Used for God: Stories Cover Image

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir Cover Image

Off the Radar: A Father's Secret, a Mother's Heroism, and a Son's Quest Cover Image

Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis Cover Image

Pine Box Tees Just Restocked!

These embroidered, 100% cotton, pigment dyed shirts have proven to be one of this year's favorites.
All sizes are back in stock!

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The Case of What To Read Next -- solved!

Fall is the perfect time to pick up a mystery -- catch up with Mimi Goldman's latest case in the Chautauqua Murder Mysteries by Deb Pines.

Crooked Paths: A Chautauqua Murder Mystery (#7)

New CHQ Mirror Reading Circle Selection

October's CHQ Mirror Project reading selection is Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Register for a Reading Circle Discussion Session here.

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy #2) Cover Image

"Squeeze your eyes closed, as tight as you can, and think of all your favorite autumns, crisp and perfect, all bound up together like a stack of cards."

― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

It's officially Fall! The days are getting shorter; all the better to spend an evening curled up with a new book. Check out these September releases, in stock now.

When No One Is Watching: A Thriller Cover Image

The Book of Two Ways: A Novel Cover Image

The Silvered Serpents (The Gilded Wolves #2) Cover Image

Transcendent Kingdom: A novel Cover Image

The Evening and the Morning (Kingsbridge #4) Cover Image

Don't wait!

Right now, we're offering The Tyranny of Merit for 20% off in conjunction with upcoming programs with Michael J. Sandel at CHQ Assembly. Check it out below!

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