2022 Chautauqua Prize Shortlist

2022 CHQ Prize Finalist bookstackChautauqua Institution has announced ten exceptional books as the 2022 finalists for The Chautauqua Prize, now in its eleventh year. Read the full announcement on chq.org.

Congratulations to all the finalists!

(A note to CLSC members: remember that while the prize-winning selection counts toward graduation requirements, the rest of the list will not.  We're excited about all of them, though, and you should read them anyway!)

Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II By Daniel James Brown Cover Image

Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II (Paperback)

By Daniel James Brown
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525557425
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Published: Penguin Books - May 10th, 2022
Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief By Victoria Chang Cover Image

Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief (Hardcover)

By Victoria Chang
$25.00
ISBN: 9781571313928
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Published: Milkweed Editions - October 12th, 2021
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Damnation Spring By Ash Davidson Cover Image

Damnation Spring (Paperback)

By Ash Davidson
$17.99
ISBN: 9781982144418
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Published: Scribner - May 3rd, 2022
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler By Rebecca Donner Cover Image

All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler (Hardcover)

By Rebecca Donner
$32.00
ISBN: 9780316561693
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - August 3rd, 2021
The Prophets By Robert Jones, Jr. Cover Image

The Prophets (Paperback)

By Robert Jones, Jr.
$18.00
ISBN: 9780593085691
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - February 8th, 2022
All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake By Tiya Miles Cover Image

All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake (Paperback)

By Tiya Miles
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984855015
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - February 1st, 2022
Hell of a Book: National Book Award Winner and A Read with Jenna Pick (A Novel) By Jason Mott Cover Image

Hell of a Book: National Book Award Winner and A Read with Jenna Pick (A Novel) (Hardcover)

By Jason Mott
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593330968
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Published: Dutton - June 29th, 2021
Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft By Samantha Silva Cover Image

Love and Fury: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft (Hardcover)

By Samantha Silva
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250159113
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Published: Flatiron Books - May 25th, 2021
The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights By Dorothy Wickenden Cover Image

The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights (Paperback)

By Dorothy Wickenden
$18.99
ISBN: 9781476760742
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Published: Scribner - February 22nd, 2022
Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories By Hilma Wolitzer Cover Image

Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories (Hardcover)

By Hilma Wolitzer
$26.00
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ISBN: 9781635577624
Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - August 31st, 2021