2018 CLSC Selections

Reading together since 1878, the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle has remained a leader in adult education through quality programming.

Each summer, the CLSC chooses at least nine books of literary quality and invites the authors to Chautauqua present their work to an audience of approximately 1,000 readers.

The CLSC is organized under a vertical theme each year, which is meant to help readers connect the books with a uniting element.  The theme for 2018 is “Disruption.”

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Olio By Tyehimba Jess Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9781940696201
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Published: Wave Books - April 5th, 2016

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The Signal Flame: A Novel By Andrew Krivak Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501126383
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Published: Scribner - September 12th, 2017

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Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder By Caroline Fraser Cover Image
$35.00
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ISBN: 9781627792769
Published: Metropolitan Books - November 21st, 2017

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The Changeling: A Novel By Victor LaValle Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812985870
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Published: One World - March 6th, 2018

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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel By Amor Towles Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780670026197
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Published: Viking - September 6th, 2016

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Other Russias By Victoria Lomasko Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780997031843
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Published: N+1 Books - March 1st, 2017

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Call Me Zebra By Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781328505866
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Published: Mariner Books - February 5th, 2019

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Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century By Jessica Bruder Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9780393249316
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 19th, 2017

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The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father By Kao Kalia Yang Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781250131881
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Published: Picador - May 9th, 2017

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The Broken Country: On Trauma, a Crime, and the Continuing Legacy of Vietnam By Paisley Rekdal Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9780820351179
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Published: University of Georgia Press - September 15th, 2017

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Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of US Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan By Doug Stanton Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781416580522
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Published: Scribner - May 11th, 2010

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A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel By Amor Towles, Nicholas Guy Smith (Read by) Cover Image
$50.00
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ISBN: 9780735288522
Published: Penguin Audio - September 6th, 2016

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