2021 CLSC Selections

ReadiCLSC medallionng 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 2021 is "The People."

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China Dream By Ma Jian, Flora Drew (Translated by) Cover Image
By Ma Jian, Flora Drew (Translated by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9781640093867
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Published: Counterpoint - June 9th, 2020

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Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future By Elizabeth Kolbert Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593136270
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Published: Crown - February 9th, 2021

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Why Trust Science? (University Center for Human Values #54) By Naomi Oreskes Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9780691212265
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Published: Princeton University Press - April 6th, 2021

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Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future By James Shapiro Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780525522317
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Published: Penguin Books - March 9th, 2021

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Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525575337
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Published: Crown - July 27th, 2021

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Anxious People: A Novel By Fredrik Backman Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501160844
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Published: Washington Square Press - July 6th, 2021

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Your House Will Pay: A Novel By Steph Cha Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062868848
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Published: Ecco - July 28th, 2020

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The Riches of This Land: The Untold, True Story of America's Middle Class By Jim Tankersley Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781541767836
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Published: PublicAffairs - August 11th, 2020

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On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear By Lynn Casteel Harper Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781646220564
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Published: Catapult - April 13th, 2021

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Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit By Eliese Colette Goldbach Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781250239419
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Published: Flatiron Books - January 5th, 2021

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China Dream By Ma Jian, Flora Drew (Translated by) Cover Image
By Ma Jian, Flora Drew (Translated by)
$23.00
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ISBN: 9781640092402
Published: Counterpoint - May 7th, 2019

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Why Trust Science? (University Center for Human Values #1) By Naomi Oreskes, Ottmar Edenhofer (Contribution by), Jon Krosnick (Contribution by) Cover Image
By Naomi Oreskes, Ottmar Edenhofer (Contribution by), Jon Krosnick (Contribution by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9780691179001
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Published: Princeton University Press - October 22nd, 2019

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Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future By James Shapiro Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525522294
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Published: Penguin Press - March 10th, 2020

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Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr. Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525575320
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Published: Crown - June 30th, 2020

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Anxious People: A Novel By Fredrik Backman Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9781501160837
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Published: Atria Books - September 8th, 2020

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Your House Will Pay: A Novel By Steph Cha Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9780062868855
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Published: Ecco - October 15th, 2019

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On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear By Lynn Casteel Harper Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781948226288
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Published: Catapult - April 14th, 2020

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Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit By Eliese Colette Goldbach Cover Image
$27.99
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ISBN: 9781250239402
Published: Flatiron Books - March 3rd, 2020

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