Chautauqua Institution has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Chautauqua Prize, honoring "a book that provides a richly rewarding reading experience and to honor the author for a significant contribution to the literary arts":
Universality: A Novel by Natasha Brown (Random House)
Flashlight: A Novel by Susan Choi (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
O Sinners! A Novel by Nicole Cuffy (One World)
Old School Indian: A Novel by Aaron John Curtis (Zando - Hillman Grad Books)
Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd (Haymarket Books)
The River Is Waiting: A Novel by Wally Lamb (Scribner)
This Is Your Mother: A Memoir by Erika J. Simpson (Scribner)