The 2026 One Book - One Lincoln 3 finalist selections

About this episode

Alyssa Deal discusses the finalist selections for the 2026 One Book - One Lincoln project.

One Book - One Lincoln has been a community reading project for 25 years. Alyssa Deal, the chair of their selection committee joins host Pat Leach this week to talk about the 3 books readers can vote for.

People in this episode

Host: Pat Leach

Guest: Alyssa Deal

Topics covered

• community reading
• book selection
• literature
• voting
• local events

Keywords

• One Book - One Lincoln
• Alyssa Deal
• Pat Leach
• book voting
• community project

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Book - One Lincoln

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