Lock Your Doors: A True Crime Book Club
 
Whether you're a long-time true crime reader, a devoted ID television channel watcher, or you just discovered the genre recently through podcasts, Lock Your Doors is the book club for you. Join us for a discussion of some fascinating and disturbing crimes in this new quarterly book club. 
 
2025 Meetings are hybrid; meet in person at the library in the Conference Room or online via Zoom.  
Registration is required to receive the Zoom link: meeting time is 7-8 pm.

Visit our events calendar to register.
You may also register by calling 309.590.6168 or by visiting us in person at the library.
 
To reserve a print copy of the next title to be discussed, contact the Adult Services Desk by phone at 309.590.6168 or by email to reference@bloomingtonlibrary.org. Digital copies of each title (eBook or eAudiobook) may also be available through the Libby or Hoopla Apps.

2024-2025
September 23, 2024

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement
by Paula Yoo

An account of the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin shares insights into how a miscarriage of justice in the wake of a hate crime rallied the Asian-American community throughout a groundbreaking civil rights trial. By the award-winning author of Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds. Simultaneous eBook.
December 16, 2024
Bitter Harvest
by Ann Rule

Journeys inside the twisted mind of a killer, Dr. Debora Green, after the cancer specialist was arrested for the arson murders of two of her three children and the attempted poisoning of her estranged husband

2025
February 24, 2025
Long haul : hunting the highway serial killers
by Frank Figliuzzi

Based on his own on-the-ground research and drawing on his 25-year career as an FBI special agent, the author takes us along America's highways and interstates where at least 850 homicides have been linked to long-haul truck drivers, which caused the FBI to open a special unit, the Highway Serial Killings initiative.

June 23, 2025
Liliana's invincible summer : a sister's search for justice
by Cristina Rivera Garza

The award-winning Mexican author recounts the story of her younger sister's murder by an abusive ex-boyfriend and her struggles to come to terms with the pain of a life cut short. Illustrations.
August 5, 2025- JOINT PROGRAM WITH HISTORY READS
Reasonable Doubt : A Shocking Story of Lust and Murder in the American Heartland
by Steve Vogel

The History Reads Book Club and True Crime Book Club are pleased to host an evening talk with Steve Vogel - author of Reasonable Doubt: A Shocking Story or Lust and Murder in the American Heartland. 
Although this evening is hosted by two of the library's book clubs, anyone can participate. 
Copies of this book will be available to read before this program. Reading the book is encouraged but is not required.
December 15th, 2025
The league of lady poisoners : illustrated true stories of dangerous women
by Lisa Perrin

"This lavishly illustrated book by Lisa Perrin introduces more than 25 infamous women poisoners, exploring the circumstances and skill sets that led them to lives of crime. Learn about popular poisons throughout history and their deadly effects, and explore the common motives that drove these women to commit their dastardly deeds. You might find yourself rooting for some of them-like Sally Bassett, who helped poison her granddaughter's enslavers in Bermuda, or the Angel Makers of Nagyrâev, who helped women get rid of their abusive husbands. Other stories, though-including that of Yiya Murano, one of Argentina's most notorious swindlers and serial killers, or the terrifying Nurse Jane Toppan-may prove less palatable"

Book Club Kits
The Bloomington Public Library has collected multiple copies of recent bestsellers and other popular titles and created Book Discussion Kits that may be checked out by book discussion groups.
Each kit has between six and 15 copies of a title and can be checked out for up to eight weeks at a time. You may check out up to two Book Discussion Kits at a time. Book Discussion Kits may not be renewed.
In our online catalog, search the phrase book club kit for a list of titles. This list can also can be found by clicking HERE.
 
 
 

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