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Fiction Book Club The Fiction Book Club meets at 7pm on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings are offered online via Zoom, and registration is required. Visit our events calendar to register.
You may also register by calling 309.590.6168 or by visiting us in person at the library. New participants are welcome at any time! 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. |
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Anxious people : a novel
by Fredrik Backman
Taken hostage by a failed bank robber while attending an open house, eight anxiety-prone strangers--including a redemption-seeking bank director, two couples who would fix their marriages, and a plucky octogenarian--discover their unexpected common traits
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American spy : a novel
by Lauren Wilkinson
A Cold War FBI intelligence officer joins an undercover task force to seduce a revolutionary African Communist president she secretly admires and comes to love, in a story inspired by true events. A first novel.
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Passing
by Nella Larsen
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Crescent
by Diana Abu-Jaber
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Portrait of a thief : a novel
by Grace D. Li
A Chinese American art history major at Harvard, Will Chen is offered a (very illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless treasures China lost centuries ago and assembles a team of fellow students, chosen for their skills and loyalty, to help him on his missionand make history.
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Under the whispering door
by TJ Klune
After he dies, a curious and powerful being gives Wallace one week to cross over to the land of the dead, and Wallace, who finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life, sets about living a lifetime in seven days. 150,000 first printing.
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Belle Greene
by Alexandra Lapierre
Based on a true story, describes how a flamboyant, brilliant member of New York society hid the fact that she was the daughter of a famous black activist, in the new novel from the internationally best-selling author of Artemisia.
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The river : a novel
by Peter Heller
Two college students on a wilderness canoe trip find their survival skills and longtime best friendship tested by a wildfire, white-water hazards and two mysterious strangers. By the best-selling author of The Dog Stars.
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Eleanor & Park
by Rainbow Rowell
A first young adult novel by the author of Attachments follows the year-long, star-crossed romance between two 1980s high school misfits whose intelligence tells them that first loves almost never last but whose feelings prevent them from remaining as practical.
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Queen of the tiles
by Hanna Alkaf
When her late best friends formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again during the Scrabble competition, with cryptic messages suggesting that her death was no accident, Najwa Bakri, surrounded by suspects, must find out whos behind these mysterious posts. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The only good Indians : a novel
by Stephen Graham Jones
Four American Indian men, who shared a disturbing event during their youth, are hunted down years later by an entity bent on revenge that forces them to revisit the culture and traditions they left behind. 50,000 first printing.
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Join us for Book Ends on December 12, 2023, at 7pm
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