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The Great Reads Book Club meets the third Saturday of each month at 11 AM in both the library and on Zoom. For more information or access to the Zoom meeting, please visit the Great Reads Book Club page or contact the library. You will need to contact the library or a book club member for the password to access the Zoom meeting.

This list is being transitioned to our new catalog, where our ebooks and eaudio are listed alongside our print copies! Click here to view the Great Reads Book Club List.

There is no pressure… just a chance to share your opinions or listen in as others share theirs. Copies of each month’s title will be available at the front desk of the library for book club participants. You may also request a copy via the catalog. Many titles are also available in audiobook or large print editions. Please contact the library if you would like to join us! If you have questions, you can call the library at 507-537-7003 or email us at library@marshalllyonlibrary.org.

15 July 2023

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson - Alexandria Library
Format: Hardcover

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's...
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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, Madness, and the Fair that Changed America

Erik Larson
Format: Audiobook

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the co

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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson - Thorndike Press; Lrg Rep edition
Format: Book

[LARGE PRINT] A New York Times Bestseller, Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, A Library Journal Best Book of the Year -- Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth...

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18 August 2023

Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman

Little Wolves

Thomas Maltman - Soho Press
Format: Book

A tragic act of violence echoes through a small Minnesota town.

Set on the Minnesota prairie in the late 1980s during a drought season that’s pushing family farms to the brink, Little Wolves features the intertwining stories of a father searching for answers after his son commits...

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Little Wolves

Thomas Maltman - Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Large Print

[LARGE PRINT] An Indie Next Pick -- Set on the Minnesota prairie in the late 1980s during a drought that?s pushing family farms to the brink, Little Wolves features the intertwining stories of a father searching for answers after his son commits a heinous murder, and a pastor?s wife...

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Little Wolves

Thomas James Maltman - Blackstone Audiobooks
Format: Audiobook

Set on the Minnesota prairie in the late 1980s during a drought season that's pushing family farms to the brink, Little Wolves features the intertwining stories of a father searching for answers after his son commits a heinous murder, and a pastor's wife (and washed-out scholar...
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15 September 2023

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

The Kaiju Preservation Society

John Scalzi - Tor Books
Format: Hardcover

When COVID-19 sweeps through New York City, Jamie Gray is stuck as a dead-end driver for food delivery apps. That is, until Jamie makes a delivery to an old acquaintance, Tom, who works at what he calls "an animal rights organization." Tom's team needs a last-minute grunt...
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21 October 2023

When Blood Lies: A Sebastian St. Cyr mystery by C.S. Harris

When Blood Lies

C. S. Harris - Berkley
Format: Hardcover

March, 1815. The Bourbon King Louis XVIII has been restored to the throne of France, Napoleon is in exile on the isle of Elba, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife, Hero, have traveled to Paris in hopes of tracing his long-lost mother, Sophie, the errant Countess of Hendon....
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When blood lies

C S Harris - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

March 1815. The Bourbon King Louis XVIII has been restored to the throne of France, Napoléon is in exile on the isle of Elba, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, and his wife, Hero, have traveled to Paris in hopes of tracing his long-lost mother, Sophie, the errant Countess of Hendon....
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18 November 2023

The Searcher by Tana French

The Searcher: A Novel

Tana French - Viking
Format: Hardcover

A brilliant new work of suspense from "the most important crime novelist to emerge in the past 10 years." (Washington Post) Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising...
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The Searcher: A Novel

Tana French - Penguin Audio
Format: Audiobook

A spellbinding, propulsive new novel from the bestselling mystery writer who "is in a class by herself." (The New York Times) Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising...
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The Searcher: A Novel

Tana French - Random House Large Print
Format: Large Print

[LARGE PRINT] A spellbinding, propulsive new novel from the bestselling mystery writer who "is in a class by herself." (The New York Times) Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police...

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15 December 2023

Homecoming by Kate Morton

Homecoming: A Novel

Kate Morton - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover

The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a sweeping saga with a thrilling mystery at its heart tracing a shocking crime whose effects echo across continents and generations. Adelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching...
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Homecoming: A Novel

Kate Morton - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback

[LARGE PRINT] The highly anticipated new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Clockmaker's Daughter, a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generationsAdelaide Hills, Christmas Eve, 1959: At the end of a scorching...

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