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One Book | One Minnesota is a statewide book club that invites Minnesotans of all ages to read a common title and come together virtually to enjoy, reflect and discuss.
Prior to the statewide author discussion, each book will be available on Ebooks Minnesota in ebook format, free to access for anyone in Minnesota. Audiobook versions are also sometimes available.
Links to resources and more information can be found at thefriends.org/onebook.
One Book | One Minnesota is presented by The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library, as the Minnesota Center for the Book, in partnership with State Library Services and sponsored by Spire Credit Union. Program partners also include Candlewick Press; Council of Regional Public Library System Administrators; Minitex; and the Minnesota Department of Education. This program is made possible in part by the State of Minnesota through a grant to the Minnesota Center for the Book through the Minnesota Department of Education.
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Eighth Chapter - Summer 2022
Iron Lake is available in ebook and digital audio through Ebooks Minnesota through September 4th.
Join author William Kent Krueger for a discussion via Zoom at 7 pm on August 11th. Register for the free conversation at thefriends.org.
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Iron Lake
William Kent Krueger
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William Kent Krueger joined the ranks of today's best suspense novelists with this thrilling, universally acclaimed debut. Conjuring "a sense of place he's plainly honed firsthand in below-zero prairie" (Kirkus Reviews) , Krueger brilliantly evokes northern Min |
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Iron Lake
William Kent Krueger - Atria
Format: Hardcover
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Part Irish, part Native American, Corcoran "Cork" O'Connor puts aside his grudge against the small Minnesota town that rejected him as a sheriff to investigate a sinister conspiracy responsible for the murder of the local judge. A first novel. |
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Iron Lake
William Kent Krueger - Recorded Books; Unabridged Edition edition
Format: Audio CD
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Cork O'Connor loses his job as sheriff in small town Aurora, Minnesota, after being blamed for a tragedy on the local Anishinaabe Indian reservation. But he must set aside his personal demons when a young boy goes missing on the same day a judge commits suicide--and no one but O'Connor... |
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Iron Lake: A Cork O'Connor Mystery
William Kent Krueger - Thorndike Press
Format: Hardcover
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William Kent Krueger joined the ranks of today's best suspense novelists with this thrilling, universally acclaimed debut. Conjuring "a sense of place he's plainly honed firsthand in below-zero prairie" (Kirkus Reviews), Krueger brilliantly evokes northern Minnesota's... |
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Seventh Chapter - Spring 2022
The Seventh Chapter featured The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse, a middle-grade novel of adventure, peasants, and princesses.
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The Secret of Dreadwillow Carse
Brian Farrey - Algonquin Of Chapel Hill
Format: Print book
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A princess and a peasant girl must embark on a dangerous quest to outwit a centuries-old warning foretelling the fall of the Monarchy in this thrilling modern fairytale. In the center of the verdant Monarchy lies Dreadwillow Carse, a black and desolate bog that the happy people of the land... |
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Sixth Chapter - Winter 2021
The Sixth Chapter featured The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father, in which Kao Kalia Yang retells the life of her father, Bee Yang, the song poeta Hmong refugee in Minnesota, driven from the mountains of Laos by America’s Secret War.
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The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father
Kao Kalia Yang - Metropolitan Books
Format: Print book
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From the author of The Latehomecomer, a powerful memoir of her father, a Hmong song poet who sacrificed his gift for his children's future in AmericaIn the Hmong tradition, the song poet recounts the story of his people, their history and tragedies, joys and losses; extemporizing... |
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Fifth Chapter - Summer 2021
The Fifth Chapter featured Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon, a murder mystery featuring a young Ojibwe woman and set in Northern Minnesota during the Vietnam War. A recording of the virtual discussion is available here: https://youtu.be/7N_GDdauUcc
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Murder on the Red River
Marcie R Rendon - Cinco Puntos Press
Format: Paperback
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Cash and Sheriff Wheaton make for a strange partnership. He pulled her from her mother's wrecked car when she was three. He's kept an eye out for her ever since. It's a tough place to live - northern Minnesota along the Red River. Cash navigated through foster homes, and at thirteen was working... |
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Fourth Chapter - Spring 2021
Slider is a middle grade novel about family, neurodivergence, and competitive eating. It's a fun and poignant family read by a prolific Minnesota author. A recording of the virtual discussion can be found at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi7MBmCGKslW5aBf3OrXRY6wqKJ93bKWq
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Slider
PETE HAUTMAN - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover
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Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade readers by National Book Award winner Pete Hautman.David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact,... |
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Slider
Pete Hautman - Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook
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Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade readers by National Book Award winner Pete Hautman.David can eat an entire sixteen-inch pepperoni pizza in four minutes and thirty-six seconds. Not bad. But he knows he can do better. In fact,... |
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Third Chapter - Late 2020
The Third Chapter (late fall 2020) featured The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich. A recording of the virtual discussion is available here: https://youtu.be/Ryr7rtLgBbg
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The Plague of Doves
Louise Erdrich - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book
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Louise Erdrich's mesmerizing new novel, her first in almost three years, centers on a compelling mystery. The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of truth... |
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The Plague of Doves
Louise Erdrich - Recorded Books
Format: Audio CD
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In 1911, a terrible, blood-chilling crime was committed at the edge of the Ojibwe Reservation, east of the predominantly white town of Pluto, North Dakota. As time passes and memories fade, the past lies buried--until destiny comes calling.
Unabridged audiobook on CD.
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Second Chapter - Summer 2020
The 2020 summer selection was A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota, a collection of essays edited by Shing Yun-Shin. A recording of the virtual discussion can be found at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi7MBmCGKslW5aBf3OrXRY6wqKJ93bKWq
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A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota
Sun Yung Shin - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Print book
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Essays that challenge, discomfort, disorient, galvanize, and inspire all of us to evolve now, for our shared future. |
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First Chapter - Spring 2020
The April/May 2020 selection was Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. All Minnesotans were invited to participate in a statewide virtual discussion with the author on Wednesday, May 20th at 1 pm. A recording of the virtual discussion can be found at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi7MBmCGKslW5aBf3OrXRY6wqKJ93bKWq
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Because of Winn-Dixie (Newbery Honor Book 2001)
Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book
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A classic tale by Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo, America's beloved storyteller.One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins... |
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo - Listening Library/Random House Audio
Format: Audio CD
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When 10-year-old India Opal Buloni moves to Naomi, Florida, with her father, she doesn't know what to expect -- least of all, that she'll adopt Winn-Dixie, a dog she names after the supermarket where they met.Right away, Opal knows she can tell Winn-Dixie anything -- like the fact... |
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