Event List

In July 1962, a Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia arrives in Maine to pick blueberries for the summer. Weeks later, four-year-old Ruthie, the family’s youngest child, vanishes.

In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year-old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he documented everything along the way.

Please join us to discuss The Crow Trap by Ann Cleeves. 
 

If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org.

Please join us to discuss Godkiller by Hannah Kaner. 
 

If you would like to attend, please contact Lori Cummins at cumminsl@lislelibrary.org.
 

Neil Howe has returned with an extraordinary new prediction.

Told in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last Fire Season is a deeply incisive inquiry into what it really means—now—to live in relationship to the elements of the natural world.

Please join us to discuss The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James. 
 

If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org.

A beautiful novel about chosen family, unexpected friendship, and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.

Please join us to discuss A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh. 
 

If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org.

They're lurking in museums, graveyards, and private homes around the world. Their stories have inspired countless horror movies, reality TV shows, campfire tales, books, and even chain emails.

A timely and provocative collection of essays exploring American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultra-rich shape—and sometimes warp—our social and political landscape.

Overturn everything you knew about history’s greatest minds in this raucous and hilarious book, where it turns out there's a finer line between "genius" and "idiot" than we've previously known.

Please join us to discuss The Searcher by Tana French. 
 

If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org.

A few weeks after the 2016 election, at Thanksgiving with his daughter and her belligerent new husband, Rhys Kinnick finally snapped. After an escalating fight about politics, he hauled off and punched the jerk.

An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into how it has remade our entire relationship with food—for better and f

Please join us to discuss Murder in Chianti by Camilla Trinchieri. 
 

If you would like to attend, please contact Noelle Spicher at spichern@lislelibrary.org.