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NSL Book Club ListJANUARY 17TThe story of Arthur Truluv : a nohe story of Arthur Truluv : a novelvelby Elizabeth Berg | 240 pagesMaking daily visits to the grave of his beloved late wife,Arthur forges unexpected relationships with a nosyneighbor and a troubled teen who dubs him "Truluv"before the trio discovers healing and family together. Bythe best-selling author of Open House.

FEBRUARY 21Killers of the FKillers of the Flolower Moon : Twer Moon : The Osagehe OsageMurders and the Birth of the FBIMurders and the Birth of the FBIby David Grann | 359 pagesPresents a true account of the early 20th-century murdersof dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcementofficials, citing the contributions and missteps of afledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the mostchilling conspiracies in American history. Reprint. A NewYork Times best-seller and National Book Award finalist.

MARCH 21Celine : a noCeline : a novelvelby Peter Heller | 334 pagesMissing-persons tracker Celine searches in Yellowstone fora photographer who is presumed dead, only to betargeted by a shadowy figure determined to keep the caseunsolved

APRIL 18TThe trespasserhe trespasserby Tana French - 464 pagesWhile Detective Antoinette Conway and her partnerStephen Moran work a seemingly routine investigation ofa lovers' quarrel gone bad, they discover the case isn't asby-the-numbers as they thought

MAY 16Circe : a noCirce : a novelvelby Madeline Miller | 400 pagesA highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning TheSong of Achilles follows the banished witch daughter ofTitans as she hones her powers and interacts withfamous mythological beings before a conflict with one ofthe most vengeful Olympians forces her to choosebetween the worlds of the gods and mortals. 75,000 firstprinting.

JUNE 20Bellevue : three centuries of mBellevue : three centuries of medicine andedicine andmayhem at Ammayhem at America's most storiederica's most storiedhospitalhospitalby David M. OshinskyA history of the iconic public hospital on New York City¡sEast Side describes the changes in American medicinefrom 1730 to modern times as it traces building¡s originsas an almshouse and pesthouse to its current status as arevered place of first-class care.

JULY 18Educated : a mEducated : a memoiremoirby Tara Westover | 334 pagesTraces the author's experiences as a child born tosurvivalists in the mountains of Idaho, describing herparticipation in her family's paranoid stockpiling activitiesand her resolve to educate herself well enough to earn anacceptance into a prestigious university and theunfamiliar world beyond.

AUGUST 15TThere, There, Therhereeby Tommy Orange | 448 pagesA novel—which grapples with the complex history ofNative Americans; with an inheritance of profoundspirituality; and with a plague of addiction, abuse andsuicide—follows 12 characters, each of whom has privatereasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow. A firstnovel.

SEPTEMBER 19Unsheltered : a noUnsheltered : a novelvelby Barbara Kingsolver | 480 pagesTraces the experiences of a woman whose efforts toprotect her family from sudden unemployment areshaped by the story of an ostracized nineteenth-centuryscience teacher connected to her by their home in thecommunity of Vineland, New Jersey

OCTOBER 17Where the crawdads singWhere the crawdads singby Delia Owens | 384 pagesViewed with suspicion in the aftermath of a tragedy, abeautiful hermit who has survived for years in the marshbecomes targeted by unthinkable forces. A first novel bythe New York Times best-selling author of Cry of theKalahari

NOVEMBER 14TThe Black Count : gloryhe Black Count : glory, rev, revolution,olution,betrayal, and the real Count ofbetrayal, and the real Count ofMonte CristoMonte Cristoby Tom Reiss | 432 pagesThe author of the best-selling The Orientalist traces thestory of the mixed-race swordsman and father of novelistAlexandre Dumas, discussing his rise to the Frencharistocracy, his military triumphs and the adventures thatinspired such classics as The Three Musketeers and The

Count of Monte Cristo.

DECEMBER 12TThe last castle : the epic story of lohe last castle : the epic story of love,ve,loss, and Amloss, and American royalty in the nation'serican royalty in the nation'slargest homlargest homeeby Denise Kiernan | 416 pagesDocuments the story of the Gilded Age mansion Biltmore,tracing George Vanderbilt's construction of his European-style estate and the efforts of his bride, Edith StuyvesantDresser, to become its protector in the face of changingfortunes and times