This week, we talk with Nebraska Library Commission's Tessa Timperley, and local author, Tosca Lee.
Happening at the Library
- Imagine, Write, Explore! with Danielle Herzog | Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Benson Branch
- Repujado Art Workshop | Saturday, Nov. 8, from 1 to 2 p.m. at South Omaha Library
- It’s All Relative Book Club Monday | Nov. 10, 6 to 7 p.m. at Genealogy & Local History Room
Explore all upcoming events at omahalibrary.org/events.
All the books and resources we talk about in this episode can be found below!
“The Book With No Pictures” and “One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories” by B.J. Novak
Nebraska Celebration of Books on Nov. 15
Nebraska Center for the Book: centerforthebook.nebraska.gov
Nebraska Celebration of Books: bookfestival.nebraska.gov/2025/index.aspx
One book One Nebraska: onebook.nebraska.gov/2025/index.aspx
Tosca Lee: toscalee.com
“The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific” by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee
Tosca’s Book Recs
“K-Jane” by Lydia Kang
“Where He Left Me” by Nicole Baart
“Circle of Days” by Ken Follett
“The Egypt Game” by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
“Midnight Creed” by Alex Kava
“Parents Weekend” by Alex Finlay
Tessa’s Book Recs
“That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You” by Elyse Myers
The English Patient” by Michael Ondaatje
Amy’s Book Recs
“Ted Kooser: More Than A Local Wonder” by Carla Ketner
“The Antidote” by Karen Russell
“Nebraska: Under a Big Red Sky” by Joel Sartore
“North Woods” by Daniel Mason
“Gumbo Life Tales From the Roux Bayou” by Ken Wells
“The Bookshop: a History of the American Bookstore” by
Evan Friss
“Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips
Query of the Week Responses
“The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” by Michael Lewis
“Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed” by Maureen Callahan
“Everything Is Tuberculosis: the History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection” by John Green
“Death March: The Survivors of Bataan” by Donald Knox
Join the conversation for the next episode!
Answer the Query of the Week “What’s your favorite board game?” by email at thebookdrop@omahalibrary.org or DM on social media!
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