More new books in January 2026
Here's a shelf full of new books. Punishing Putin by Stephanie Baker, Nightshade by Michael Connelly, Holmes, Marple and Poe by James Patterson, Dead Man Blues by S D House, and many more! C J Box, Lisa Marie Presley, and Linda Castillo.
Newer book price increases - 2025 and 2026 hardbacks are now $7 and paperbacks are $4
200 New Paperbacks!
HUGE shout out to the people who donated over 200 NEW paperbacks! Thank you SO much! Included in the recent donation are Bridgerton and Longmire books! Also Colleen Hoover, Christine Feehan (romance section) and sets from Ellen Dugan plus many more! Come shop with us
New - 2026 Annual FOL Membership Application 2026 FOL Membership Form Membership forms with payment may be mailed to "Friends of the Library, 130 N. Franklin St., Decatur, IL 62523" or brought into our Books & Beyond bookstore during business hours as listed in the letter.
FOL Phone Number - We do have an extension number you can use to notify us. Call the library at 217-424-2900 ex 6133. Leave a message and someone will return your call as soon as possible.
Book Donations and Dropoffs - Reminder: we are still accepting donations of used books. There is a cart located outside the main library entrance where donations can be left. All genres are needed. This is one of our main routes of fundraising. Thank you again for supporting your community by supporting Friends of the Library!
Please join us on Wednesday, February 4th, 2025, at 12:15 in the Decatur Public Library's Madden Auditorium for Books Between Bites.
Book - Where No One Will Look
Author- Marcy Bialeschki
About the Author - Marcy Bialeschki is a retired teacher with thirty-six years of experience in the classroom teaching literature and writing. Since retiring, Marcy has written and published six romantic suspense novels. Raised in Blue Mound, IL and residing in Cerro Gordo, Marcy is a small-town girl with a big dream who uses the Central Illinois locations she loves as settings in her action-packed thrillers. Deception & Consequences, her debut novel, made Marcy a #1 Bestselling romance suspense author on Ingram Spark just eleven days after publication. Deception & Consequences is also the winner of the Literary Titan Gold Award, the Publisher’s Choice Award, and the Editor’s Choice Award from Reader’s House Magazine in London. Marcy’s next novel, Desperate Measures, is scheduled for released in early 2026.
About the Book - Where No One Will Look - Marcy Bialeschki’s sixth novel and the second in the Map Dot Series--is a spicy romantic thriller set in Central Illinois. When the notorious and ruthless Hugo Tullis wants Jaxson Kemp dead, Jaxson’s only option is to disappear to the unassuming little map dot town of Dalton City. Now living as Darnell Gifford, Jaxson thinks he has found a place where no one will look. When he meets the fiery, sexy Hallie Daly, however, Darnell’s priorities change. Now his safety is threatened when he discovers Hallie has deadly secrets of her own.
Books Between Bites is a free program at the Decatur Public Library, sponsored by Friends of the Decatur Public Library
Large Print Books on Sale! 1/2 off Large Print Books!
FOL booksales are at the library 3 to 4 days a week at the new Friends area on the lower level of the library. Open every Monday from 10:30am - 2:30pm, Tuesdays from 10:30am - 2:30pm, Thursdays from 3pm - 6:30pm. And second and fourth Saturdays sales are from 9:30am - 12:30pm.