We have a complete set of Outlander! Paperback and brand new! No holds! We also have a lot of new arrivals including a partial set of Maze Runner. We have curated a selection of books and DVDS for Father's Day , but there are tons to choose from.
We still have 13 volumes of Time-Life Collectors Series of the Civil War for sale. Bound in leather with silver inlay lettering. $5 each
Did you know we also have puzzles in our store? The puzzle shelf has just been completely restocked! We have over 30 puzzles donated this week! They are in great shape and all popular brands. None priced over $6.
Annual FOL Membership Application 2025 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 - 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 ! Thanks.
Please join us on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, at 12:15 in the Decatur Public Library’s Madden Auditorium for Books Between Bites.
DPL Head Libraian Rick Meyer will present the book Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocolyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World Class Metropolis
About the Book: A New York Times notable book of 2018. Named a best book of 2018 by NPR, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Economist and Deadspin. Award-winning journalist Sam Anderson’s long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City - a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny. Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous "Land Run" in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsize ambitions and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress.
About the Author: Sam Anderson is an American book reviewer and author. He is the critic at large for The New York Times Magazine. Prior to joining The New York Times Magazine, he was a book critic at New York Magazine. In 2007 he received the Balakian Award for Excellence in Criticism from the National Book Critics Circle. (Goodreads)
About the Presenter: Rick Meyer has been the City Librarian right here at the Decatur Public Library since April 2014. Raise in Witt, IL, he received his BA in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Springfield in 1997. He then worked in the mental health field in Springfield and Champaign for over ten years prior to becoming a librarian. Mr. Meyer received his MSLIS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2009 and was a Cataloger at UIUC Library from 2008-2010. From 2010-2014 he worked as Director of Robey Memorial Library in Waukon, IA before coming to Decatur. Rick describes himself as being a book nerd and an avid movie and music nerd, owing over 5000 albums, while also being passionate about Illini Basketball.
Books Between Bites is a free program at the Decatur Public Library, sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
FOL booksales are at the library 3 to 4 days a week! At the new Friends area on the lower level of the library. Every Monday from 10:30am – 2:30pm, Tuesdays from 10:30am – 2:30pm, Thursdays from 3pm – 6:30pm. And second & fourth Saturdays sales are from 9:30am – 12:30pm.
Come see the huge donation of Sci-Fi we received! These are in the common area, with more inside the sale room! $1 hardback and .50 paperbacks. We will continue to restock the shelves as needed.
We have added more books to the Book Tok shelf. Not all of these books are priced up-if they are not marked they are $1.00 or .50. We have a great selection of blind dates in their permanent home in the bookstore. We are adding children's wrapped books which are titled Story Explorers. Come see us this week Monday & Tuesday 10.30-2:30, Thursday 3-6:30 and Saturday 9:30-12:30.
Thank you so much to the person who donated the huge collection of paperbacks! Check out our BookTok shelves! Fans of Shalini Boland, Shari Lapena, Natalie Barelli and Anna-Lou Weatherley will not be disappointed!