One Book, One Village 2025

One Book, one village 2025 The Stolen Queen.

After a priceless artifact is stolen, an unlikely duo race across Egypt to solve the mystery, while confronting the past and protecting their future.  

Read the book all of Arlington Heights is talking about — The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis — and join the adventure from New York to Egypt, and the sights and mysteries within.  

One Book, One Village (OBOV), now in its 12th year, invites the community to read the same book at the same time and share in the experience through related programs and book discussions.  

Copies of The Stolen Queen are now available for checkout at the library, at the Senior Center, on the bookmobile and online through cloudLibrary. Holds can be picked up on the bookmobile, at the Senior Center, at the drive-up window, at the library’s three 24/7 pickup lockers or inside the library on the hold shelves. 

Meet Fiona Davis, the author behind this year's exciting read Tuesday, October 28, at Forest View Educational Center. Arlington Heights cardholders can register here beginning September 2. Registration opens to the general public on September 15, as space permits. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. 

RESERVE YOUR COPY AND START READING TODAY: 

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In 1936, Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. But when tragedy strikes, her life is changed forever and she vows never to return. 

Decades later, in 1978 New York...

Fiona Davis is a New York Times bestselling author based in New York City. Originally moving to the city to pursue a career in acting, her path shifted after earning a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of...

The conversation is just beginning, Arlington Heights! Discuss The Stolen Queen with your own book group. We have sets of books available for checkout.