Book Club Study: The Art Thief
July 16 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, Michael Finkel gives us one of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of our times, a riveting story of art, theft, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. – Summary courtesy of the publisher
This discussion will be held in-person at Naperville Public Library, 95th Street, Meeting Room C
Thursday, July 16, 2026
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
RSVP: Rebecca at rtietjen@naperville-lib.org
Please arrange to obtain your own copy of the book for the discussion.
Please note, depending on your library, this title may be available on Libby.
The first half of the meeting will be a traditional book club setting where library workers have the opportunity to participate in a discussion as “patrons.”
The second half will be devoted to our leadership topic, or nut-and-bolts session, where we share practical solutions to the problems and concerns of discussion leaders.
Our leadership topic will be: Exploitation, ethics and icky feelings; True Crime and Tell Alls in book clubs.