2025 One Book One Nebraska
The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee
The Long March Home is a historical fiction novel inspired by true stories of friendship, sacrifice, and hope on the Bataan Death March.
Libraries across Nebraska will join the Nebraska Center for the Book and other literary and cultural organizations in planning book discussions, activities, and events that will encourage Nebraskans to read and discuss this book.
One Book One Nebraska 2025 is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, and Nebraska Library Commission.
2025 One Book One Nebraska Announced
Nebraska Author's Work Chosen for 2025 One Book One Nebraska The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific is Nebraska's reading choice for the 2025 One Book One Nebraska Reading program. Read more...
Finalists for 2025 One Book One Nebraska Announced
A collection of nonfiction essays about Nebraska, a novel set in 1950’s about personal journeys, a historical fiction novel about the Pacific theater in World War II —all stories with ties to Nebraska—are the finalists for the 2025 One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program. The finalists are:
- My Nebraska: The Good, the Bad, and the Husker, edited by Roger Welsch
- The Lincoln Highway: A Novel, by Amor Towles
- The Long March Home: A World War II Novel of the Pacific, by Marcus Brotherton and Tosca Lee
The One Book One Nebraska reading program, now in its twenty-first year, is sponsored by the Nebraska Center for the Book, Humanities Nebraska, and Nebraska Library Commission. It encourages Nebraskans across the state to read and discuss the same book, chosen from books written by Nebraska authors or that have a Nebraska theme or setting. A Nebraska Center for the Book committee selected the three finalists from a list nominated by Nebraskans.
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Related Links
- One Book One Nebraska Official Website
- One Book One Nebraska Start Page — An introduction to the selections for each year