One Book One Lincoln

And our 25th winning title for One Book One Lincoln is...

Culpability by Bruce Holsinger

2026 One Book One Lincoln Winner!

When the Cassidy-Shaw family experiences a devastating accident in their autonomous car, the five members are faced with their own individual moral dilemmas and questions of accountability. While on a weekend getaway, Noah becomes suspicious of his wife’s behavior toward their tech-mogul neighbor and the truth will be even more distressing than he could have imagined. This timely and suspenseful novel is set in a world shaped by AI, chatbots, self-driving cars and autonomous drones, yet is a compelling family drama that will really make you think.

SAVE THE DATE: Tuesday, October 20th
7:00pm at Lincoln High School Auditorium

An Evening with Bruce Holsinger
Join us for a live, in-person interview, question & answer session and book signing!

For more information on the ethics and developments in artificial intelligence, check out the following resources: 

Animated explanation of AI Ethics
Global standard on AI Ethics
Vehicles That Are Almost Self-Driving
The Future of AI

Thank you for supporting One Book One Lincoln and Lincoln City Libraries! We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, October 20th at Lincoln High School!

One Book One Lincoln 2026 Programming

Tuesday, August 25, 2026-6:30 pm at Walt Branch Library
    One Book One Lincoln - The Names by Florence Knapp Discussion and Craft

Wednesday, September 9, 2026-6:00 pm at Gere Branch Library
    One Book One Lincoln - Artificial Intelligence: Excited or Apprehensive?

Tuesday, September 22, 2026-7:00 pm at The Mill-Telegraph
    One Book One Lincoln Book Club @ The Mill-Telegraph: Culpability by Bruce Holsinger

Sunday, October 4th, 2026, 2:00-3:30 pm at Bennett Martin Public Library
    One Book One Lincoln - Explore History Through Cuneiform

Tuesday, October 27, 2026-7:00 pm at The Mill-Telegraph
    One Book One Lincoln Book Club @ The Mill-Telegraph: The Names by Florence Knapp

Tuesday, November 24, 2026-7:00 pm at The Mill-Telegraph
    One Book One Lincoln Book Club @ The Mill-Telegraph: There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak

Here are videos about all the top 10 finalists for the 2026 program! 

One Book One Lincoln is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and we’re marking the occasion with a special reading challenge that looks back at the stories our community has shared over the years.

Through November 30, you’re invited to take part in the One Book One Lincoln Bingo Reading Challenge in Beanstack. Revisit past One Book One Lincoln finalists, discover titles you may have missed, and see how many you can complete.

How the challenge works:

• Read one finalist from each year listed on your Bingo card
• In Beanstack, each year has its own activity with listed titles — when you read a book from that year, mark the activity complete
• Complete a Bingo (any row, column, or diagonal) to be entered to win one of three OBOL-themed prize packages
• For an extra challenge, try reading a finalist from all 24 previous OBOL seasons for a full-card Bingo

One Book One Lincoln is a community reading project that brings adults across Lincoln and Lancaster County together through a shared book and shared conversation. This 25th anniversary challenge is a chance to revisit that tradition, one book at a time.

Join the challenge and start tracking your progress in Beanstack:
https://lincolnlibraries.beanstack.org/reader365