We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
By: Phyllis Michael Wong
3.55
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
WITH A FOREWORD BY LISA M. FINE, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY—Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known for …
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1. August Snow (August Snow #1)
By: Stephen Mack Jones
3.86
Format: 313 pages, Hardcover
Tough, smart, and struggling to stay afloat, August Snow is the embodiment of Detroit. The son of a… read more
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2. American Salvage
By: Bonnie Jo Campbell
3.66
Format: None pages, Paperback
"These short stories approach their subjects from an array of perspectives, but what they share is … read more
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3. Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker
By: Jennifer Chiaverini
3.47
Format: 185 pages, Hardcover
In Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, novelist Jennifer Chiaverini presents a stunning account of the frien… read more
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- historical
4. The Crooked Branch
By: Jeanine Cummins
2.96
Format: 7 pages, Paperback
From the national bestselling and highly acclaimed author of The Outside Boy comes the deeply movin… read more
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5. Troubled
By: Rob Henderson
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this raw coming-of-age memoir, in the vein of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, The Oth… read more
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- nonfiction
"Successful people tell the world they got lucky, then tell their loved ones about the importance of hard work and sacrifice. Critics of successful people tell the world those successful people got lu…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"People don't need motivation; they need self-discipline. Motivation is just a feeling. Self-discipline is: 'I'm going to do this regardless of how I feel.' Seldom do people relish doing something har…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"Mom's friends were worried that their son isn't talking as much as other six-year-olds. They, like many parents, were concerned with how "smart" their kid is. "Should we be reading to him more?" they…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
"You should keep your expectations in line with reality. If you view the military as a job, you will be miserable. It's not a job, it's a lot more than that. As long as you wear that uniform, it is yo…"-Rob Henderson, Troubled
6. The Last Ranger
By:
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Format: 287 pages, Hardcover
The best-selling author of The River returns with a lush and vivid mystery set in Yellowstone Natio… read more
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7. Dearborn
By: Ghassan Zeineddine
4.23
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Spanning several decades, Ghassan Zeineddine’s debut collection examines the diverse range and comp… read more
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8. Unsinkable
By: Jenni L. Walsh
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER The Titanic was only the beginning. What she survived has become… read more
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- historical
9. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- historical
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
10. Absolution
By: Alice McDermott
3.81
Format: 324 pages, Hardcover
A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more
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- historical
11. The Star That Always Stays
By: Anna Rose Johnson
4.08
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule… read more
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- historical
12. Between Two Trailers
By: J. Dana Trent
3.65
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An unforgettable memoir about a girl who escapes her childhood as a preschool drug dealer to earn a… read more
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- nonfiction
13. I Cheerfully Refuse
By: Leif Enger
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more
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"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse
14. Beautiful Music
By: Michael Zadoorian
4.03
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Set in early 1970s Detroit, a racially divided city still reeling from its violent riot of 1967, Be… read more
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- historical
15. The Women of the Copper Country
By: Mary Doria Russell
4.11
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements had seen enough of the world to know that it was … read more
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- historical
16. Warrior Girl Unearthed
By: Angeline Boulley
4.34
Format: 396 pages, Hardcover
Perry Firekeeper-Birch was ready for her Summer of Slack but instead, after a fender bender that wa… read more
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"Some friendships can endure anything."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Sometimes you need to protect your heart from the pain."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"Everything is connected. The past. The future. The beginning and ending."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
"You jump, and I'll catch you. Every time. I'm your ride or die, niijiikwe."-Angeline Boulley, Warrior Girl Unearthed
17. The Waters
By: Bonnie Jo Campbell
3.46
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the sou… read more
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"Maybe lions keep their promises not to eat your lambs just until they get hungry."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"This is a dog town. A dog gets forgiven for his crimes here. A cat has to pay the price for every transgression. Meow."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"Like any medicine, a tattoo would have its secondary side effect eventually--- might establish who you were or might transform you. Might even poison you."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
"Titus is going to come milk Delilah after seven." There was a long silence before Herself said grimly, "Don't tell me I raised the kind of girl who waits for a man to milk her cow."-Bonnie Jo Campbell, The Waters
18. Rednecks
By: Taylor Brown
3.89
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more
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- historical
19. The Things We Didn’t Know
By: Elba Iris Pérez
3.87
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The inaugural winner of Simon & Schuster’s Books Like Us contest, Elba Iris Pérez’s lyrical, cross-… read more
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- historical
20. Tin Camp Road
By: Ellen Airgood
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Set against the wide open beauty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a wise, big hearted novel in which … read more
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21. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
By: Curtis Chin
3.80
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more
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- nonfiction
22. Again and Again
By: Jonathan Evison
3.75
Format: 332 pages, Kindle Edition
From one of America’s greatest, most creative novelists comes Again and Again , a poignant and endl… read more
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- historical
23. Once We Were Here
By: Christopher Cosmos
4.19
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
As World War II intrudes upon their home, three young friends risk everything for freedom, love, an… read more
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- historical
24. The Map of Salt and Stars
By: Zeyn Joukhadar
3.92
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
Nour es una niña de once años cuyo padre acaba de morir. Su madre, cartógrafa que dibuja los mapas … read more
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- historical
"Stories are powerful,"-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"I don’t understand why we were shelled."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"The sea has a way of showing us ourselves,"-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
"Every place you go becomes a part of you. But none more so than home."-Zeyn Joukhadar, The Map of Salt and Stars
25. We Kept Our Towns Going: The Gossard Girls of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
By: Phyllis Michael Wong
3.55
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
WITH A FOREWORD BY LISA M. FINE, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY—Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known for … read more
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- historical
- history
- social issues
- nonfiction
26. Chevy in the Hole
By: Kelsey Ronan
3.55
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Named a Michigan Notable Book for 2023 Finalist for th… read more
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- historical
27. True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between
By: Gretchen Whitmer
4.34
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From trailblazing Michigan governor and rising Democratic star Gretchen Whitmer comes an unconventi… read more
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- nonfiction
28. The Mason House
By: T. Marie Bertineau
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
After her father's untimely death, Theresa faced a rocky and unstable childhood. But there was one … read more
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29. The Cut
By: John Wemlinger
3.95
Format: 262 pages, Kindle Edition
1871—Manistee County, Big Lumber and homesteaders are feuding. Two young lovers are caught in the … read more
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30. Company Towns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula
By: Christian Holmes
3.89
Format: 131 pages, Kindle Edition
In the company towns of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a worker's boss did extra duty as landlord, sto… read more
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- history
31. Yooper Poetry: On Experiencing Michigan's Upper Peninsula
By: Raymond Luczak
4.50
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes the best way to learn about a unique region is to listen to the stories told by those who… read more
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