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Cumulative Michigan Notable Books List Author(s) Title Publisher Genre Year Abbott, Jim Imperfect Ballantine Books Memoir 2013 Abood, Maureen Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebenese Kitchen Running Press Non-fiction 2016 Ahmed, Saladin Abbott Boom Studios Fiction 2019 Airgood, Ellen South of Superior Riverhead Books Fiction 2012 Albom, Mitch Have a Little Faith: A True Story Hyperion Non-fiction 2010 Alexander, Jeff The Muskegon: The Majesty and Tragedy of Michigan's Rarest River Michigan State University Press Non-fiction 2007 Alexander, Jeff Pandora's Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway Michigan State University Press Non-fiction 2010 Amick, Steve The Lake, the River & the Other Lake: A Novel Pantheon Books Fiction 2006 Amick, Steve Nothing But a Smile: A Novel Pantheon Books Fiction 2010 Anderson, Godfrey J. A Michigan Polar Bear Confronts the Bolsheviks: A War Memoir: the 337th Field Hospital in Northern Russia William B. Eerdmans' Publishing Co. Memoir 2011 Anderson, William M. The Detroit Tigers: A Pictorial Celebration of the Greatest Players and Moments in Tigers' History Dimond Communications Photo-essay 1992 Andrews, Nancy Detroit Free Press Time Frames: Our Lives in 2001, our City at 300, Our Legacy in Pictures Detroit Free Press Photography 2003 Appleford, Annie M is for Mitten: A Michigan Alphabet Book Sleeping Bear Press Children's 2000 Armour, David 100 Years at Mackinac: A Centennial History of the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, 1895-1995 Mackinac Island State Historic Parks History 1996 Arnold, Amy & Conway, Brian Michigan Modern: Designed that Shaped America Gibbs Smith Non-fiction 2017 Arnow, Harriette Louisa Simpson Between the Flowers Michigan State University Press Fiction 2000 Bureau of History, Michigan Historical Commission, Michigan Department of Ashlee, Laura R. (Editor) Traveling Through Time State History 1992 Auer, Nancy The Great Lake Sturgeon Michigan State University Press Non-fiction 2014 Bacon, John U. A Legacy of Champions: The Story of the Men Who Built the University of Michigan Football CTC Production and Sports Biography 1997 Baime, A. J. The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War Houghton Mifflin Harcourt History 2015 Bak, Richard A Place for Summer: A Narrative History of Tiger Stadium Wayne State University Press History 1999 Bak, Richard A Distant Thunder: Michigan in the Civil War Huron River Press History 2005 Baker, Dirk Detroit's Historic Places of Worship Wayne State University Press Photography 2013 Bakopoulos, Dean Please Don't Come Back From the Moon Harcourt History 2006 Banham, Russ The Ford Century: Ford Motor Company and the Innovations That Shaped the World Artisan History 2003 Baranek, Eddie Taken Alive: The Sight's Rock and Roll Tour Diary Hiros Rise Music Memoir 2014 Barfknecht, Gary W. The Michigan Book of Bests: An Electic Barrage of Great Places to Go and Things to Know Friede Publications Non-fiction 2000 Barker, Charles Ferguson Under Michigan: The Story of Michigan's Rocks and Fossils Wayne State University Press Non-fiction 2006 Barnard, John American Vanguard: The United Auto Workers During the Reuther Years, 1935-1970 Wayne State University Press History 2005 Barnett, LeRoy Michigan's Early Military Forces: A Roster and History of Troops Activiated Prior to the American Civil War Wayne State University Press History 2004 Barry, James P. Ships of the Great Lakes: 300 Years of Navigation Thunder Bay Press History 1997 Barry, James P. Ships of the Great Lakes Thunder Bay Press History 1999 Bartels, Erin We Hope for Better Things Revell: Baker Publishing Group Fiction 2020 Barton, Barbara J. Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan Michigan State University Press Non-fiction 2019 Bauer, William R. Open the Door: The Life and Music of Betty Carter University of Michigan Press Biography 2003 Baxter, Charles Saul and Patsy Pantheon Books Fiction 2004 Beardsley, John Connecting the Dots: Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project Painted Turtle Collection 2008 Beck, Patricia (Photographer) Up the Rouge!: Paddling Detroit's Hidden River Wayne State University Press Photography 2010 Bell, Matt In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods Soho Press Fiction 2014 Bell, Matt Scrapper Soho Press Fiction 2016 Berens, Abra Ruffage: A Practical Guide to Vegetables Chronicle Books Non-fiction 2020 Bergel, Colin Mail By the Pail Wayne State University Press Children's 2001 Bernstein, Arnie Bath Massacre: America's First School Bombing University of Michigan Press History 2010 Bice, John Tap into the Great Lakes: A Guide to the Brewpubs & Microbreweries of Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio & Thunder Bay Press Non-fiction 2000 Bigelow, Lisa Jenn Drum Roll, Please Harper Collins Publishers Young Adult 2019 Binelli, Mark Detroit City is the Place to Be Metropolitan Books Non-fiction 2013 Birzer, Bradley J. Russell Kirk: American Conservative University Press of Kentucky Biography 2016 Bissell, Tom The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam Pantheon Books Memoir 2008 Bjorn, Lars Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920-60 University of Michigan Press History 2002 Blake, Elinor (Illustrator) We're Going to Be Friends Third Man Books Children's 2018 Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem The Sweetness of Freedom: Stories of Immigrants Michigan State University Press History 2011 Boal, Dean Interlochen: A Home for the Arts University of Michigan Press History 1999 Bohnak, Karl So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories Cold Sky Publishing History 2007 Boisvert, Lee (Editor) Keewaydinoquay: Stories From My Youth University of Michigan Press Memoir 2007 Boles, Frank Sailing into History: Great Lakes Bulk Carriers of the Twentieth Century and the Crews Who Sailed Them Michigan State University Press History 2018 Bomey, Nathan Detroit Resurrected: To Bankruptsy and Back W. W. Norton & Co. History 2017 Author(s) Title Publisher Genre Year Boyd, Herb Black Detroit: A People's History of Self-determination Amistad/Harper Collins Publishers History 2018 Boyd, Melba Joyce Roses and Revolutions: The Selected Writings of Dudley Randall Wayne State University Press Poetry/SS 2010 Boyd, Melba Joyce Death Dance of a Butterfly Past Tents Press Poetry 2013 Boyle, Kevin Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age Henry Holt History 2005 Brantley-Newton, Vanessa Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art Charlesbridge (Illustrator) Children's 2012 Brinkley, Douglas Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress, 1903-2003 Viking History 2004 Brockwell-Tillman, Elizabeth Discovering Great Lakes Dunes Michigan State University Extension Photo-essay 1999 Broder, Bill Taking Care of Cleo: A Novel Handsel Books Fiction 2007 Brown, David G. White Hurricane: A Great Lakes November Gale and America's Deadliest Marine Disaster International Marine/McGraw Hill History 2003 Brown, Jr., Grant Ninety Years Crossing Lake Michigan: The History of the Ann Arbor Car Ferries University of Michigan Press History 2009 Brown, Tim Imperfect: An Improble Life Ballantine Books Memoir 2013 Buntin, Julie Marlena: A Novel Henry Holt and Company Fiction 2018 Busch, Benjamin Dust to Dust: A Memoir Ecco Memoir 2013 Detroit Biography Series for Young Readers - First Lady Of Detroit: The Story Of Marie-Therese Guyon, Mme. Bush, Karen Elizabeth Cadillac University of Michigan Press Young Adult 2002 Butz, Bob Beast of Never, Cat of God: The Search for the Eastern Puma Lyons Press Non-fiction 2006 Byron, M. Christine Vintage Views of Leelanau County Sleeping Bear Press Photography 2003 Byron, M. Christine Vintage Views of the Charlevoix-Petoskey Region Petosky Publishing/U of M Press History 2006 Byron, M. Christine Vintage Views Along the West Michigan Pike: From Sand Trails to US-31 Arbutus Press History 2012 Cabadas, Joseph P. The American Auto Factory Motorbooks International History 2003 Cabadas, Joseph P. River Rouge: Ford's Industrial Colossus Motorbooks International History 2005 Cameron, Pamela Sport: Ship Dog of the Great Lakes Wisconsin Historical Society Press Children's 2020 Cameron, W. Bruce Midnight Plan of the Repo Man Forge Books/Tom Doherty Assoc. Fiction 2015 Campbell, Bonnie Jo American Salvage: Stories Wayne State University Press Short stories 2010 Campbell, Bonnie Jo Once Upon A River Norton Fiction 2012 Campbell, Bonnie Jo Mothers, Tell Your Daughters: Stories W. W. Norton & Co. Short stories 2016 Cantor, George Old Roads of the Midwest University of Michigan Press History 1997 Cantor, George Wire to Wire: Inside the 1984 Detroit Tigers Championship Season Triumph Books History 2005 Cappel, Dr. Constance Hemingway in Michigan Little Traverse Historical Society Biography 2000 Carollo, Frank Zinkgerman's Bakehouse Chronicle Books Non-fiction 2018 Carson, David A. Rockin' Down the Dial: The Detroit Sound of Radio From Jack the Bellboy To the Big 8 Momentum Books Biography 2000 Carson, David A. Grit, Noise & Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll University of Michigan Press History 2006 Casey, Robert The Model T: A Centennial History John Hopkins University Press History 2009 Chapman, Jared (Illustrator) Miss Martin is a Martian Mackinac Island Press Children's 2012 Chardavoyne, David G. A Hanging in Detroit: Stephen Gifford Simmons and the Last Execution Under Michigan Law Wayne State University Press History 2004 Chengelis, Angelique S. A Legacy of Champions: The Story of the Men Who Built the University of Michigan Football CTC Production
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