Every year a selection committee facilitated by the Library of Michigan comes together and pores over 100s of books that were published the previous year. Fiction, non-fiction, as well as children's and teen titles are all eligible for consideration as long as they meet the criteria: books must be written by a Michigan author, or feature Michigan or the Great Lakes as the setting.
This year's notable book list has a great sampling of it all! Check out the links below to find out more or to place a request for one of these great books at your preferred branch. Check out Michigan Notable Book lists from years past here!
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids - edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Call Me Athena, Girl from Detroit - Colby Cedar Smith
Day of Days - John Smolens
Dead of Winter - Stephen Mack Jones
The Dock Porter: A Mackinac Island Novel - Dave McVeigh and Jim Bolone
Early Morning Riser - Katherine Heiny
Firekeeper's Daughter - Angeline Boulley
Getting to the Heart of the Matter: My 36 Years in the Senate - Carl Levin
Long Road to the Circus - Betsy Bird
Miles from Motown - Lisa Sukenic
Never Saw You Coming - Erin Hahn
The Other Me - Sarah Zachrich Jeng
Pewabic Pottery: The American Arts & Crafts Movement Expressed in Clay by Thomas W. Brunk
Tin Camp Road - Ellen Airgood
Trout Water: A Year on the Au Sable by Josh Greenberg
Up North in Michigan: A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons - Jerry Dennis