Michigan Notable Books 2013

The 2013 Michigan Notable Books list has been announced!

“Annually the Michigan Notable Books (MNB) list features 20 books published in the previous calendar year that are about Michigan or the Great Lakes region, or are written by a Michigan author. Selections include nonfiction and fiction books that appeal to a variety of audiences and cover a range of topics and issues close to the hearts of Michigan residents.”

Here are this year’s selections:

• American Poet: A Novel by Jeff Vande Zande

• The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michigan by J. Alan Holman

• Balthazar Korab Architect of Photography by John Comazzi

• Bear Has a Story to Tell by Phillip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead

• The Boy Governor: Stevens T. Mason and the Birth of Michigan Politics by Don Faber

• Canada by Richard Ford

• Death Dance of a Butterfly by Melba Joyce Boyd

• Detroit City Is the Place to Be by Mark Binelli

• Detroit’s Historic Places of Worship compiled and edited by Marla O. Collum, Barbara E. Krueger and Dorothy Kostuch, photographs by Dirk Bakker with a forward by John Gallagher

• Dust to Dust: A Memoir by Benjamin Busch

• Fishtown: Leland Michigan’s Historic Fishery by Laurie Sommers

• Imperfect by Jim Abbott/Tim Brown

• Ink Trails by Jack Dempsey and Dave Dempsey

• Kirtland’s Warbler by William Rapai

• Michigan’s Historic Railroad Stations by Michael Hodges

• Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

• Skeleton Box by Bryan Gruley

• Summer of ‘68 by Tim Wendel

• Woman Like Me by Bettye LaVette

• World of A Few Minutes Ago by Jack Driscoll