2 ratings | 2 reviews | avg rating:5.00

Mike McCabe’s Followers (4)

Mike’s Bookshelves

to-read (0)
currently-reading (0)
read (2)
did-not-finish (0)

Mike’s Friends (147)

Kitty

1,657 books | 412 friends

Barb

747 books | 46 friends

Bryan Dotzour

212 books | 23 friends

Karyl Rice

1,603 books | 178 friends

Tanya

634 books | 393 friends

Sarah

146 books | 16 friends

Sierra Nolan

7 books | 7 friends

Lynette Jandl

0 books | 29 friends

More friends…

Mike McCabe

Goodreads Author

Genre

Fiction, Nonfiction

Member Since

June 2020

edit data

Mike McCabe has lived his life straddling America’s rural-urban divide. Reared on his family’s dairy farm, he’s called both cities and small towns home, even lived abroad for a time. Mike has been a farmhand, journalist, educator and civic leader. He’s had two nonfiction books published. Miracles Along County Q is his debut novel, released in October 2024.

"Mike McCabe is a gifted, gifted storyteller, and in his promising first novel, Miracles Along County Q, he demonstrates an authorial voice that recalls Thornton Wilder or Jane Smiley. Anyone who has ever lived in a small town will connect with this lovely book."

—Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs and A Forty Year Kiss ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Mike McCabe questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Mike McCabe’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 90 ratings · 22 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Blue Jeans in High Places: The Coming Makeover of American Politics 3.94 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miracles Along County Q 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unscrewing America: Hints and Hopes from the Heartland 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

92 posts
Mike McCabe's Blog

Condemned to Repeat

First learned it more than 30 years after leaving school. Not just one thing, a lengthy list of things that should’ve been taught in school but weren’t. Not what you might be thinking. I took a bookkeeping class, learned how to balance a checkbook, file taxes, manage personal finances. I took shop classes covering the basics of everything from carpentry to engine repair. I took home ec for boys wh

rss
Mike’s Recent Updates

Mike McCabe wrote a new blog post Condemned to Repeat First learned it more than 30 years after leaving school. Not just one thing, a lengthy list of things that should’ve been taught in school but weren’ Read more of this blog post »
May 12, 2026 07:02AM · like
Mike McCabe liked Michael's review of Miracles Along County Q: "Miracles Along County Q serves as a parable for our troubled times. In the small country town of Faith, Wisconsin, secrets are held tight and gossip runs deep, though a fresh batch of goodies in the cookie jar can soothe a troubled mind. Faith is not" Read more of this review »
Apr 30, 2026 09:26AM · see review
Mike McCabe is now following Steve Frederick's reviews
Sep 19, 2025 10:02AM · like
Mike McCabe rated a book it was amazing The Bangle Bombers Blast Banks (Cockroach the Superhero) by Steve Frederick (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Fun read. Thoroughly enjoyed the storytelling. As a father of an adult son, I couldn't help thinking what a joy it would've been to read this with him when he was 7 or 8, even 10. Loved the humor sprinkled throughout, the author has a knack for kid h ...more
Sep 19, 2025 09:20AM · like · see review
Mike McCabe liked Cindy's review of Miracles Along County Q: "I really enjoyed this book, probably in part because I grew up in the same general area of Clark County as the author, and we are only a year apart in age. It was fun kind of knowing the locations and family names. But in addition to all that, the st" Read more of this review »
Sep 19, 2025 09:19AM · see review
Mike McCabe liked Steve Frederick's review of Miracles Along County Q: "Great storytelling. An intense story that takes us into small town Wisconsin and the lives of some very real characters. It dispels our preconceptions of rural life, showing the characters are as complex as in the big city. "
Sep 19, 2025 09:19AM · see review
Mike McCabe answered Goodreads's question: What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book? The profound impact my late brother's example had on my life, which is the inspiration for the story in Miracles Along County Q.
Dec 06, 2024 09:06AM · like
Mike McCabe rated a book it was amazing The Insurrection of the Common Good by Kathy Dahl-Bredine	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
The storytelling in this book is vivid and riveting. The message is a powerful one that I wish more Americans would be open to. One page would move me to tears, the next filled me with anger, another transported me to new understanding of the struggl ...more
Dec 03, 2024 11:58AM · like · see review
Mike McCabe is accepting questions on their profile page.
Oct 31, 2024 08:15AM · Be the first to ask Mike McCabe a question