Great Lakes


The Death and Life of the Great Lakes
The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas
The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Station Eleven
Iron Lake (Cork O'Connor, #1)
Firekeeper’s Daughter (Firekeeper's Daughter, #1)
Beach Read
Safe from the Sea
Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Great Lakes: Our Freshwater Treasure
I Cheerfully Refuse
A Death in Door County (Monster Hunter, #1)
A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon, #2)
The Night Watchman
The Women of the Copper Country
Funny Story by Emily HenryI Cheerfully Refuse by Leif EngerThe Luminous Life of Lucy Landry by Anna Rose  JohnsonWhat Can the Matter Be? by Keith       TaylorAmos Paul Kennedy, Jr. by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
2025 Michigan Notable Books
20 books — 1 voter
Fishing the Great Lakes by Margaret Beattie BogueAt the Crossroads by David A. ArmourArc of Justice by Kevin G. BoyleThe Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan EganOur People, Our Journey by James M. McClurken
50 Essential Michigan History Books
57 books — 3 voters

The Last Tale of Norah Bow by J.P.    WhiteGood for You by Camille PagánThe Lake Effect by Erin McCahanMail by the Pail by Colin BergelThe Lake on Fire by Rosellen Brown
Lake Michigan - fiction
26 books — 15 voters
Dear Life by Alice MunroGive Fudge a Chance by Nancy CoCoWhile the Getting Is Good by Matt RiordanPostcards from Summer by Cynthia PlattPerdita by Hilary Scharper
Lake Huron - fiction
47 books — 1 voter

The Wide Game by Michael  WestCinema of Shadows by Michael  WestSpook House by Michael  WestSpellbent by Lucy A. SnyderSwitchblade Goddess by Lucy A. Snyder
Books about the Upper Midwest
29 books — 21 voters

Dan Egan
“ Sandy beaches still rim the lakes, but if Lake Michigan, for example, were drained it would now be possible to walk almost the entire 100 miles between Wisconsin and Michigan on a bed of trillions upon trillions of filter-feeding quagga mussels. ”
― Dan Egan, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes

“ Aki, with a sharp intake of breath, found herself stepping forward, drawn to the pit as if by some ancestral magnetism. Beside her, the others mirrored her actions, their gasps creating a symphony of awe that filled the clearing. They stood at the brink, peering down, their eyes wide, their mouths open, their faces reflecting a mixture of reverence and wonder. For a moment, the world seemed to hold its breath—the sounds of the forest stilled, the leaves of the trees pausing in their rustling whi ...more ”
― David Pompeani, Great Water: The Lost Mines of Lake Superior

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