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2021 Michigan Notable Books

The Best Michigan Books in 2020!

The Library of Michigan’s annual list features 20 books, published during the previous calendar year, which are about, or set, in Michigan or written by a Michigan author. Selections span diverse topics and genres, both fiction and nonfiction.

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Black Bottom saints : a novel [2020]

Alice Randall

eAudiobook

OverDrive

Black Bottom Saints [2020]

Randall, Alice

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

Black Bottom Saints [2020]

Randall, Alice

Book

City of champions : a history of triumph and… [2020]

Stefan Szymanski

eBook

hoopla Instant

City of Champions [2020]

Stefan Szymanski

eAudiobook

OverDrive

City of Champions [2020]

Szymanski, Stefan

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

City of Champions [2020]

Szymanski, Stefan

Book

The dead are arising : the life of Malcolm X [2020]

Les Payne

eAudiobook

OverDrive

The Dead are Arising [2020]

Payne, Les

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

The Dead Are Arising [2020]

Payne, Les

Book

Grief's country : a memoir in pieces [2020]

Gail B Griffin

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

Grief's Country [2020]

Griffin, Gail

Book

Half [2020]

Sharon Harrigan

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

Half [2020]

Harrigan, Sharon

Book

I have something to tell you : a memoir [2020]

Chasten Buttigieg

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

I Have Something to Tell You [2020]

Buttigieg, Chasten

eAudiobook

OverDrive

I Have Something to Tell You [2020]

Buttigieg, Chasten

Book

Isaiah Dunn is my hero [2020]

Kelly J Baptist

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero [2020]

Baptist, Kelly J.

eAudiobook

OverDrive

Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero [2020]

Baptist, Kelly J.

Book

The king of confidence : a tale of utopian… [2020]

Miles Harvey

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

Lakewood [2020]

Giddings, Megan

eAudiobook

OverDrive

Lakewood [2020]

Giddings, Megan

eBook

hoopla Instant

Lakewood [2020]

Megan Giddings

eAudiobook

hoopla Instant

Lakewood [2020]

Megan Giddings

eBook

OverDrive

A People's Atlas of Detroit [2020]

Newman, Andrew

Book

R-E-S-P-E-C-T : Aretha Franklin, the queen of… [2020]

Carole Boston Weatherford

eBook

OverDrive

RESPECT [2020]

Weatherford, Carole Boston

Book

The ship we built [2020]

Lexie Bean

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

The Ship We Built [2020]

Bean, Lexie

eAudiobook

OverDrive

The Ship We Built [2020]

Bean, Lexie

eAudiobook

hoopla Instant

The Ship We Built [2020]

Lexie Bean

Book

The star in the sycamore : discovering nature's… [2020]

Tom Springer

Book

The wicked sister [2020]

Karen Dionne

eBook

OverDrive

The Wicked Sister [2020]

Dionne, Karen

eAudiobook

OverDrive

The Wicked Sister [2020]

Dionne, Karen

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

Wolf Island [2020]

Mech, L. David

eAudiobook

OverDrive

Wolf Island [2020]

Mech, L. David

eAudiobook

hoopla Instant

Wolf Island [2020]

L. David Mech

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

Words like Thunder [2020]

Beardslee, Lois

eBook

OverDrive

Kindle

You're in the Wrong Place [2020]

Harris, Joseph

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