Michigan Bestseller list for April 2015

For April 2015, the largest rise on the Michigan Bestseller List was Sloan’s Counting by 7s.  Green’s Paper Towns has its second consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top ten.  Link’s Wicked Takes the Witness Stand has its sixth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top 15.

1) Holly Sloan—Counting by 7s (Puffin Books)

2) Derek Jeter—The Contract (Jeter Publishing/Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books)

3) Laurie Keller—The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut: Invasion of the UFonuts (Henry Holt and Co.)

4) Lisa McMann—The Unwanteds: Island of Silence (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)

5) Laurie Keller—The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut: Bowling Alley Bandit (Henry Holt and Co.)

6) John Green—Paper Towns (Speak) [last month #3]

7) Scott Ellsworth—The Secret Game: A Wartime Story of Courage, Change, and Basketball’s Lost Triumph (Little, Brown and Company)

8) Lisa McMann—The Unwanteds: Island of Fire (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)

9) Tom Daldin, Jim Edelman, and Eric Tremonti—Under the Radar Michigan: The First 50 (Scribe Publishing Company)

10) Ellen Klages—The Green Glass Sea (Puffin Books)

11) Lisa McMann—The Unwanteds: Island of Shipwrecks (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster)

12) Mardi Link–Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan (University of Michigan Press)

13) Alison DeCamp—My Near Death Adventures (99% True!) (Crown Books for Young Readers) [last month #1]

14) Maureen Abood—Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen (Running Press/Perseus Books Group)

15) Allison Leotta–Law of Attraction: A Novel (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)

The Michigan Bestseller List includes 16 participating bookstores: Bay Leaf Used & Rare Books (79 State Rd, Newaygo; www.bayleafbooks.com), Between the Covers (106 E. Main St., Harbor Springs, www.facebook.com/btcbookstore), Blue Frog Books (3615 E. Grand River, Howell; www.bluefrogbooksandmore.com), Bookbug (3019 Oakland Dr, Kalamazoo; http://www.bookbugkalamazoo.com/), Book World Marquette (136 W Washington St., Marquette; www.bookworldstores.com), Falling Rock Café & Bookstore (104 E Munising Ave, Munising; www.fallingrockcafe.com), Kazoo Books (407 N Clarendon St., Kalamazoo; 2413 Parkview, Kalamazoo;www.kazoobooks.com), Nicola’s Books (2513 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor; www.nicolasbooks.com), North Wind Books (601 Quincy St, Hancock;https://bookstore.finlandia.edu), Saturn Booksellers (133 W Main St, Gaylord; www.saturnbooksellers.com), Schuler Books & Music (1982 W Grand River Ave, Okemos; 2660 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids; 2820 Towne Center Blvd, Lansing; www.schulerbooks.com), Snowbound Books (118 N 3rd St, Marquette;www.snowboundbooks.com), and Up North Books (3362 Interstate 75 Business Spur, Sault Ste. Marie; http://upnorthbooks.com/).

U.P. BESTSELLER LIST

For April 2015, the largest rise on the U.P. Bestseller List was Classen’s Teddy Roosevelt & the Marquette Libel Trial.  LeDuff’s Detroit has its ninth consecutive month on the Upper Peninsula Bestseller List.  [Note: there was no U.P. Bestseller List for the month of March 2015; consistency of rankings ignores the March absence.  “Last month” refers to last recorded month of rankings, which would be February 2015.]

1) Mikel B. Classen–Teddy Roosevelt & the Marquette Libel Trial (The History Press) [last month #8]

2) Joseph Heywood–Harder Ground: More Woods Cop Stories (Lyons Press) [last month #3]

3) Charlie LeDuff—Detroit: An American Autopsy (Penguin Books) [last month #2]

4) Sonny Longtine—Murder in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (The History Press) [last month #4]

5) Ellen Airgood—South of Superior (Riverhead Trade)

6) Steve Hamilton—Winter of the Wolf Moon: An Alex McKnight Novel (Minotaur Books)

7) Steve Hamilton—Misery Bay: An Alex McKnight Novel (Minotaur Books)

8) Bonnie Jo Campbell–Once Upon A River: A Novel (W.W. Norton & Company)

9) Robert F. Jones—The Run to Gitche Gumee: A Novel (Skyhorse Publishing) [last month #9]

10) Robert Traver—Laughing Whitefish: A Tale of Justice and Anishinaabe Custom (Michigan State University Press)

The Upper Peninsula Bestseller List includes 5 participating bookstores: Book World Marquette (136 W Washington St., Marquette; www.bookworldstores.com), Falling Rock Café & Bookstore (104 E Munising Ave, Munising; www.fallingrockcafe.com), North Wind Books (601 Quincy St, Hancock; https://bookstore.finlandia.edu), Snowbound Books (118 N 3rd St, Marquette; www.snowboundbooks.com), and Up North Books (3362 Interstate 75 Business Spur, Sault Ste. Marie;http://upnorthbooks.com/).