Michigan Bestseller list for August 2015

Face_In_rockFor August 2015, Green’s Paper Towns has its sixth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top ten.  Link’s Wicked Takes the Witness Stand has its tenth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top fifteen.

1) Emily St. John Mandel—Station Eleven: A Novel (Vintage) [last month #2]

2) Mardi Link—The Drummond Girls: A Story of Fierce Friendship Beyond Time and Chance (Grand Central Publishing/Hachette Book Group) [last month #4]

3) Paula McLain—Circling the Sun: A Novel (Ballantine Books)

4) Mardi Link—Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan (University of Michigan Press) [last month #9]

5) John Green—Paper Towns (Speak) [last month #1]

6) Lori Nelson Spielman—Sweet Forgiveness: A Novel (Plume) [last month #3]

7) Joshua G. Cohen, Michael A. Kost, Bradford S. Slaughter, and Dennis A. Albert—A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Michigan (Michigan State University Press)

8) Maureen Abood—Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen (Running Press/Perseus Books Group) [last month #7]

9) Mark Alpert—The Six (Sourcebooks Fire) [tie]

9) John U. Bacon—Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football (St. Martin’s Press) [tie]

9) Robin Sloan—Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel (Picador) [tie]

12) Jim C. Hines—Fable: Blood of Heroes (Del Rey)

13) Katherine Taylor—Valley Fever: A Novel (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

14) Anand Giridharadas—The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas (W.W. Norton & Company) [tie]

14) Ronald Riekki—Here: Women Writing On Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Michigan State University Press) [last month #8] [tie]

14) Leah Thomas—Because You’ll Never Meet Me (Bloomsbury Children’s Publishing) [last month #15] [tie]

The Michigan Bestseller List includes 16 participating bookstores: 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/), Falling Rock Café & Bookstore (104 E Munising Ave, Munising; www.fallingrockcafe.com), Grandpa’s Barn (385 4th Street Copper Harbor), https://www.facebook.com/grandpasbarn), Great Lakes Books & Supply(840 Clark St #1, Big Rapids, www.greatlakesbook.com), Island Bookstore (7372 Main St., Mackinac Island, www.islandbookstore.com), Kazoo Books (407 N. Clarendon St, Kalamazoo; 2413 Parkview Ave, Kalamazoo, www.kazoobooks.com), Leelanau Books (109 N Main St, Leland, www.leelanaubooks.com), Nicola’s Books (2513 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor; www.nicolasbooks.com), 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), and Snowbound Books (118 N 3rd St, Marquette, www.snowboundbooks.com).

U.P. BESTSELLER LIST 

For August 2015, Riekki’s Here has its fourth consecutive month on the Upper Peninsula Bestseller List top ten.  Airgood’s South of Superior has its fifth consecutive month on the Upper Peninsula Bestseller List top fifteen.

1) Robin Sloan–Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore: A Novel (Picador) [last month #2]

2) Emily St. John Mandel—Station Eleven: A Novel (Vintage) [last month #4]

3) Ronald Riekki—Here: Women Writing On Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Michigan State University Press) [last month #1]

4) Loren Graham—A Face in the Rock: The Tale of a Grand Island Chippewa (University of California Press) [last month #5]

5) Jennifer Billock—Keweenaw County (Arcadia Publishing)

6) Christian Holmes—Company Towns of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Arcadia Publishing) [last month #3]

7) Christina Baker Kline—orphan train: a novel (William Morrow Paperbacks/HarperCollins Publishers) [tie]

7) Bonnie Jo Campbell—Once Upon a River: A Novel (W.W. Norton & Company) [last month #6] [tie]

7) Teresa Marrone—Wild Berries & Fruits Field Guide: Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan (Adventure Publications) [tie]

7) Danielle Sosin—The Long-Shining Waters (Milkweed Editions) [tie]

11) Ellen Airgood—The Education of Ivy Blake (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Books USA) [tie]

11) Ellen Airgood—South of Superior (Riverhead Trade/Penguin Books USA) [last month #8] [tie]

11) Richard L. Baldwin—Made a Killing in Copper: Murder on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula (Buttonwood Press) [tie]

14) Todd Clements—Haunts of Mackinac: Ghost Stories, Legends, & Tragic Tales of Mackinac Island (House of Hawthorne Publishing) [last month #12]

15) Duffy Brown—Geared for the Grave: a cycle path mystery (Berkeley/Penguin Books USA) [last month #13]

15) Holling C. Holling—Paddle to the Sea (Sandpiper Books)

The Upper Peninsula Bestseller List includes 4 participating bookstores: Falling Rock Café & Bookstore (104 E Munising Ave, Munising; www.fallingrockcafe.com), Grandpa’s Barn (385 4th Street Copper Harbor), https://www.facebook.com/grandpasbarn), Island Bookstore (7372 Main St., Mackinac Island, www.islandbookstore.com), and Snowbound Books (118 N 3rd St, Marquette, www.snowboundbooks.com).