Michigan Bestseller list for September 2015

pic_rocksFiction: for September 2015, Mandel’s Station Eleven has its fourth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top ten.  Mandel’s Station Eleven also has its fourth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List extended top fifteen.

Non-Fiction: for September 2015, Links’s Wicked Takes the Witness Stand has its fifth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top ten.  Link’s Wicked Takes the Witness Stand also has its eleventh consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List extended top fifteen.

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

2) Katherine Applegate–Crenshaw (Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan)

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

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

5) Kim Harrison—The Drafter: A Novel (Gallery Books/Simon and Schuster)

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

7) Tom Rath—StrengthsFinder 2.0 (Gallup Press)

8) Paula McLain—Circling the Sun: A Novel (Ballantine Books) [last month #3]

9) Lisa McMann—The Unwanteds (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

10) David Fitzsimmons—Curious Critters Michigan (Wild Iris Publishing)

11) Gene Klco—Loon Chick’s First Flight (Thunder Bay Press)

12) Paula McLain—The Paris Wife: A Novel (Ballantine Books)

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

14) Jon Falk with Dan Ewald—Forty Years in the Big House: Michigan Tales from My Four Decades as a Wolverine (Triumph Books)

15) Lisa McMann—The Unwanteds: Island of Graves (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

The Michigan Bestseller List includes 15 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), Island Bookstore (7372 Main St., Mackinac Island, www.islandbookstore.com), Kazoo Books (407 N. Clarendon St, Kalamazoo; 2413 Parkview Ave, 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), and Snowbound Books (118 N 3rd St, Marquette, www.snowboundbooks.com).

U.P. BESTSELLER LIST 

Fiction: for September 2015, Riekki’s Here has its fifth consecutive month on the Upper Peninsula Bestseller List top ten.  Airgood’s South of Superior has its sixth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List extended top fifteen.

Non-Fiction: for September 2015, Marrone’s Wild Berries & Fruits has its second consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top ten.  Marrone’s Wild Berries & Fruitsalso has its second consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List extended top fifteen.

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

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

3) Ellen Airgood—Prairie Evers: a novel (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Books USA)

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

5) William Blewett—Geology and Landscape of Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Vicinity (Wayne State University Press) [tie]

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

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

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

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

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

11) Ladona Tornabene—Gentle Hikes of Upper Michigan: Upper Michigan’s most scenic Lake Superior hikes under 3 miles (Adventure Publications)

12) Steve Hamilton—A Cold Day in Paradise (Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press) [tie]

12) Holling C. Holling—Paddle-to-the-Sea (Sandpiper Books) [last month #15] [tie]

12) Jon Stott—Paul Bunyan in Michigan: Yooper Logging, Lore & Legends (Arcadia Publishing) [tie]

15) Nancy Coco—All Fudged Up: A Candy-Coated Mystery with Recipes (Kensington)

The Upper Peninsula Bestseller List includes 5 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),North Wind Books (601 Quincy St, Hancock; https://bookstore.finlandia.edu), and Snowbound Books (118 N 3rd St, Marquette, www.snowboundbooks.com).