MICHIGAN BESTSELLER LIST FOR DECEMBER 2016
1) Bruce Cameron, A Dog’s Purpose: A Novel for Humans (Forge Books)
2) Edward McClelland, How to Speak Midwestern (Belt Publishing)
3) Lomas Brown, If These Walls Could Talk, Detroit Lions: Stories from the Detroit Lions Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box (Triumph Books)
4) Mitch Albom, the magic strings of Frankie Presto: a novel (HarperCollins Publishers)
5) Michael Emmerich, 100 Things Michigan State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (Triumph Books)
6) Peter Ho Davies, The Fortunes (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
7) Ann Patchett, Commonwealth: A Novel (HarperCollins Publishers)
8) Stan Tekeila, Birds of Michigan Field Guide (Adventure Publications)
9) John U. Bacon, Endzone: The Rise, Fall, and Return of Michigan Football (St. Martin’s Press)
10) Jan Shoemaker, Flesh and Stones: Field Notes from a Finite World (Bottom Dog Press)
UPPER PENINSULA BESTSELLER LIST DECEMBER 2016
1) Peggy House, prairie anna (JourneyForth/BJU Press)
2) M.L. Liebler, Heaven was Detroit: From Jazz to Hip-Hop and Beyond (Wayne State University Press)
3) Aimee Bissonette, North Woods Girl (Minnesota Historical Society Press) [tie]
3) Holling Clancy Holling, Paddle-to-the-Sea (Sandpiper Books) [tie]
3) Mardi Link, Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Deceit in Northern Michigan (University of Michigan Press) [tie]
6) John Smolens, Wolf’s Mouth (Michigan State University Press)
7) Jerry Dennis, The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas (Macmillan/St. Martin’s Press) [tie]
7) Richard Dorson, Bloodstoppers & Bearwalkers (Harvard University Press) [tie]
7) Jim Harrison, Legends of the Fall (Grove Press) [tie]
10) Jim Harrison, Brown Dog (Grove Press)
The Michigan Bestseller Lists and Upper Peninsula Bestseller List for December 2016 includes thirteen Michigan bookstores: The Book Beat in Oak Park, www.thebookbeat.com; Bookbug in Kalamazoo, bookbugkalamazoo.com; Dog Ears Books in Northport, www.dogearsbooks.net/; Great Lakes Books & Supply in Big Rapids, greatlakesbook.com; Kazoo Books in Kalamazoo, www.kazoobooks.com; Michigan News Agency in Kalamazoo, www.michigannews.biz/; Nicola’s Books in Ann Arbor, nicolasbooks.com; North Wind Books in Hancock, bookstore.finlandia.edu; Saturn Booksellers in Gaylord, www.saturnbooksellers.com; and Schuler Books & Music in Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Okemos, schulerbooks.com; and Snowbound Books in Marquette, www.snowboundbooks.com/. These stores support Michigan books, authors, and publishers.