For June 2015, the largest rise on the Michigan Bestseller List was Spielman’s Sweet Forgiveness. Green’s Paper Towns has its fourth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top ten. Link’s Wicked Takes the Witness Stand has its eighth consecutive month on the Michigan Bestseller List top fifteen.
1) Lori Nelson Spielman—Sweet Forgiveness: A Novel (Plume)
2) Emily St. John Mandel—Station Eleven: A Novel (Vintage)
3) John Green—Paper Towns (Speak) [last month #2]
4) Detroit Free Press—Mr. March (The Free Press/Lansing State Journal) [last month #9]
5) Maureen Abood—Rose Water and Orange Blossoms: Fresh & Classic Recipes from My Lebanese Kitchen (Running Press/Perseus Books Group) [last month #1]
6) Mardi Link—Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan (University of Michigan Press) [last month #3]
7) Elena Delbanco—The Silver Swan (Other Press)
8) Lori Nelson Spielman—The Life List: A Novel (Bantam)
9) Nancy E. Shaw—Sheep Go to Sleep (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers)
10) Danny Knobler—Numbers Don’t Lie—Tigers: The Biggest Numbers in Tigers History (Triumph Books) [tie]
10) Ronald Riekki—Here: Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Michigan State University Press) [tie]
12) Shutta Crum—Uh-Oh! (Knopf Books for Young Readers)
13) Alison DeCamp—My Near-Death Adventures (99% True!) (Crown Books for Young Readers) [last month #12]
14) Ellen Airgood—The Education of Ivy Blake (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Books USA)
15) Ellen Airgood—South of Superior (Riverhead Trade/Penguin Books USA) [tie]
15) Loren Graham—A Face in the Rock: The Tale of a Grand Island Chippewa (University of California Press) [tie]
The June 2015 Michigan Bestseller List includes 16 participating bookstores: Between the Covers (106 E. Main St., Harbor Springs, www.facebook.com/btcbookstore)
U.P. BESTSELLER LIST
For June 2015, the largest rise on the Upper Peninsula Bestseller List was Airgood’s The Education of Ivy Blake. Brown’s Geared for the Grave, Clements’ Haunts of Mackinac, and Riekki’s Here have their second consecutive month on the Upper Peninsula Bestseller List top ten. Airgood’s South of Superior has its third consecutive month on the Upper Peninsula Bestseller List top fifteen.
1) Ellen Airgood–The Education of Ivy Blake (Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin Books USA)
2) Ronald Riekki–Here: Women Writing on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (Michigan State University Press) [last month #6]
3) Ellen Airgood–South of Superior (Riverhead Trade/Penguin Books USA) [tie, last month #13]
3) Loren Graham–A Face in the Rock: The Tale of a Grand Island Chippewa (University of California Press) [tie, last month #15]
5) Peggy Christian–If You Find a Rock (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers)
6) Steve Hamilton–Let It Burn: An Alex McKnight Novel (Macmillan/Minotaur Books) [tie]
6) Jon C. Stott–Paul Bunyan in Michigan: Yooper Logging, Lore & Legends (Arcadia Publishing) [tie]
8) Duffy Brown–Geared for the Grave: a cycle path mystery (Berkley/Penguin Books USA) [tie]
8) Todd Clements–Haunts of Mackinac: Ghost Stories, Legends, & Tragic Tales of Mackinac Island (House of Hawthorne Publishing) [tie, last month #2]
10) Nancy Coco–All Fudged Up: A Candy-Coated Mystery with Recipes (Kensington)
11) Alison DeCamp–My Near-Death Adventures (99% True!) (Crown Books for Young Readers)
12) Denise Brennan-Nelson–Tallulah:
13) Russell M. Magnaghi–Upper Peninsula Beer: A History of Brewing Above the Bridge (Arcadia Publishing)
14) Lisa A. Shiel–Forgotten Tales of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (The History Press)
15) Mikel B. Classen–Teddy Roosevelt & the Marquette Libel Trial (The History Press) [tie]
15) Nancy Coco–Oh Say Can You Fudge: A Candy-Coated Mystery with Recipes (Kensington) [tie, last month #7]
15) Joseph Heywood–Harder Ground: More Woods Cop Stories (Lyons Press) [tie]
The June 2015 Upper Peninsula Bestseller List includes 4 participating bookstores: Falling Rock Café & Bookstore (104 E Munising Ave, Munising; www.fallingrockcafe.com), Island Bookstore (7372 Main St., Mackinac Island, www.islandbookstore.com), North Wind Books (601 Quincy St, Hancock; https://bookstore.finlandia.