Mitch Albom
The First Phone Call from Heaven
Residents of a small Lake Michigan community begin receiving phone calls from the deceased, and a single father determines to find out whether the calls are real or hoaxes.
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Steve Amick
The Lake, the River, & the Other Lake
Details one summer in the life of the fictional Michigan resort community of Weneshkeen.
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Dean Bakopoulos
Please Don't Come Back From the Moon
All the men in a Detroit neighborhood disappear one summer, creating conflicts for their wives and children.
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Bonnie Jo Campbell
American Salvage
A collection of short stories about downtrodden characters in rural Michigan.
Once Upon a River
After her father's death, a young woman travels a river through rural Michigan in search of her mother.
Q Road
A teenager embarks on an unusual romance in a rural area being claimed by developers.
Women and Other Animals
A collection of short stories about women in the Lower Peninsula.
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Pearl Cleage
Idlewild Series
Series that takes place in the Michigan community of Idlewild
1. What Looks Like Crazy On an Ordinary Day
Ava Johnson returns to her Michigan hometown of Idlewild after her career crashes and burns, and finds that many of the problems she thought she'd left behind in the big city are there waiting for her.
2. I Wish I Had a Red Dress
A widow searches for meaning in her life, and thinks she might have found it in the form of a tall, dark, and handsome man she's just met.
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Jack Driscoll
How Like an Angel
A man heads to northern Michigan to clear his head after a divorce and to work through his relationships with various family members.
Wanting Only to Be Heard
Series of short stories about the relationship between father and son.
The World a Few Minutes Ago
Collection of short stories that take place in northern Michigan.
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Jeffrey Eugenides
Middlesex
Traces the life and family history of Cal Stephanides, a Detroiter whose family secrets explain the unusual circumstances surrounding his birth.
The Virgin Suicides
Narrated by a male classmate of five sisters in a Detroit suburb who, one by one, commit suicide.
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Wheels
Arthur Hailey
Novel about the auto industry in 1970s Detroit.
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Jeffrey Scott Hansen
Warpath
A Detroit police officer struggles to save his family from danger in one of the city's most volatile neighborhoods.
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Jim Harrison
Farmer
A farmer must choose between two lovers, and also must decide whether to abandon his farming lifestyle.
The Great Leader
A detective about to retire investigates a cult in the Upper Peninsula.
Returning to Earth
A Michigan man dying from Lou Gehrig's disease dictates his life story to his wife, while his family members deal with the effects of his illness.
Sundog
An Upper Peninsula man tells the story of his epic life.
True North
A man confronts the legacy of his family, members of which were lumber barons who destroyed vast swaths of the Upper Peninsula.
Warlock
An executive with an evil boss finds himself battling poachers and spying on his employer's family in this comic novel.
Wolf: A False Memoir
A Manhattanite heads to the Upper Peninsula to search for wolves.
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Scott Lasser
Battle Creek
A man who coaches an amateur baseball team attempts to lead his team to a national championship while navigating complicated relationships with his father and son.
Say Nice Things About Detroit
A man returns to Detroit after 25 years to escape from his tragic past and to forge a new future for himself.
The Year That Follows
After her brother dies in the attacks on the World Trade Center, a Detroit woman searches for the nephew whom she just learned existed.
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Alissia J.R. Lingaur
The Trainstop
Three generations of women in a Michigan family struggle to cope with the actions of one of their own.
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Sabrynne McLain
When Red is Blue
A young woman must cope with the legacy left by her dysfunctional parents.
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Terry McMillan
Mama
A woman struggles to raise her family on her own after kicking her alcoholic husband out of their house.
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Travis Mulhauser
Greetings from Cutler County
A novella and short stories about the flawed residents of fictional Cutler County, Michigan.
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Ed A. Murray
Between Two Slopes
Two siblings and their father struggle to achieve happiness after tragic deaths in their family.
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Dana Precious
Born Under a Lucky Moon
A movie executive who grew up in Michigan attempts to help her boyfriend deal with her eccentric family before she introduces him to them.
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John Smolens
Cold
An escaped prisoner and a widow engage in a tense battle of wills during a blizzard in the Upper Peninsula.
Fire Point
Two outcasts, Hannah and Martin, strike up a romance in the Upper Peninsula community of Whitefish Harbor, but find themselves threatened by a violent man from Hannah's past.
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Michael Zadoorian
The Leisure Seeker
An elderly Detroit couple hits the road to rediscover themselves and experience one last adventure.
The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit
An anthology of short stories set in the Detroit area.
Second Hand
A Detroit "hipster" who owns a second-hand store discovers things he never knew about his life while going through his deceased mother's possessions.
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