Magic Season: A Son’s Story by Wade Rouse – Hanover Square Press.Love Radio by Ebony LaDelle – Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.It’s Hard Being You: A Primer on Being Happy Anyway by Sharon Emery – Mission Point Press.I’ll Be There: My Life with the Four Tops by Duke Fakir with Kathleen McGhee-Anderson – Omnibus Press.

Hadha Baladuna: Arab American Narratives of Boundary and Belonging edited by Ghassan Zeineddine, Nabeel Abraham, and Sally Howell – Wayne State University Press.

Guardians of Michigan: Architectural Sculpture of the Pleasant Peninsulas by Jeff Morrison – University of Michigan Press.

Ferne: a Detroit Story by Barbara Henning – Spuyten Duyvil.

Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas – MCD Books.

Chevy in the Hole: A Novel by Kelsey Ronan – Henry Holt and Co.

Blood and Fire: The Unbelievable Real-Life Story of Wrestling’s Original Sheik by Brian R.

As Long as I Know You: The Mom Book by Anne-Marie Oomen – University of Georgia Press.

You can check out these picks through MeLCat! Each selected title speaks to our state’s rich cultural, historical, and literary heritage and proves without a doubt that some of the greatest stories are found in the Great Lakes State.

The selected books are honored in the year after their publication or copyright date. The Library of Michigan has announced the selections for the 2023 Michigan Notable Books list. Every year, the Library of Michigan selects up to twenty of the most notable books, either written by a Michigan resident or about Michigan or the Great Lakes.

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