List of the 2011 Michigan Notable Books
Andrew Norton
The 2011 list of Michigan Notable Books is the 10th year that this list has been compiled. Each year the Library of Michigan sponsors a list of the 20 books that "highlights exceptional 'Michigan books' published in 2010 that bring attention to Michigan authors and topics. Books that showcase the range of experiences of Michigan's citizens and life in the Great Lakes by well-established and first-time authors can be found."
- Apparition & Late Fiction: A Novella and Stories by Thomas Lynch
- Blues in Black and White: The Landmark Ann Arbor Blues Festivals by Michael Erlewine, Stanley Livingston (photographer) and Tom Erlewine
- Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation by Steve Lehto
- Detroit Disassembled by Andrew Moore
- The Detroit Electric Scheme: A Mystery by D.E. Johnson
- Eden Springs: A Novella by Laura Kasischke
- Freshwater Boys: Stories by Adam Schuitema
- The Hanging Tree: A Starvation Lake Mystery by Bryan Gruley
- Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
- A Michigan Polar Bear Confronts the Bolsheviks: A War Memoir by Godfrey J. Anderson
- Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigan's Copper Country by Alison K. Hoagland
- Picturing Hemingway's Michigan by Michael R. Federspiel
- Reimagining Detroit: Opportunities for Redefining an American City by John Gallagher
- Sawdusted: Notes from a Post-boom Mill by Raymond Goodwin
- Sixty to Zero: An Inside Look at the Collapse of General Motors and the Detroit Auto Industry by Alex Taylor III
- The Sweetness of Freedom: Stories of Immigrants by Stephen Ostrander and Martha Bloomfield
- To Account for Murder by William C. Whitbeck
- Working Words: Punching the Clock and Kicking Out the Jams edited by M.L. Liebler
- Wounded Warrior: The Rise and Fall of Michigan Governor John Swainson by Lawrence M. Glazer
- You Don't Look Like Anyone I Know: A True Story of Family, Face- Blindness, and Forgiveness by Heather Sellers