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Made in Michigan Writers Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Made in Michigan Writers books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Made in Michigan Writers series? Start with "Blue-Tail Fly (By: Vievee Francis)" (2006) and follow publication order through all 49 books.
The complete Made in Michigan Writers reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Blue-Tail Fly (By: Vievee Francis)
2006
Broken Symmetry (By: Jack Ridl)
2006
The Women Were Leaving the Men (By: Andy Mozina)
2007
After-Music (By: Conrad Hilberry)
2008
Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream (By: M.L. Liebler)
2008
Trespassing (By: Janet Kauffman)
2008
The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit (By: Michael Zadoorian)
2009
If the World Becomes So Bright (By: Keith Taylor)
2009
American Salvage (By: Bonnie Jo Campbell)
2009
By Cold Water (By: Chris Dombrowski)
2009
As If We Were Prey (By: Michael Delp)
2010
Birth of a Notion; Or, the Half Ain't Never Been Told (By: Bill Harris)
2010
Voices of the Lost and Found (By: Dorene O'Brien)
2010
An American Map (By: Anne-Marie Oomen)
2010
In Which Brief Stories Are Told (By: Phillip Sterling)
2011
At The Bureau of Divine Music (By: Michael Heffernan)
2011
Love/Imperfect (By: Christopher T. Leland)
2011
The Light Between (By: Terry Blackhawk)
2012
To Embroider the Ground with Prayer (By: Teresa J. Scollon)
2012
The World of a Few Minutes Ago (By: Jack Driscoll)
2012
Allegiance (By: francine j. harris)
2012
Booker T & Them (By: Bill Harris)
2012
Practicing to Walk Like a Heron (By: Jack Ridl)
2013
Earth Again (By: Chris Dombrowski)
2013
Living Together (By: Gloria Whelan)
2013
Making Callaloo in Detroit (By: Lolita Hernandez)
2014
Quality Snacks (By: Andrew Mozina)
2014
Know the Mother
2016
Sharp Blue Search of Flame (By: Zilka Joseph)
2016
I Want to Be Once (By: M.L. Liebler)
2016
States of Motion (By: Laura Hulthen Thomas)
2017
The Forgetting Tree (By: Rae Paris)
2017
The Lake Michigan Mermaid (By: Anne-Marie Oomen,Linda Nemec Foster)
2018
Field Recordings (By: Russell Brakefield)
2018
Meet Behind Mars (By: Renee Simms)
2018
Eden Springs (By: Lola Lafon,Laura Kasischke)
2018
I Got To Keep Moving (By: Bill Harris)
2018
Welcome to Replica Dodge (By: Natalie Ruth Joynton)
2019
Ragged Anthem (By: Chris Dombrowski)
2019
Unblinking (By: Lisa Lenzo)
2019
The Desk on the Sea (By: Jonathan Johnson)
2019
Shades: Detroit Love Stories (By: Esperanza M. Cintrón)
2019
Gut Botany (By: Petra Kuppers)
2020
You're in the Wrong Place (By: Joseph Harris)
2020
A Fine Canopy (By: Alison Swan)
2020
You Are My Joy and Pain (By: Naomi Long Madgett)
2020
How Other People Make Love (By: Thisbe Nissen)
2021
When the Heart Needs a Stunt Double (By: Diane Decillis)
2021
Gun/Shy (By: Jim Daniels)
2021
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