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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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