Great Lakes Great Reads Award

Given by Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association

Other Names: Great Lakes Great Reads
84 Works / 85 Items 118,729 Books 7,576 Reviews ½ 4.0
Categories:
All, Adult Fiction (8), Adult Non-Fiction (8), Award Winner (1), Children's (8), Children's Books (2), Children's Fiction (1), Children's Picture Book (3), Children's YA & Middle Grade (2), Fiction (2), Nonfiction (2), Young Adult (4), No Category (44)
Years:
All, 2019 (4), 2018 (4), 2017 (4), 2016 (4), 2015 (4), 2013 (15), 2012 (9), 2011 (8), 2010 (16), 2009 (16)
WorkCategoryOrder LabelYear
Ohio by Stephen Markley
Adult Fiction2019
The World's Fastest Man: The Extraordinary Life of Cyclist Major Taylor, America's First Black Sports Hero by Michael Kranish
Adult Non-Fiction2019
Music for Mister Moon by Philip C. Stead
Children's Picture Book2019
Harbor Me by Jacqueline Woodson
Children's YA & Middle Grade2019
Beautiful Music by Michael Zadoorian
Adult Fiction2018
What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City by Mona Hanna-Attisha
Adult Non-Fiction2018
Love by Matt de la Peña
Children's Picture Book2018
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez
Children's YA & Middle Grade2018
Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty
2017
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng
2017
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore
2017
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance
2017
Mothers, Tell Your Daughters by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Adult Fiction2016
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story by David Maraniss
Adult Non-Fiction2016
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt
Children's Books2016
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
Children's Books2016
Mosquitoland by David Arnold
Children's Fiction2015
Otis and the Scarecrow by Loren Long
Children's Picture Book2015
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Fiction2015
The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War by A.J. Baime
Nonfiction2015
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
Adult Fiction2013-012013
The River Swimmer: Novellas by Jim Harrison
Adult Fiction2013-012013
After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story by Michael Hainey
Adult Non-Fiction2013-012013
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
Children's2013-012013
Peace by Wendy Anderson Halperin
Children's2013-012013
The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery by Judith Bloom Fradin
Young Adult2013-012013
Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm by Mardi Jo Link
Adult Non-Fiction2013-022013
If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano
2013-022013
The Innocence Game by Michael Harvey
2013-022013
Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
2013-022013
A 1 000-Mile Great Lakes Walk( One Woman's Trek Along the Shorelines of All Five Great Lakes)[1000 MILE GRT LAKES WALK][Paperback] by LoreenNiewenhuis
2013-022013
Something That Feels Like Truth (Switchgrass) by DONALD LYSTRA
2013-042013
The Good Boy by Theresa Schwegel
2013-042013
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan
2013-042013
Hello, My Name Is Ruby by Philip C. Stead
2013-042013
Raylan by Elmore Leonard
Adult Fiction2012-012012
The Magic Room: A Story About the Love We Wish for Our Daughters by Jeffrey Zaslow
Adult Non-Fiction2012-012012
Crafty Chloe by Kelly DiPucchio
Children's2012-012012
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Young Adult2012-012012
The Middlesteins by Jami Attenberg
Adult Fiction2012-032012
Read This!: Handpicked Favorites from America's Indie Bookstores by Hans Weyandt
Adult Non-Fiction2012-032012
What Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt
Children's2012-032012
Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead
Children's2012-032012
The Quiet Place by Sarah Stewart
Children's2012-032012
Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Children's2011-032011
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Fiction2011-032011
The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure
Nonfiction2011-032011
Okay for Now by Gary D. Schmidt
Young Adult2011-032011
The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb: A Novel by Melanie Benjamin
Adult Fiction2011-042011
Girl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats and Drinks by Stephanie Izard
Adult Non-Fiction2011-042011
Bun Bun Button by Patricia Polacco
Children's2011-042011
Bluefish by Pat Schmatz
Young Adult2011-042011
Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry: Travels in the Footsteps of the Commodore Who Saved America by Craig Heimbuch
Award Winner2010
Kyle's Island by Sally Derby
2010-012010
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
2010-012010
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
2010-012010
Great Lakes Reader by Walter Havighurst
2010-012010
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
2010-012010
Isadore's Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town by Mardi Link
2010-012010
Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares
2010-012010
Farm by Elisha Cooper
2010-022010
Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry: Travels in the Footsteps of the Commodore Who Saved America by Craig Heimbuch
2010-022010
Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home by Rhoda Janzen
2010-022010
The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter by Jason Kersten
2010-022010
So Cold the River by Michael Koryta
2010-022010
Best Friends Forever: A World War II Scrapbook by Beverly Patt
2010-022010
Freshwater Boys: Stories by Adam Schuitema
2010-022010
Innocent by Scott Turow
2010-022010
The Tale of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb
2010-022010
Harry Truman's Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip by Matthew Algeo
2009-022009
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
2009-022009
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley
2009-022009
Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting by Michael Perry
2009-022009
Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
2009-022009
Sworn to Silence by Linda Castillo
2009-032009
Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan
2009-032009
The Silent Hour by Michael Koryta
2009-032009
While I'm Falling by Laura Moriarty
2009-032009
Real Life and Liars by Kristina Riggle
2009-032009
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
2009-042009
Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
2009-042009
Doubleback by Libby Fischer Hellmann
2009-042009
Otis by Loren Long
2009-042009
A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
2009-042009
Stitches: A Memoir by David Small
2009-042009
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