Yooper Favorites

Stories and history from the wild and wonderful Upper Peninsula of Michigan, surrounded by three of the five Great Lakes.

Updated February 4, 2026
Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
Under a blackberry moon
Miller, Serena
Paper Book
Just a few days after she gives birth alone in the Northwoods, a recently widowed young Chippewa woman stumbles into a nearby lumber camp in search of refuge and sustenance. Come summer, the camp owner sends Skypilot, his most trusted friend, to accompany Moon Song and her baby on the long and...
Edge of dusk
Coble, Colleen
Paper Book
"This fresh, addictive mystery delivers thrills, compassion, and hope." --Publishers Weekly The first book in USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble's Annie Pederson Series returns to fan-favorite Rock Harbor with new characters, complex new mysteries, and a new...
The trouble up north
Mulhauser, Travis
Paper Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year 2025 An atmospheric, haunting novel about the Sawbrooks, a family of bootleggers with a troubled history and a deep connection to the Michigan land that binds them. The Sawbrooks have spent decades...
Beware the woman : a novel
Abbott, Megan
Paper Book
An NPR Best Book of the Year By the "master of thinly veiled secrets often kept by women who rage underneath their delicate exteriors" (Kirkus Reviews), Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at the height of her game. Honey, I just want you to have...
Dead man running : an Alex McKnight mystery
Hamilton, Steve
Paper Book
Alex McKnight--hero of Steve Hamilton's bestselling, award-winning, and beloved private eye series--is back in a high-stakes, nail-biting thriller, facing the most dangerous enemy he's ever encountered. On the Mediterranean Sea, a vacationer logs on to the security-camera feed...
Dark of night : an Annie Pederson novel
Coble, Colleen
Paper Book
The second book in USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble's Annie Pederson Series (following Edge of Dusk) returns to fan-favorite Rock Harbor as ranger Annie Pederson tries to find a way to balance justice and grace. As if the last few months haven't been hard enough...
Hunter's moon : a novel in stories
Caputo, Philip
Paper Book
"Powerful....Caputo's wisdom runs deep. Few writers have better captured the emotional lives of men." --The New York Times Book Review From Philip Caputo--the author of A Rumor of War, The Longest Road, and Some Rise By Sin<...
Winter study : a novel
Barr, Nevada.
Paper Book
Anna Pigeon returns—in the remarkable new novel from the New York Times–bestselling writer. It is January, and Park Ranger Anna Pigeon is sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn about managing and understanding wolves, as her home base of Rocky Mountain National Park might soon have their own...
Blood is the sky : an Alex McKnight mystery
Hamilton, Steve
Paper Book
"When a fire is done, what’s left is only half-destroyed. It is charred and brittle. It is obscene. There is nothing so ugly in all the world as what a fire leaves behind, covered in ashes and smoke and a smell you’ll think about every day for the rest of your life." ...

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.