Fiction
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- Billie Standish Was Here, by Nancy Crocker
- Set in a rural Missouri town in the 1960s, Nancy Crocker's novel explores the friendship between lonely 11-year-old Billie and her elderly neighbor. Miss Lydia. When a tragedy befalls Billie that she can't bear alone, the bond between them is both tested and sealed. This is the author's first novel.
Finalist in the Young Adult Literature category, 20th Minnesota Book Awards.
Read an interview with Nancy Crocker about this book on Becky's Book Reviews blog.
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- Carrot Cake Murder, by Joanne Fluke
- Hannah Swenson investigates the murder of a family reunion attendee whose murderer could be a man suffering from Alzheimer’s.
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- Chasing Tail Lights, by Patrick Jones
- Eighteen-year-old Christy wants only to finish high school and escape her Flint, Michigan, home, where she cooks, cleans, cares for her niece, and tries to fend off her half-brother, a drug dealer who has been abusing her since she was eleven. This is an unflinching look at the effects of poverty, drugs, and abuse.
Finalist in the Young Adult Literature category, 20th Minnesota Book Awards.
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- Code Black, by Philip S. Donlay
- Donlay uses his 30+ years of flying jets to bring the reader straight into the cockpit of a commercial airliner. The second novel in the series featuring Donovan Nash, Code Black opens with a record-breaking blizzard, a gruesome accident, and a mid-air collision. Code Black is the story of a desperate rescue, heroism under fire, and the secrets even heroes must keep.
Finalist in the Genre Fiction category, 20th Minnesota Book Awards.
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- Defect, by Will Weaver
- After spending most of his life in Minnesota foster homes hiding a bizarre physical abnormality,
fifteen-year-old David is offered a chance at normalcy, but must decide if giving up what makes him special is the right thing to do.
Winner of the Award for Young Adult Literature, 20th Minnesota Book Awards.
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- Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon, by Garrison Keillor
- The new Lake Wobegon novel focuses on the secret life and sudden death of 82-year-old Evelyn Peterson. Her daughter Barbara and the whole Lutheran community are quite surprised at Evelyn's instructions that she be cremated, without a prayer or eulogy, and that her ashes be sealed in a bowling ball and dropped in the lake.
Finalist in the Novel and Short Story category, 20th Minnesota Book Awards.
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- Protect and Defend: A Thriller, by Vince Flynn
- In the aftermath of an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, CIA director Irene Kennedy and operative Mitch Rapp are dispatched to the Middle East to diffuse Iran’s sworn retaliation against the United States. A New York Times best-selling political thriller.
Finalist in the Genre Fiction category, 20th Minnesota Book Awards.
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- So Brave, Young, and Handsome: A Novel, by Leif Enger
- The story of an aging train robber on a quest to reconcile the claims of love and judgment on his life, and the failed writer who goes with him. A new book from the author of Peace Like a River.
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Non-Fiction
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- Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer, by Michael A. Elliott
- With Custerology, Michael A. Elliott tackles the far more complicated question of why the battle retains such power for Americans today. Weaving vivid historical accounts of Custer at Little Bighorn with contemporary commemorations that range from battle reenactments to the unfinished Crazy Horse memorial, Elliott reveals a Custer and a West whose legacies are still vigorously contested.
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- Forward From Here: Leaving Middle Age--and Other Unexpected Adventures, by Reeve Lindbergh
- In her funny and wistful new book, Reeve Lindbergh contemplates entering a new stage in life, turning sixty, the period her mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, once described as "the youth of old age." It is a time of life, she writes, that produces some unexpected surprises. Age brings loss, but also love; disaster, but also delight.
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- Kenny Salwey's Tales of a River Rat: Adventures Along the Wild Mississippi, by Kenny Salwey
- Kenny Salwey, the legendary Last River Rat and famed storyteller, presents a new collection of ""rat tales,"" sure to delight, inform, and entertain. A modern-day American hermit who has lived most of his life in the Mississippi river bottoms, Kenny knows the river ecosystem with an intimacy unavailable to most.
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- Mike Lynch's Minnesota Weatherwatch: A Complete Guide for Weather-Obsessed Minnesotans, by Mike Lynch
- With a calamitous history of tornadoes, blizzards, and thunderstorms, Minnesotans have a natural interest in weather predictions. This entertaining and comprehensive guide presents a full review of the science and lore behind Minnesota's legendary weather. Longtime WCCO broadcaster Mike Lynch opens with a history of meteorology, continues with a crash course in the science of atmosphere and weather sysems, and safely concludes with fun and informative tips for making one's own weather predictions.
Finalist in the Minnesota category, 20th Minnesota Book Awards.
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- The Wet Collection, by Joni Tevis
- In her debut book, Joni Tevis draws attention to the fragile connection between human beings and the mysteries that surround them in an attempt to puzzle out lost histories. The book follows the author through many adventures, including a comical account of her summer spent working as a cemetery plot salesperson and a chronicle of her stint dressing up like a beaver when working as a park ranger.
Finalist in the Memoir and Creative Nonfiction category, 20th Minnesota Book Awards.
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