Made in Michigan Writers Books in Order
Made in Michigan Writers contains 51 books, published between 2006 and 2024. The first book is Blue-Tail Fly (2006) and the newest is The Lake Huron Mermaid (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 51
- Published
- 2006–2024
- Pages on record
- 438 in 3 of 51 books
Made in Michigan Writers is a multi-author series of 51 books dated from 2006 to 2024. Anne-Marie Oomen is credited on 4 books, Chris Dombrowski and Bill Harris on 3 each, and Jack Ridl, M.L. Liebler and Linda Nemec Foster on 2 each. Subjects include Michigan, social life and customs, short stories, motherhood and the House of David religious society. Blue-Tail Fly (2006) is the first title and The Lake Huron Mermaid (2024) the newest. Other titles include The Women Were Leaving the Men (2007), American Salvage (2009) and The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit (2009).
How many Made in Michigan Writers books are there?
Made in Michigan Writers has 51 books, released between 2006 and 2024.
Made in Michigan Writers Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 51 Made in Michigan Writers books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Blue-Tail Fly2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 2Broken Symmetry2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 3The Women Were Leaving the Men2007 · confirmed 1/42007–1/4
- 4After-Music2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 5Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 6Trespassing2008 · confirmed 1/42008–1/4
- 7The Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 8If the World Becomes So Bright2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 9American Salvage2009 · 170 pages · confirmed 1/420091701/4
- 10By Cold Water2009 · confirmed 1/42009–1/4
- 11As If We Were Prey2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 12Birth of a Notion; Or, the Half Ain't Never Been Told2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 13Voices of the Lost and Found2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 14An American Map2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 15In Which Brief Stories Are Told2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 16At The Bureau of Divine Music2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 17Love/Imperfect2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 18The Light Between2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 19To Embroider the Ground with Prayer2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 20The World of a Few Minutes Ago2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 21Allegiance2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 22Booker T & Them2012 · confirmed 1/42012–1/4
- 23Practicing to Walk Like a Heron2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 24Earth Again2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 25Living Together2013 · confirmed 1/42013–1/4
- 26Making Callaloo in Detroit2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 27Quality Snacks2014 · confirmed 1/42014–1/4
- 28Love, Sex, and 4-H2015 · confirmed 1/42015–1/4
- 29Know the Mother2016 · 123 pages · confirmed 1/420161231/4
- 30Sharp Blue Search of Flame2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 31I Want to Be Once2016 · confirmed 1/42016–1/4
- 32States of Motion2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 33The Forgetting Tree2017 · confirmed 1/42017–1/4
- 34The Lake Michigan Mermaid2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 35Field Recordings2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 36Meet Behind Mars2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 37Eden Springs2018 · 145 pages · confirmed 1/420181451/4
- 38I Got To Keep Moving2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
- 39Welcome to Replica Dodge2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 40Ragged Anthem2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 41Unblinking2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 42The Desk on the Sea2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 43Shades: Detroit Love Stories2019 · confirmed 1/42019–1/4
- 44Gut Botany2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 45You're in the Wrong Place2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 46A Fine Canopy2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 47You Are My Joy and Pain2020 · confirmed 1/42020–1/4
- 48How Other People Make Love2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 49When the Heart Needs a Stunt Double2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 50Gun/Shy2021 · confirmed 1/42021–1/4
- 51The Lake Huron Mermaid2024 · confirmed 1/42024–1/4
Where to start with Made in Michigan Writers
Start with Blue-Tail Fly (2006), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Made in Michigan Writers book?
The Lake Huron Mermaid (2024) is the newest Made in Michigan Writers book released so far.
Is there a new Made in Michigan Writers book coming?
No next Made in Michigan Writers book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Made in Michigan Writers at a glance
- Still running
- Made in Michigan Writers is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Made in Michigan Writers books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 438 pages across the 3 of 51 books with a recorded length, a median of 145 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Made in Michigan Writers books, 33 of 51, were published in the 2010s.
- Attribution
- Of the 51 titles, 4 are credited to Anne-Marie Oomen, 3 to Chris Dombrowski, 3 to Bill Harris and 2 to Jack Ridl. A further 40 writers are credited.
What the Made in Michigan Writers books are about
3 of the 51 Made in Michigan Writers books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: social life and customs is tagged on 2 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Social life and customs 2 of 3 books
- Collective settlements 1 of 3 books
- Historical fiction 1 of 3 books
- House of David 1 of 3 books
- House of David (Religious society) 1 of 3 books
- Manners and customs 1 of 3 books
- Michigan 1 of 3 books
- Mother and child 1 of 3 books
- Motherhood 1 of 3 books
- Short stories 1 of 3 books
- United states, social life and customs 1 of 3 books
- Women 1 of 3 books