45 Upper Peninsula books to add to your reading list
Whether you’re reading up on the history of the Upper Peninsula or looking for some new places to explore this year, it’s always a good idea to have a few Upper Peninsula books lying around. We’ve been pouring over our copy of the Upper Peninsula Almanac by Ron Jolly and Karl Bohnak. It is a must-have book for anyone with a love for the Upper Peninsula. We keeping a copy in our office where we pick it up for a few pages of time to learn some new Upper Peninsula trivia and history.

Y is for Yooper by Scott Reddinger 
Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver 
U.P. A Novel by R.A. Riekki 
And So It Is, and So It Was by James R. Mesich 
Tales of the Old U.P. by Cully Gage 
Shadow of the Wolf Tree: A Woods Cop Mystery by Joseph Heywood 
A Transplanted Yooper: Mostly True Stories Of Michigan's U.P by Tina Lonski 
The Wind Knot (A Fly Fishing Mystery) by John Galligan 
Michigan's Upper Peninsula Almanac by Ronald Jolly & Karl Bohnak 
Death's Door by Steve Lehto by Steve Lehto 
The Sweater Letter by Dave Distel 
Lumberjack: Inside an Era in the U.P. by William S. Crowe 
The Superior Peninsula: Seasons in the U.P. by Lon L. Emerick 
Growing Up Yooper by Carol Brisson Zechlin 
Folk Traditions of Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Richard M. Dorson 
So Cold A Sky, Upper Michigan Weather Stories by Karl Bohnak 
A Ghostly Road Tour of Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Jan Langley 
A Most Superior Land by David M. Frimodig 
Geological report on the Upper Peninsula by Carl Ludwig Rominger 
An Inventory of Historic Engineering and Industrial Sites by Anonymous 
Upper Peninsula of Michigan: A History by Russell M. Magnaghi 
Iron-Bearing Rocks Volume 1 by Thomas Benton Brooks 
Forgotten Tales of Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Lisa A. Shiel 
Murder in Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Sonny Longtine 
Michigan Gold: Mining in the Upper Peninsula by Daniel R. Fountain 
Yooper Talk: Dialect as Identity in Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Kathryn A. Remlinger 
Superior Heartland: A Backwoods History by C. Fred Rydholm 
Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Spirit of Place by Steve Brimm 
Yooper Bars by Kevin R. Kluck & Randall J. Kluck 
Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Josh Bishop 
Hiking Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Eric Hansen 
Upper Peninsula Fishing Guide by Sportsman's Connection 
Going Back to Central by Lon L. Emerick 
Michigan's Upper Peninsula: Great Destinations by Amy Westervelt 
50 Hikes in Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Thomas Funke 
Trout Ponds and Lakes in the Upper Peninsula by Christopher Deubler 
Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula by Mary Hoffmann Hunt 
Northern Flights: Tracking the Birds in the U.P. by Eldon Greij 
100 Things to Do in the Upper Peninsula Before You Die by Kath Usitalo 
Sooper Yooper: Environmental Defender by Mark Newman 
A Superior Death by Nevada Barr 
Winter Study by Nevada Barr 
Brown Dog by Jim Harrison 
The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne 
Along the Bowstring, or South Shore of Lake Superior by Julian Ralph 
The Death and Life of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan
















































