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Books set primarily in Indiana, Michigan or Ohio

Ind. Mich. Ohio

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Meet Me at the Crossroads

A Novel

by Megan Giddings

Hardcover: Jun 2025 | Paperback: Jun 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of Lakewood and The Women Could Fly, a dazzling novel about two brilliant sisters and what happens to their undeniable bond when a mysterious and possibly perilous new world beckons.

Flashlight

A Novel

by Susan Choi

Hardcover: Jun 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

A novel tracing a father's disappearance across time, nations, and memory, from the author of Trust Exercise.

Kent State

An American Tragedy

by Brian VanDeMark

Hardcover: Aug 2024 | Paperback: Nov 2025

Critics' Consensus:

A definitive history of the fatal clash between Vietnam War protestors and the National Guard, illuminating its causes and lasting consequences.

Under This Red Rock

by Mindy McGinnis

Hardcover: Mar 2024 | Paperback: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From award-winning author Mindy McGinnis comes a mesmerizing YA psychological mystery following a teen girl who is grappling with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio—only to become the number one suspect in ...

Blood Test

A Comedy

by Charles Baxter

Hardcover: Oct 2024 | Paperback: Oct 2025

Critics' Consensus:

From the winner of the PEN/Malamud Award and "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune) comes a comic novel about a divorced Midwestern dad who takes a cutting-edge medical test and learns that he has a predisposition to murder.

Buckeye

A Novel

by Patrick Ryan

Hardcover: Sep 2025

Critics' Consensus:

"A small-town novel of epic proportions" (Tom Perrotta), this captivating story weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century.

Ruth

A Novel

by Kate Riley

Hardcover: Aug 2025 | Paperback: Aug 2026

Critics' Consensus:

In this mesmerizing and profound novel, the arc of a woman's life in a devout, insular community challenges our deepest assumptions about what infuses life with meaning.

The Corruption of Hollis Brown

by K. Ancrum

Hardcover: Apr 2025 | Paperback: Sep 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From acclaimed author K. Ancrum comes a queer romantic thriller in which the lives of Hollis, a boy in search of meaning, and Walt, a spirit with unfinished business, collide when Walt takes possession of Hollis's body...and maybe his heart. For fans...

Tom Lake

A Novel

by Ann Patchett

Hardcover: Aug 2023 | Paperback: Apr 2025

Critics' Consensus:

In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers.

Dayswork

A Novel

by Chris Bachelder, Jennifer Habel

Hardcover: Sep 2023 | Paperback: Sep 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A startlingly original, incantatory novel about marriage, mortality, and making art.

A Fever in the Heartland

The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them

by Timothy Egan

Hardcover: Apr 2023 | Paperback: Jun 2024

Critics' Consensus:

A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them.

Now Is Not the Time to Panic

A Novel

by Kevin Wilson

Hardcover: Nov 2022 | Paperback: Aug 2023

Critics' Consensus:

An exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever.

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