Midwest Connections


Leverage the power of place. Books with a regional personality often resonate best with the readers who live there. Midwest Connections gathers the best of publishers' frontlist books that have a connection to the Midwest and incentivizes booksellers to promote and sell these titles.

October-November 2012

  • The Lighthouse Road. A novel by Peter Geye. October 2, 2012. Hardcover $24.99. Unbridled. ISBN: 9781609530846. Read more »

September-October 2012

  • An Echo through the Snow. A novel by Andrea Thalasinos. August 21, 2012. Hardcover $23.99. Forge Book/Macmillan. ISBN: 9780765330369.

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July-August 2012

  • Spirit of the Ojibwe: Images of Lac Courte Oreilles Elders. Nonfiction by Sara Balbin, James R. Bailey, and Thelma Nayquonabe. June 30, 2012. Perfectbound with full-color illustrations. $28.95. Holy Cow! Press. ISBN: 9780982354506. Distributed by Consortium.
  • Locally Grown: Portraits of Artisanal Farms from America’s Heartland. Nonfiction by Anna Blessing. July 10, 2012. Paperback with full-color interior $22.95. Agate Publishing. ISBN: 9781572841291 Read more »

June-July 2012

  • Obsidian Blade. YA novel by Pete Hautman. April 10, 2012. Hardcover $16.99. Candlewick Press. ISBN: 9780763654030.
  • Return to Wake Robin. A memoir by Marnie O. Mamminga. May 21, 2012. Hardcover $22.95. Wisconsin Historical Society Press. ISBN: 9780870204913.
  • Every Cowgirl Loves a Rodeo. Children’s picture book by Rebecca Jani. Illustrated by Lynne Avril. May 24, 2012. Hardcover $16.99. Dial/Penguin Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9780803737341.
  • The Chaperone. A novel by Laura Moriarty. June 5, 2012. Hardcover $26.95. Riverhead/Penguin. ISBN: 9781594487019.
  • The Color of War: How One Battle Broke Japan and Another Changed America. Nonfiction by James Campbell. May 15. 2012. Hardcover $30.00. Crown/Random House. ISBN: 9780307461216. Read more »

May-June 2012

  • Louise: Amended. A memoir by Louise Krug. April 24, 2012. Paperback $14.00. Black Balloon Publishing. ISBN: 9781936787012.
  • At Yellow Lake. YA novel by Jane McLoughlin. May 21, 2012. Paperback $8.99. Frances Lincoln Children’s Books. ISBN: 9781847802873.  Distributed by Publishers Group West, a division of Perseus; orderentry@perseusbooks.com.
  • Boarded Windows. A novel by Dylan hicks. April 24, 2012. Paperback $16.00. Coffee House Press. ISBN: 9781566892971. Read more »

April-May 2012

  • When I Was a Child I Read Books. Essays by Marilynne Robinson. March 13, 2012. Hardcover $24.00. Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan. ISBN: 9780374298784. Read more »

March-April 2012

  • Finding Our Way Home. A novel by Charlene Baumbich. March 13, 2012. Trade paperback original $13.99. WaterBrook Press/Random House. ISBN: 9780307444738. Read more »

February-March 2012

  • A Good American. A novel by Alex George. February 7, 2012. Hardcover $25.95. Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam. ISBN: 9780399157592
  • The Golden Hour. A novel by Margaret Wurtele. February 7, 2012. Paperback $15.00. NAL Trade/Penguin. ISBN: 9780451237088

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January-February 2012

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  • The Magic Room: A Story about the Love We Wish for Our Daughters. Jeffrey Zaslow. December 27, 2011. Hardcover $27.00. Gotham Books/Penguin. ISBN: 9781592406616 Read more »

December 2011-January 2012

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  • Little Dickens: A Droll and Most Extraordinary History. Written by Tom Hegg. Illustrated by Kevin Cannon. October 14, 2011. Hardcover $19.95. Nodin Press. ISBN: 978193566633 Read more »