Every year a gob of books by Duluth-area writers and/or about Duluth-area topics hit the shelves of local bookstores and warehouses of e-commerce corporations. Here’s a look at what’s new and coming soon in 2024.

Impermanence: Life and Loss on Superior’s South Shore
Sue Leaf
Jan. 9
University of Minnesota Press
Available at upress.umn.edu

Finding the Humor in Psychotherapy: A Primer On the Clinical Art of Joking with your Clients
Glenn Maloney
Jan. 19
Independently published
Available at amazon.com

Gunflint Falling: Blowdown in the Boundary Waters
Cary J. Griffith
Jan. 30
University of Minnesota Press
Available at upress.umn.edu

The Mermaid of Lake Superior
Aurora Lothbrok
Jan. 30
Beaver’s Pond Press
Available at itascabooks.com

Suck Less at Love: She Said, He Said Advice on Relationships
Cyndi Lewis
Jan. 25
Hezzie Mae
Available at cyndilewisauthor.com

The Wheels on the Ram: A Castle Siege Bedtime Story
Isaac and Jenn Hunt
Feb. 4
Treasure Hunt Art
Available at amazon.com

Just Keep Walking
Erin Soderberg Downing
Feb. 6
Scholastic Press
Available at erinsoderberg.com

Aligned Enchantment: 100-Day Self-Reflection Journal Paperback
Rachel Gilbertson
March 27
Hezzie May
Available at amazon.com

I Cheerfully Refuse
Leif Enger
April 2
Grove Press
Available at groveatlantic.com

Cotton Grass
Bart Sutter
April 8
Nodin Press
Available at itascabooks.com

The Breeding Birds of Minnesota: History, Ecology, and Conservation
Lee A. Pfannmuller, Gerald J. Niemi and Janet C. Green
April
University of Minnesota Press
Available at upress.umn.edu

Isle Royale: A Photographer’s Circumnavigation 1967-1987
Tom Haas
April
Available at tomhaasphotography.com

Duluth: The Most Haunted City in America — True Stories of Ghosts, Ghouls, UFOs and the Paranormal
Mike Flaherty
April 23
Self published
Available at blurb.com

Fur Trade Nation: An Ojibwe’s Graphic History
Carl Gawboy
April 30
Thunderbird Press
Available at fdltcc.edu

Last Entry Point
Joe Friederichs
April 30
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Available at shop.mnhs.org

The Purple Kangaroo
Elora K. Hunt
May 4
Treasure Hunt Art
Available at amazon.com

How the Birds Got Their Songs
Written by Travis Zimmerman
Illustrated by Sam Zimmerman
May 7
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Available at shop.mnhs.org

The Little Skunk That Didn’t Stink
Written by Rockford R. Hunt
Illustrated by Isaac J. Hunt
May 19
Treasure Hunt Art
Available at amazon.com

Not Your Usual Republican: Pro Trump = Anti Lincoln
Harry Robb Welty
May 22
Independently published
Available at amazon.com

Boundaries Make Love Possible: Self-Respecting Boundaries
Sarah Bamford Seidelmann
July 1
Independently published
Available at amazon.com

Hollywood and the Nazis on the Eve of War: The Case of The Mortal Storm
Alexis Pogorelskin
July 25
Bloomsbury Publishing
Available at bloomsbury.com

Twin Ports Trains: The Railroad History of Duluth and Superior, 1870–2020
Tony Dierckins and Jeff Lemke
Aug. 1
Zenith City Press
Available at zenithcity.com.

Belzi’s Blizzard
Katharine Johnson
Aug. 16
Silver Fox Books
Available at amazon.com

Donut Man!
Joseph J. Hunt
Aug. 27
Treasure Hunt Art
Available at amazon.com

Stars Unseen
Greg Watson
Sept. 17
Holy Cow! Press
Available at holycowpress.org

Of Cows and Crows
Shelley Getten
Sept. 25
Nodin Press
Available at amazon.com

North American Odyssey: 12,000 Miles Across the Continent by Kayak, Canoe, and Dogsled
Dave and Amy Freeman
Oct. 1
Milkweed Editions
Available at milkweed.org