The Detroit Beat; read local!
The Detroit Beat; read local!
By Book Beat
A curated list on the best of Detroit history and culture, fiction, non-fiction. Most are written by local authors. Book Beat has been serving the Detroit community for forty years, building relationships with many area authors and artists. Dig in to learn to love the Motor City as much as we do.
A Newlywed's Guide to Fortune and Murder: A Sparkling and Witty Victorian Mystery
Dianne Freeman
$27.00 $25.11
Michigan Stories: Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw
Carla Acevedo-Yates, Steven L. Bridges, et al.
$28.50 $26.51
That They Lived: African Americans Who Changed the World
Rochelle Riley and Cristi Smith-Jones
$17.99 $16.73
The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
Tiya Miles
$18.99 $17.66
Grit, Noise, & Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll
David A. Carson
$18.95 $17.62One of the best overviews of '60s and '70s Motor City rock 'n roll -- highly recommended!
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit - Updated Edition
Thomas J Sugrue
$19.95 $18.55
A Black Revolutionary's Life in Labor: Black Workers Power in Detroit
Michael C Hamlin, Michele Gibbs, et al.
$15.99 $14.87
