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

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

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

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

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

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