Presenting Perfect Duluth Day’s annual rundown of books by Duluth-area writers and/or about Duluth-area topics that are new to bookstores and e-commerce sites. It’s early in the year, so this list will grow as 2025 continues.

Power of One
Katy E. Chapman and David E. Beard
Jan. 8
University of Minnesota Libraries
Available at lib.umn.edu

Burnt Gloveboxes II: Embracing Life When It Goes Up in Flames
Gina Ramsey
Jan. 22
Highlander Press
Available at ginaramseyauthor.com

The Path of Totality
Marie Zhuikov
Feb. 11
Cornerstone Press
Available at payconex.net

100 Things to Do in Duluth Before You Die
Jay Gabler
Feb. 15
Reedy Press
Available at reedypress.com

The Stranger’s Saga: Baton Rouge, Book One
Ana Ban
Feb. 25
Five Point Publishing
Available at anabannovels.com

The Stranger’s Saga: Baton Rouge, Book Two
Ana Ban
March 4
Five Point Publishing
Available at anabannovels.com

The Kraken’s Castaway
Cassandra Medcalf
March 27
Independently published
Available at amazon.com

The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota’s North Shore
Arnold R. Alanen
May 20
University of Minnesota Press
Available at upress.umn.edu

Murder Your Darlings
Anthology
April 1
Duluth Failed Poets Society

Codebreaker
Jay Martel
July 22
St. Martin’s Publishing Group
Available at reedypress.com

Sugar Bush Babies: Stories of My Ojibwe Grandmother
Janis A. Fairbanks
Sept. 30
University of Minnesota Press
Available at upress.umn.edu