Pamela Miller

At 16, Charles Dickens’ son immigrated to Australia. What became of him there will transfix readers in this novel by the author of “Schindler’s List.”

NONFICTION; In beautifully illustrated essays, poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil writes of exotic flora and fauna and her family, and why they are all of one piece.

FICTION: Lin Enger’s tale of a prophet, his prodigal son and a runaway actress is set in Minnesota.

Nope, it’s not just a coincidence: Coyotes are compelled to let out a wail – and science explains why.

The 28-year-old man allegedly hurled a 15-pound trash can lid at the officer, knocking him unconscious.

Fiction: An aged wolf’s ancient narrative creates a startlingly contemporary map.

Several homes and farmsteads were destroyed or severely damaged by the back-to-back twisters that hit the rural area.

NONFICTION: Caldwell’s fourth memoir celebrates the complicated, rich journey of a lifelong single woman.

FICTION: In Joyce Carol Oates’ latest novel, a family struggles after its patriarch’s death.

The Minnesota forecasting and broadcasting star worked at KSTP and KARE in the 1970s and ’80s.

FICTION: This debut novel’s genius lies in its humanization of a man with serious flaws.

Rare is the person with the courage, drive and gifts to travel across 4,000 miles of daunting wilderness. Rarer still is a traveler who has the scientific skills to understand and record what she’s seeing, mile by mile. And rarest of all is the poet-traveler.

FICTION: After telling police that her brothers killed a black teenager, Violet Kerrigan is cast alone into a bewildering life.

FICTION: Two families — one modern, one in the 1870s — watch their American dreams crumble.

The Rev. Bradley Baldwin of St. Gerard’s questioned, but has not been charged.

A tip from a citizen led to the arrests of the two men in the death of Earl Olander, found bound and beaten in his ransacked farmhouse.

With his ever-present microscope, he did pioneering research on skin diseases.

He never lost his strong love for his hometown, St. Paul, and did much to improve its economic and cultural life.

In a career characterized by rare skills and strong ethics, she helped shape tax and other policies in Minnesota and sought to improve the state’s quality of life for all.

Minnesotan David Treuer examines Indian history and culture from solid if sometimes troubled ground - the modern Indian reservation.