Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich

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March 24th, 2026: Python's Kiss (Collection)

The Mighty Red (Standalone) was the most recently released book by Louise Erdrich, on October 1st, 2024.

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Louise Erdrich Stats: The highest rated book by Louise Erdrich on Book Notification is The Night Watchman, a Standalone novel. The second-highest rated book is LaRose, a Standalone novel.

The most read book by Louise Erdrich on Book Notification is The Round House, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is The Night Watchman, a Standalone novel.

Below is a complete list of Louise Erdrich books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Birchbark House Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
7
The Birchbark House
1999
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2
The Game of Silence
2005
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3
The Porcupine Year
2008
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4
Chickadee
2012
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5
10
Makoons
2016
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List of Love Medicine Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.5
Love Medicine
1984
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2
8
The Beet Queen
1985
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3
6
Tracks
1988
Go
4
8
The Bingo Palace
1994
Go
5
Tales of Burning Love
1996
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6
9
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
2000
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7
Four Souls
2004
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8
8
The Painted Drum
2005
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Crown of Columbus (With: Michael Dorris)
1991
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2
6
The Antelope Wife / Antelope Woman
1998
Go
3
8
The Master Butchers Singing Club
2003
Go
4
8
The Plague of Doves
2008
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5
4
Shadow Tag
2010
Go
6
7.9
The Round House
2012
Go
7
8
LaRose
2016
Go
8
9.3
Future Home of the Living God
2017
Go
9
8.5
The Night Watchman
2020
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10
7.5
The Sentence
2021
Go
11
7
The Mighty Red
2024
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Years of My Birth
2011
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List of Collections in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Jacklight
1984
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2
Baptism of Desire
1990
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3
Original Fire
2003
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4
The Red Convertible
2009
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5
Python's Kiss
2026
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List of Picture Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Grandmother's Pigeon
1996
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2
8
The Range Eternal
2002
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Imagination
1982
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2
Route Two (With: Michael Dorris)
1990
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3
The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year
1995
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4
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country
2003
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List of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books in Publication Order

Explores modern stories and their connection to faith, showing how both shape our lives today.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 (By: Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, Alice Walker, Garrison Keillor, Annie Dillard, Richard Rodríguez, Patricia Hampl, Peter Hawkins, Frederick Buechner, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins)
1994
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2
Listening for God, Vol. 2 (By: Anne Tyler, John Updike, Tobias Wolff, Gail Godwin, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Kathleen Norris, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Carol Bly, Andrew Dubus)
1996
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3
Listening for God, Vol. 3 (With: Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, John Cheever, Mary Gordon, Tess Gallagher, Reynolds Price, Oscar Hijuelos, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins)
2000
Go
4
Listening For God, Vol. 4 (By: Robert Olen Butler, Allegra Goodman, James Baldwin, Kent Haruf, Sue Miller, Doris Betts, Paula J. Carlson, Peter S. Hawkins, Michael Malone, Alice Elliot Dark)
2002
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List of Selected Shorts Books in Publication Order

Short stories from a variety of influential authors.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
For Better and for Worse
1993
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2
Even More Laughs
1998
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3
Timeless Classics
2006
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4
Falling in Love
2007
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5
Food Fictions
2007
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6
Travel Tales
2007
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7
Edith Wharton
2007
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8
Pets!
2007
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9
Tales of Betrayal
2007
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10
Family Matters
2007
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11
Are We There Yet?
2008
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12
A Touch of Magic
2009
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13
The William Hurt Collection
2009
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14
Whodunit?
2009
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15
10
American Classics
2010
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16
New American Stories
2011
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17
Poe!
2012
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List of Literary Conversations Books in Publication Order

Conversations with famous literary figures, providing insight into their lives and work.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Conversations with Jorge Luis Borges
1969
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2
Conversations with Czeslaw Milosz
1981
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3
Conversations with Graham Greene
1983
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4
Conversations with Eudora Welty
1985
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5
Conversations with Walker Percy
1985
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6
Conversations With Isaac Bashevis Singer
1985
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7
Conversations with William Styron
1985
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8
Conversations with Malcolm Cowley
1986
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9
Conversations with Lillian Hellman
1986
Go
10
Conversations with Tennessee Williams
1986
Go
11
Conversations with Ernest Hemingway
1986
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12
Conversations with Katherine Anne Porter
1987
Go
13
Truman Capote: Conversations
1987
Go
14
Conversations with Flannery O'Connor
1987
Go
15
Conversations with Peter Taylor
1987
Go
16
Conversations with Arthur Miller
1987
Go
17
Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut
1988
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18
Conversations with Edward Albee
1988
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19
Conversations with Erskine Caldwell
1988
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20
Conversations with Norman Mailer
1988
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21
Conversations with Robert Graves
1989
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22
Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates
1989
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23
Conversations with Shelby Foote
1989
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24
Conversations with Robertson Davies
1989
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25
Conversations with James Baldwin
1989
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26
Conversations with John Gardner
1990
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27
Conversations with Richard Wilbur
1990
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28
Conversations with Tom Wolfe
1990
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29
Conversations with Raymond Carver
1990
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30
Conversations with Eugene O'Neill
1990
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31
Conversations with Reynolds Price
1991
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32
Conversations with Bernard Malamud
1991
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33
Conversations with Elizabeth Spencer
1991
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34
Conversations with Nikki Giovanni
1992
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35
Conversations With Thornton Wilder
1992
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36
Conversations with Robert Coles
1992
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37
Conversations with M. F. K. Fisher
1992
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38
More Conversations with Walker Percy
1993
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39
Conversations with Richard Wright
1993
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40
Conversations with Paul Bowles
1993
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41
Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris
1994
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42
Conversations with Amiri Baraka
1994
Go
43
10
Conversations with Toni Morrison
1994
Go
44
Conversations with Saul Bellow
1994
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45
Conversations with Henry Miller
1994
Go
46
Conversations With S.J. Perelman
1995
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47
Conversations with Ernest Gaines
1995
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48
Conversations with Ralph Ellison
1995
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49
Conversations with Chester Himes
1995
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50
Conversations with Susan Sontag
1995
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51
Conversations with Ishmael Reed
1995
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52
Conversations with Derek Walcott
1996
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53
More Conversations with Eudora Welty
1996
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54
Conversations with Elizabeth Bishop
1996
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55
Conversations with Pauline Kael
1996
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56
Conversations with V. S. Naipaul
1997
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57
Conversations with N. Scott Momaday
1997
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58
Conversations with Chinua Achebe
1997
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59
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston
1998
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60
Conversations with Denise Levertov
1998
Go
61
Conversations With William Faulkner
1999
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62
Conversations with E. L. Doctorow
1999
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63
Conversations With John Fowles
1999
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64
Conversations with Salman Rushdie
2000
Go
65
Conversations with William S. Burroughs
2000
Go
66
Conversations with Leslie Marmon Silko
2000
Go
67
Conversations with Chaim Potok
2001
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68
Conversations with Richard Ford
2001
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69
Conversations with Christopher Isherwood
2001
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70
Conversations with Mary Gordon
2002
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71
Conversations with Jim Harrison
2002
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72
Conversations with Clarence Major
2002
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73
Conversations with Margaret Walker
2002
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74
Conversations with Erica Jong
2002
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75
Elie Wiesel: Conversations
2002
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76
Joseph Brodsky: Conversations
2003
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77
Conversations with Rita Dove
2003
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78
Conversations with F. Scott Fitzgerald
2003
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79
Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks
2003
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80
Conversations with Stanley Kaufmann
2003
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81
Conversations with Gloria Naylor
2004
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82
Conversations with Audre Lorde
2004
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83
Conversations with Ray Bradbury
2004
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84
Conversations With John le Carré
2004
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85
Conversations with Isaac Asimov
2005
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86
Conversations with Don DeLillo
2005
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87
Conversations with Gore Vidal
2005
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88
Conversations with Robert Penn Warren
2005
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89
Conversations with Jack Kerouac
2005
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90
Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez
2005
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91
Conversations with Thomas McGuane
2006
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92
Conversations with Larry Brown
2007
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93
Conversations with Sonia Sanchez
2007
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94
Conversations with Wendell Berry
2007
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95
Conversations with Leon Forrest
2007
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96
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro
2008
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97
Conversations with Jimmy Carter
2023
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List of Louise Erdrich Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
New Woman, New Fiction
1990
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2
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
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3
Growing Up Native American
1993
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4
8
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales
1993
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5
The Best American Short Stories 1993
1993
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6
Touchwood of Ojibway Prose
1994
Go
7
Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1
1994
Go
8
Odd Angles of Heaven: Contemporary Poetry by People of Faith
1994
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9
The Adoption Reader: Birth Mothers, Adoptive Mothers, and Adopted Daughters Tell Their Stories
1995
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10
Listening for God, Vol. 2
1996
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11
Mistresses of the Dark
1998
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12
Real Things: An Anthology of Popular Culture in American Poetry
1999
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13
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
1999
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14
Listening for God, Vol. 3
2000
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15
Writers on Writing
2001
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16
10
Fourteenth Annual Collection
2001
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17
Listening For God, Vol. 4
2002
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18
The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles
2004
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19
More Stories We Tell
2004
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20
Every Day Is a Good Day
2004
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21
Secret Ingredients
2007
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22
The New Granta Book of the American Short Story
2007
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23
Not Normal, Illinois
2009
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24
Granta 115
2011
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25
Reel Verse
2019
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26
Bodies Built for Game
2019
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27
6.3
Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering
2024
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Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich (Karen Louise Erdrich) was born on June 7th, 1954 and is currently 71 years old. Louise Erdrich was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, USA.

Louise Erdrich has written 11 standalone novels, starting with The Crown of Columbus in 1991. The most recently released novel was The Mighty Red, which was released in 2024. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Louise at this time.

Louise Erdrich has also written the Love Medicine series which has 8 books including Love Medicine and The Beet Queen.

Louise Erdrich: Awards & Accolades

Louise Erdrich has won multiple awards including: The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, in 2014, Library of Congress Prizes, American Fiction, in 2015 and the Owen Wister Award, Saddleman Award, in 2017.

Erdrich's books have also won multiple awards, Love Medicine won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Best Fiction, in 1985. The Antelope Wife / Antelope Woman won the World Fantasy Award, Novel, in 1999. The Birchbark House won the WILLA Literary Award, Best Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction, in 2000. Original Fire won the WILLA Literary Award, Best Poetry, in 2004. The Round House won the National Book Awards, Best Fiction, in 2012 as well as the Alex Awards - Best Book in 2013.

The following novels by Louise Erdrich were also nominated for these awards:

  • The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1994).
  • The Birchbark House: National Book Awards, Young People’s Literature (1999).
  • Fourteenth Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (2001). World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2002). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2002).
  • The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse: National Book Awards, Best Fiction (2001).
  • Four Souls: WILLA Literary Award, Best Historical Fiction (2005).
  • The Plague of Doves: Audie Award, Best Multi-Voiced Performance Award (2009). Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Fiction (2009).
  • The Round House: Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Fiction (2013).
  • LaRose: Audie Award, Best Narration by the Author (2017).
  • The Night Watchman: Goodreads Awards, Best Historical Fiction (2020). Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Fiction (2021).
  • The Sentence: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2021). Women's Prize, For Fiction (2022).
  • The Mighty Red: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2024). Libby Book Awards, Best Book Club Pick (2025).

Louise Erdrich: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Sentence was the Good Housekeeping Book Club November 2021 Pick.
  • The Mighty Red was the Read With Jenna Book Club October 2024 Pick and the Barnes & Noble Book Club October 2024 Pick.
  • Love Medicine was an Amazon US: 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime Selection in 2014.
  • The Night Watchman was a Time Magazine: 100 Must-Read Books Selection in 2020.
  • The Mighty Red was a Time Magazine: 100 Must-Read Books Selection in 2024.
  • The Sentence was a New York Times: 100 Notable Books Selection in 2021.
  • The Round House was a New York Public Library: 125 Books We Love for Adults Selection in 2020 and a Time Magazine: The 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time Selection in 2023.

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Louise Erdrich: F.A.Q

When was Louise Erdrich Born? How old is Louise Erdrich?

Louise Erdrich was born on June 7th, 1954. Louise Erdrich is currently 71 years old.

Where was Louise Erdrich Born?

Louise Erdrich was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, USA and is American.

What awards has Louise Erdrich won?

Louise Erdrich has won the following awards: Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award at the Dayton Literary Peace Prize (2014), American Fiction at the Library of Congress Prizes (2015) and the Saddleman Award at the Owen Wister Award (2017).

What book awards has Louise Erdrich won?

Love Medicine: Los Angeles Times Book Prize Best Fiction (1985).
The Antelope Wife / Antelope Woman: World Fantasy Award Novel (1999).
The Birchbark House: WILLA Literary Award Best Young Adult Fiction and Nonfiction (2000).
Original Fire: WILLA Literary Award Best Poetry (2004).
The Round House: National Book Awards Best Fiction (2012), Alex Awards Best Book (2013).

What was the first book Louise Erdrich wrote?

The first book written by Louise Erdrich was Imagination, published in 1982.

What was the most recent book Louise Erdrich wrote?

Her most recently released work was The Mighty Red on October 1st, 2024.

What is the most popular book by Louise Erdrich?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Louise Erdrich book is The Round House. Here are her most popular books:
  1. The Round House (7.9)
  2. The Night Watchman (8.5)
  3. The Sentence (7.55)
  4. Love Medicine (8.5)
  5. The Mighty Red (7)

Are there upcoming new books by Louise Erdrich?

Louise Erdrich has a new book coming out on March 24th, 2026 called Python's Kiss.

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How many books has Louise Erdrich written?

Louise Erdrich has written 38 books across 10 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 5 books in the Birchbark House Series
  • 8 books in the Love Medicine Series
  • 11 Standalone Novels
  • 1 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 5 Collections
  • 2 Picture Books
  • 4 Non-Fiction Books
  • 1 book in the Selected Shorts Series
  • 1 book in the Literary Conversations Series

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