Award Winning Books by
LOUISE ERDRICH

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich 5247 reviews (2021) (400p) (Amazon Top10Lit) (PW Fiction) (Amazon) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich 1613 reviews (2020) (p) () (PP) (PW ANMCT) (TIME1) () Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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LaRose by Louise Erdrich 644 reviews (2016) (384p) (PW Fiction) (Amazon Top100) (NYT100) () (Amz BoYSF) (NBCCA) (PW ANMCT) (PF) () () (WashPost) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

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The Round House by Louise Erdrich 3149 reviews (2012) (336p) (Amazon Top10Lit) (Amazon Top100) (PW Top10) (NYT100) (NBA) (Amazon) (ALA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

“One can only marvel...at Erdrich’s amazing ability to do what so few of us can—shape words into phrases and sentences of incomparable beauty that, then, pour forth a mesmerizing story.” —USA Today One of the most revered novelists of our time—a brilliant chronicler of Native-American life—Louise Erdrich returns to the territor... more >>

The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich 323 reviews (2008) (320p) (PP) (ALA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Louise Erdrich's mesmerizing new novel, her first in almost three years, centers on a compelling mystery. The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of truth transform the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation and shape the passions of both communities ... more >>

The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse by Louise Erdrich 57 reviews (2001) (384p) (NBA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

For more than a half century, Father Damien Modeste has served his beloved people, the Ojibwe, on the remote reservation of Little No Horse. Now, nearing the end of his life, Father Damien dreads the discovery of his physical identity, for he is a woman who has lived as a man. To complicate his fears, his quiet life changes when a troubled colleague comes to the reservation to investigate the l... more >>

The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich 26 reviews (1986) (352p) (NBCCA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Now, from the award-winning author of Love Medicine,  comes a vibrant tale of abandonment and sexual obsession, jealousy and unstinting love. On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. Orphaned in a most peculiar way, Karl and Mary look for refuge to their mother's sister Fritzie, who with her husband, Pete, runs a butcher shop. So b... more >>

Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich 72 reviews (1984) (384p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) (LATimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The first book in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, which also includes The Beet Queen, Tracks, and The Bingo Palace, Love Medicine tells the story of two families--the Kashpaws and the Lamartines.Now resequenced by the author with the addition of never-before-published chapters, this is a publishing event equivalent to the presentation of a new and definitive text. Written i... more >>

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Louise Erdrich Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 10   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 7   Pulitzer Prize Wins 1 The Night Watchman ·   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 2 The Plague of Doves · The Night Watchman ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 2 Love Medicine · LaRose ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 3 Love Medicine · The Beet Queen · LaRose ·   National Book Award Wins 1 The Round House ·   National Book Award Nominations 2 The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse · The Round House ·   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 1 LaRose ·

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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