Order of Garrison Keillor Books
Garrison Keillor is an American author and radio personality best known for his fictional Lake Wobegon series of books. Lake Wobegon is a fictional Minnesota town that is the center of a lot of his stories. He is also known for his long run as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio show, A Prairie Home Companion that was syndicated throughout the world.
Known for his “North-Central” accent (eh), he has gotten a lot of voiceover work in his career as well. He was a key voice in Ken Burns’s Baseball and Civil War documentaries and also voiced Odin, the greek god, in the Disney animated series Hercules. Keillor has had a long career in writing, radio and voiceover work that spans over 30 years. Keillor graduated from Anoka High School and then attended the University of Minnesota where he received his bachelor’s degree in English. His hometown of Anoka, Minnesota definitely helped for the basis of Lake Woebegon.
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Publication Order of Lake Wobegon Books
| Lake Wobegon Days | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Leaving Home | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| We Are Still Married | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wobegon Boy | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In Search of Lake Wobegon | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pontoon | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Liberty | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Life Among the Lutherans | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pilgrims | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Lake Wobegon Virus | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Boom Town | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Good Poems Books
| Good Poems for Hard Times | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Good Poems, American Places | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Sandy Bottom Orchestra | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Me By JimmyValente, Governor Of Minnesota | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Love Me | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Christmas Blizzard | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Collections
| WLT: A Radio Romance / Radio Romance | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Book of Guys | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Truckstop and Other Lake Wobegon Stories | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Keillor Christmas | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Home on the Prairie | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Garrison Keillor: A Life in Comedy | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Prairie Home Collection | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Keillor Reader | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 77 Love Sonnets | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| O, What a Luxury | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Luxury of Limericks | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Living with Limericks | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| Cat, You Better Come Home | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Old Man Who Loved Cheese | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Daddy's Girl | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Happy to Be Here | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ten Years | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Prairie Home Christmas | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Prairie Home Commonplace Book | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Prairie Home Companion | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Prairie Home Companion Songbook | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Homegrown Democrat | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Even More Pretty Good Jokes | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Pretty Good Joke Book | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sounding Off! | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| That Time of Year: A Minnesota Life | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books
| Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Listening for God, Vol. 2 | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Listening for God, Vol. 3 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Listening For God, Vol. 4 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Great Baseball Stories | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Late Harvest | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best American Short Stories 1998 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The New Treasury of Great Humorists | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 2014 Saint Paul Almanac | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
If You Like Garrison Keillor Books, You’ll Love…
The first book in the Lake Woebegon series is Lake Woebegon Days. This is definitely more of a collection of stories than a book with an overarching plot. The early portion of the book is told more like a history of the small town. Later in the book, Keillor covers the relationships of the people and their lives. The book has been praised for taking the small town life and making it universal with great humor.
Another great entry, as heard on A Prairie Home Companion, is News from Lake Woebegon: Spring. This is one of the most popular of his works, especially for the hilarious story “Tomato Butt” which is just plain, good fun for the whole family. Keillor continues to be a master at developing his characters and having them interact through interweaving stories.