Order of Louise Erdrich Books
Louise Erdrich is an American author of Native American fiction, including novels, children’s books and poetry. She writes the Birchbark House children’s series. When she was young, Louise’s father encouraged her writing by giving her a nickel every time she wrote a story. She earned her BA in English from Dartmouth College, where she met her future husband (and sometimes collaborator), Michael Dorris. Louise then got her Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University. Louise owns an independent bookstore called Birchbark Books in Minneapolis.
Louise Erdrich started her career as a published author in 1984 with the novel Love Medicine. Below is a list of Louise Erdrich’s books in order of when they were first published:
Publication Order of Birchbark House Books
| The Birchbark House | (1999) |    |
| The Game of Silence | (2005) | |
| The Porcupine Year | (2008) | |
| Chickadee | (2012) | |
| Makoons | (2016) | |
Publication Order of Love Medicine Books
| Love Medicine | (1984) | |
| The Beet Queen | (1985) | |
| Tracks | (1988) | |
| The Bingo Palace | (1994) | |
| Tales of Burning Love | (1996) | |
| The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse | (2000) | |
| Four Souls | (2004) | |
| The Painted Drum | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Crown of Columbus | (1991) | |
| The Antelope Wife / Antelope Woman | (1998) | |
| The Master Butchers Singing Club | (2003) | |
| The Plague of Doves | (2008) | |
| Shadow Tag | (2010) | |
| The Round House | (2012) | |
| LaRose | (2016) | |
| Future Home of the Living God | (2017) | |
| The Night Watchman | (2020) | |
| The Sentence | (2021) | |
Publication Order of Picture Books
| Grandmother's Pigeon | (1996) | |
| The Range Eternal | (2002) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Imagination | (1982) | |
| Route Two | (1990) | |
| Conversations with Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris | (1994) | |
| The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year | (1995) | |
| Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country | (2003) | |
Publication Order of Collections
| Jacklight | (1984) | |
| Baptism of Desire | (1990) | |
| Original Fire | (2003) | |
| The Red Convertible | (2009) | |
Publication Order of Contemporary Literature and the Life of Faith Books
| Listening for God Reader, Vol. 1 | (1994) | |
| Listening for God, Vol. 2 | (1996) | |
| Listening for God, Vol. 3 | (2000) | |
| Listening For God, Vol. 4 | (2002) | |
| Anthology series. The author will have written at least one story in this series. | ||
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Points of View | (1956) | |
| New Woman, New Fiction | (1990) | |
| The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces | (1992) | |
| The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | (1993) | |
| Odd Angles of Heaven: Contemporary Poetry by People of Faith | (1994) | |
| Mistresses of the Dark | (1998) | |
| The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction | (1999) | |
| Listening for God, Vol. 3 | (2000) | |
| Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from The New York Times | (2001) | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourteenth Annual Collection | (2001) | |
| The Eloquent Short Story: An Anthology of Narrative Styles | (2004) | |
| Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink | (2007) | |
| The New Granta Book of the American Short Story | (2007) | |
| Not Normal, Illinois: Peculiar Fictions from the Flyover | (2009) | |
| Granta 115: The F Word | (2011) | |
| Freeman's: Arrival | (2015) | |
| Bodies Built for Game | (2019) | |
| Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases | (2020) | |
| The Writer's Library | (2020) | |
| Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering | (2024) | |
Notes: The Crown of Columbus and Route Two co-authored with Michael Dorris. The Best American Short Stories 1993 was co-edited by Katrina Kenison. The Antelope Wife was re-published as The Antelope Woman.
If You Like Louise Erdrich Books, You’ll Love…
Louise Erdrich Synopses: The Best American Short Stories 1993 is edited by Louise Erdrich and series editor Katrina Kenison. It includes short stories from authors such as John Updike, Alice Munro, Wendell Berry, Diane Johnson, Lorrie Moore, Stephen Dixon, and Mary Gaitskill.
Grandmother’s Pigeon is a picture book by Louise Erdrich, illustrated by Lim LaMarche. A grandmother sails away, leaving behind her birds’ nests. One of the nests has three eggs that hatch passenger pigeons.
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