New York Times Bestsellers
Louise Erdrich has placed 6 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 69 weeks on the charts.
The Round House
Other Works
19 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #4 · debuted Oct 2012 · 44 weeks across 3 NYT lists
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The Beet Queen
Love Medicine Universe
15 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #8 · debuted Sep 1986
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Reading Order
3 series · 15 books| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love Medicine | 1984 | 🏆 American Book Award 1985🏆 Los Angeles Times Book Prize 1985🏆 Sue Kaufman Prize 1985🏆 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award 1985🏆 National Book Critics Circle Award 1984Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Beet Queen | 1986 | National Book Critics Circle Award 1986Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | Tracks | 1988 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Bingo Palace | 1994 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Birchbark House | 1999 | 🏆 National Book Award 1999Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2001Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Game of Silence | 2005 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Porcupine Year | 2008 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Chickadee | 2012 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Makoons | 2016 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse | 2001 | 🏆 Minnesota Book Award 2002🏆 National Book Award 2001Dublin Literary Award 2003Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Master Butchers Singing Club | 2003 | 🎬 Adapted for film/TV → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 3 | The Plague of Doves | 2008 | 🏆 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award 2009🏆 Minnesota Book Award 2009Pulitzer Prize 2009Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2009Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | The Round House | 2012 | 🏆 American Book Award 2013🏆 ALA Alex Award 2013🏆 Indies Choice Book Award 2013🏆 Minnesota Book Award 2013🏆 National Book Award 2012Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2013Andrew Carnegie Medal 2013Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 5 | The Night Watchman | 2020 | 🏆 William Dean Howells Medal 2025🏆 Pulitzer Prize 2021Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2021Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | The Sentence | 2021 | Women's Prize for Fiction 2022Full award history → | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
About the Author
Karen Louise Erdrich ( ER-drik; born June 7, 1954) is an American author of novels, short stories, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota, a federally recognized Ojibwe people.