Louise Erdrich

Karen Louise Erdrich is an American author of novels, poetry, and children's books featuring Native American characters and settings. She is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Ojibwe people.

9books in our library

Genres:Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Creativity +3 more

Literary Fiction

Historical Fiction

Creativity

Mystery

Children's

Books by Louise Erdrich

9 books available

2012

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.9(96,446)

When his mother is attacked on their Ojibwe reservation, a teenage boy named Joe seeks justice, forcing him to deal with tribal law, family loyalty, and how one violent act affects everything.

2010

Shadow Tag

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.4(6,577)

A painter's descent into a failing marriage is revealed through her husband's stolen journal, exposing the brutal intimacy of their unraveling.

2008

The Plague of Doves

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.8(13,378)

In a small North Dakota town, the unsolved murder of a farm family echoes through generations. An Ojibwe girl, her history-keeping grandfather, and a judge seeking justice uncover years of revenge, hidden truths, and the lasting impact of historical injustice.

2005

The Painted Drum

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.9(7,378)

An Ojibwe drum, found during an appraisal, leads to a journey through generations, showing the connections between mothers, daughters, and heritage.

1999

The Birchbark House

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Children's

4.0(7,004)

Journey through 1847 with spirited Ojibwa girl Omakayas as she navigates the daily rhythms of family, nature, and the looming shadow of smallpox on Lake Superior's Madeline Island.

1993

Love Medicine

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Literary Fiction

4.0(21,546)

Across generations, the Kashpaw and Lamartine families navigate love, betrayal, and the enduring spirit of their Ojibwe heritage on a North Dakota reservation.

1988

Tracks

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.9(11,020)

In early 1900s North Dakota, a community faces the loss of ancestral lands and the encroaching world, relying on the enduring, often mystical, power of its Anishinaabeg heritage.

1975

The Master Butchers Singing Club

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Literary Fiction

4.0(21,998)

A German master butcher, haunted by war and armed with his knives and sausages, builds a new life and a singing club in Prohibition-era North Dakota, only to find his carefully constructed world irrevocably altered by the arrival of a captivating young woman.

Publication Year Unknown

The Beet Queen

by Louise Erdrich

Fiction

Literary Fiction

3.9(12,487)

Orphaned siblings Mary and Karl arrive in 1930s North Dakota, beginning a forty-year story of family secrets, strange events, and the strong, often obsessive, ties that shape their unusual lives.