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Books set primarily in Nebraska, North Dakota or South Dakota

Nebr.& Dakotas

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Woodworking

by Emily St. James

Hardcover: Mar 2025 | Paperback: May 2026

Critics' Consensus:

An unforgettable and heartwarming book-club debut following a trans high school teacher from a small town in South Dakota who befriends the only other trans woman she knows: one of her students.

The Antidote

A Novel

by Karen Russell

Hardcover: Mar 2025 | Paperback: Mar 2026

Critics' Consensus:

From Pulitzer finalist, MacArthur Fellowship recipient, and bestselling author of Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove Karen Russell: a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their ...

The Mighty Red

A Novel

by Louise Erdrich

Hardcover: Oct 2024 | Paperback: Nov 2025

Critics' Consensus:

In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives.

Yellow Bird

Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country

by Sierra Crane Murdoch

Hardcover: Feb 2020 | Paperback: Feb 2021

Critics' Consensus:

The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it - an urgent work of literary journalism.

Eleanor & Park

by Rainbow Rowell

Hardcover: Feb 2013 | Paperback: Jun 2020

Critics' Consensus:

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits - smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own ...

This Blessed Earth

A Year in the Life of an American Family Farm

by Ted Genoways

Hardcover: Sep 2017 | Paperback: Nov 2018

Critics' Consensus:

Is there still a place for the farm in today's America?

Hunger

A Memoir of (My) Body

by Roxane Gay

Hardcover: Jun 2017 | Paperback: Jun 2018

Critics' Consensus:

From the New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist, a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.

Fangirl

by Rainbow Rowell

Hardcover: Sep 2013 | Paperback: Jan 2014

Critics' Consensus:

A coming-of-age novel that is smart, funny, and genuine.

The Round House

A Novel

by Louise Erdrich

Hardcover: Oct 2012 | Paperback: Sep 2013

Critics' Consensus:

An exquisitely told story of a boy on the cusp of manhood who seeks justice and understanding in the wake of a terrible crime that upends and forever transforms his family.

Sing Them Home

by Stephanie Kallos

Hardcover: Jan 2009 | Paperback: Sep 2009

Critics' Consensus:

The eagerly anticipated second novel from the author of Broken for You - a national best seller and selection of the Today Show Book Club - is a sweeping, gorgeously crafted family story set in the American heartland.

Shannon

A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

by Campbell McGrath

Hardcover: Jun 2009 | Paperback: Jun 2009

Critics' Consensus:

From the inimitable Campbell McGrath comes an epic poem of George Shannon, the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark expedition, who wandered the prairie alone for sixteen days.

The Plague of Doves

A Novel

by Louise Erdrich

Hardcover: Apr 2008 | Paperback: May 2009

Critics' Consensus:

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...

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