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 (With: Flannery O'Connor,Raymond Carver,Alice Walker,Annie Dillard,Richard Rodríguez,Patricia Hampl,Peter Hawkins,Frederick Buechner,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins)(1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Listening for God, Vol. 2 (By: Anne Tyler,John Updike,Tobias Wolff,Gail Godwin,Henry Louis Gates Jr.,Kathleen Norris,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,Carol Bly,Andrew Dubus)(1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Listening for God, Vol. 3 (By: Tillie Olsen,Wendell Berry,John Cheever,Louise Erdrich,Mary Gordon,Tess Gallagher,Reynolds Price,Oscar Hijuelos,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins)(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Listening For God, Vol. 4 (By: Robert Olen Butler,Allegra Goodman,James Baldwin,Kent Haruf,SueMiller,Doris Betts,Paula J. Carlson,Peter S. Hawkins,MichaelMalone,Alice Elliot Dark)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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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.

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