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Marilynne Robinson Books in Order
Marilynne Robinson is a celebrated American novelist and essayist whose works have garnered critical acclaim and numerous prestigious awards. Her debut novel, Housekeeping (1980), won a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best first novel and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She achieved even greater success with her second novel, Gilead, which received widespread critical acclaim, earning the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and the 2005 Ambassador Book Award. Robinson's subsequent novel, Home (2008), solidified her reputation as a masterful storyteller, earning nominations for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the Orange Prize.
Bibliography verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What are all of Marilynne Robinson's book series? Marilynne Robinson has written 3 book series. The most notable is the Gilead series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by Marilynne Robinson
- #1
Gilead(2004) - #2
Home(2008) - #3
Lila(2014) - #4
Jack(2020)
- #1
Mother Country(1989) - #2
The Death of Adam(1998) - #3
Puritans And Prigs(1999) - #4
Absence of Mind(2010) - #5When I Was A Child I Read Books(2012)
- #6The Givenness Of Things(2015)
- #7
What Are We Doing Here?(2018) - #8
Reading Genesis(2024) - #9
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers(2005) - #10
The World Split Open(2014) - #11
Breaking Ground: Charting Our Future in a Pandemic Year(2022)
- #1
Housekeeping(1980)
About Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is a celebrated American novelist and essayist whose works have garnered critical acclaim and numerous prestigious awards. Her debut novel, Housekeeping (1980), won a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for best first novel and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She achieved even greater success with her second novel, Gilead, which received widespread critical acclaim, earning the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the 2004 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and the 2005 Ambassador Book Award. Robinson's subsequent novel, Home (2008), solidified her reputation as a masterful storyteller, earning nominations for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the Orange Prize.
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