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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books
  • First Book:
    January 2001
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Book List in Order: 4 titles



  • Once in a great while, we encounter a novel in our voluminous reading that begs to be read aloud. Leif Enger's debut, Peace Like a River, is one such work. His richly evocative novel, narrated by an asthmatic 11-year-old named Reuben Land, is the...



  • “An almost perfect novel” of yearning, adventure, and redemption in the dying days of the Old West from the bestselling author of Peace Like a River (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).  Minnesota, 1915. With success long behind him, writer, husband, ...



  • Virgil Wander is an all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart. Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is "cruising along at medium altitude" when his car flie...



  • A career defining tour-de-force from New York Times bestselling, award-winning and “formidably gifted” (Chicago Tribune) novelist Leif Enger.A story-teller “of great humanity and huge heart” (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in t...




Award-Winning Books by Leif Enger

Peace Like a River
2002 Alex Award -- Adult/For Young Adults
2002 Book Sense Book of the Year Award -- Adult Fiction
2002 Independent Publisher Book Award -- General Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Leif Enger has published 4 books.

Leif Enger does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, I Cheerfully Refuse, was published in April 2024.

The first book by Leif Enger, Peace Like a River, was published in January 2001.

No. Leif Enger does not write books in series.