FictionDB

Author Information

Lori Ostlund's Latest Book
Newest Release

Books in Order: 3 titles

The book list is sorted in publication date order - newest first. You can sort the list by clicking on the Sort button. To see a simple list or a cover view list, click on the icons below.



  • "Don't let Are You Happy? pass you by: There's not a word out of place in these brilliant Midwestern sketches. They're lonesome, for sure . . . But they're also hilarious." -- Charles Arrowsmith, The Washington Post"These nine startling stories capt...



  • From Flannery O'Connor and Rona Jaffe Award winner Lori Ostlund, a deeply moving and beautiful debut novel about a man who leaves his longtime partner in New Mexico for a new life in San Francisco, launching him on a tragicomic road trip and into the...



  • Winner of the Flannery O'Connor Prize, the Edmund White Award, and the California Book Award, Lori Ostlund's "heartbreaking and wonderful" (Pulitzer Prize -- winning author Richard Russo) debut collection of stories about men and women confronting th...




Award-Winning Books by Lori Ostlund

The Bigness of the World: Stories
2010 Triangle Award -- Debut Fiction


Books by Lori Ostlund Fall into the Following Genres

Sub-Genres

Themes

People / Creatures

Click on any of the links above to see more series and books in these genres.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lori Ostlund has published 3 books.

Lori Ostlund does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Are You Happy?, was published in May 2025.

The first book by Lori Ostlund, The Bigness of the World: Stories, was published in October 2009.

No. Lori Ostlund does not write books in series.