Michael Dorris Books in Order

Compiled by Arlene Hirschfelder, Mary Gloyne Byler and Michael Dorris, this bibliographic guide directs readers to research on Indigenous peoples of North America. It gathers English-language scholarly sources across history, anthropology, religion, arts and literature, with indexes for reference.

Fifteen-year-old Rayona, her mother Christine and the formidable Ida tell their interconnected stories in reverse generational order. Family secrets, resentment and misunderstood choices shape three Native American women's lives, revealing how each sees a shared past differently.

Michael Dorris recounts adopting Adam and trying to understand his son's medical and developmental difficulties. Combining family experience with research into fetal alcohol syndrome, the memoir follows a father's search for answers and the challenges of daily care.

In the Bahamas of 1492, Taíno siblings Morning Girl and Star Boy experience their island through contrasting perspectives. Family struggles and a hurricane test their bond as they grow closer on the eve of an arrival that will change their world.

A limited-edition collection of travel essays and sketches co-authored with Michael Dorris. These pieces offer intimate observations of the American landscape and life on the road, capturing the couple's shared perspective on place and journey.

Co-written with Michael Dorris, this intellectual thriller follows a pair of academics who discover a lost diary of Christopher Columbus. Their research turns into a high-stakes adventure that takes them from the halls of Dartmouth to the Caribbean.

Writing about a visit to Zimbabwe as a Save the Children board member, Michael Dorris reflects on poverty and human suffering. This extended essay records his encounters with vulnerable communities and considers the demands of responding to their deprivation.

Fourteen stories bring together sharply observed characters speaking in different voices. Their experiences form a varied portrait of human lives, with attention to the details and individual perspectives that shape how people understand themselves and those around them.

A collaborative tour chronicle by the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band of prominent writers who temporarily exchanged desks for stages. Anecdotes from the members and photographs by Tabitha King recount their first American rock-and-roll tour, its mishaps, friendships, and performances.

This essay collection brings together Michael Dorris's reflections on parenthood, Native American identity, history and representation. Personal experience, travel and reading inform his examinations of family life, cultural stereotypes and the responsibilities involved in telling and interpreting other people's stories.

Moss is troubled when his father invites unfamiliar outsiders to his people's harvest feast. Leaving the village to undertake his own time alone in the forest, the boy confronts questions about growing up, hospitality and his place in the community.

Walnut's poor eyesight makes the customary archery test difficult, but his other senses earn him a new name. Accompanying the elder Gray Fire on a journey, Sees Behind Trees must learn how to navigate danger and his emerging abilities.

Beginning with Rose Mannion in nineteenth-century Ireland, this family novel follows generations through Kentucky and Montana. Love, betrayal and concealed history connect changing voices across a century, exploring the ancestry and inherited conflicts surrounding Rayona's family.

Edited by Michael Dorris and Emilie Buchwald, this collection presents fifty-seven writers' accounts of discovering the pleasure of reading. Contributors recall formative encounters with books and explain how particular stories opened imaginative possibilities and shaped their lives.

With her mother in rehabilitation and her father unable to care for her, eleven-year-old Rayona moves through temporary homes. A stay with paternal relatives in Kentucky introduces unfamiliar family connections and complicates her search for security and belonging.