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About Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and the 2016 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. In 2016, Robinson was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people. Robinson began teaching at the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1991 and retired in the spring of 2016.

Robinson is best known for her novels Housekeeping (1980) and Gilead (2004). Her novels are noted for their thematic depiction of faith and rural life. The subjects of her essays span numerous topics, including the relationship between religion and science, American history, nuclear pollution, John Calvin, and contemporary American politics.

Marilynne Robinson writes about New York Times reviewed, Fiction, family life, general, Fiction, Iowa, fiction, Fathers and sons, fiction, and New York Times bestseller. Their best-known work is Gilead.

On FindMyTBR we track 12 books by Marilynne Robinson, 12 of them confirmed as audiobooks on Spotify or Apple Books — including Gilead (Gilead, #1), Hjemme, and Home (Gilead, #2). Full availability across Spotify, Apple Books, Audible, and Amazon is below.