Red River Of The North Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| An Untamed Land | 1995 | Buy |
| A New Day Rising | 1996 | Buy |
| A Land to Call Home | 1997 | Buy |
| The Reapers’ Song | 1998 | Buy |
| Tender Mercies | 1999 | Buy |
| Blessing in Disguise | 1999 | Buy |
| An Untamed Heart | 2013 | Buy |
| A Blessing to Cherish | 2020 | Buy |
Return To Red River Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| A Dream to Follow | 2001 | Buy |
| Believing the Dream | 2002 | Buy |
| More Than a Dream | 2003 | Buy |
Lauraine Snelling’s Red River Valley books span two connected series that together tell the story of Norwegian immigrants building new lives in the Dakota Territory. The Red River of the North series, beginning with An Untamed Land in 1995, introduces the Bjorklund family as they leave Norway and face the brutal winters, hard soil, and isolation of the Northern Plains. Faith and family hold the story together through eight books published over twenty-five years.
The Return to Red River trilogy picks up with the next generation of Bjorklunds, starting with A Dream to Follow in 2001. These younger characters face their own challenges as the frontier gives way to small-town life in the early twentieth century. Together, the eleven books offer a long, detailed look at one family’s roots in the American heartland, grounded in Snelling’s own Norwegian-American heritage and her knowledge of the region.