Celebrate the 25th year of the Everybody Reads program with the 2027 pick, Louise Erdrich’s, The Mighty Red!
Let’s read, reflect and learn together. Everybody Reads is a community-wide project that promotes shared reading and discussion around a single book.
How to participate
Read
Check out The Mighty Red from the library, available as a physical book, e-book and audiobook.
Starting in January, pick up a free copy of the book at an open library while supplies last, thanks to the generous support of The Library Foundation.
Discuss, learn and be inspired
Explore the themes of the book through events and discussions. From January to March 2027, you can attend events surrounding the book and its themes. Everybody Reads will conclude with Louise Erdrich’s Portland author talk on March 18 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Tickets are available from Literary Arts.
About the book
The Mighty Red is a novel about people who dream, grow up, fall in love, struggle, endure tragedy, and carry bitter secrets. You’ll meet characters who are complicated and contradictory, flawed and decent, lonely and hopeful. Concepts of time are explored alongside the impact of crises in our own time—climate change, the depletion of natural resources, the economic meltdown of 2008. It is a story about our tattered bond with the earth, community, and love in all of its absurdity and splendor.
About the author
Louise Erdrich, a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, is an author of many novels as well as volumes of poetry and children’s books. Erdrich’s books have won awards, including the National Book Award for Fiction, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, and the Pulitzer Prize. Erdrich lives in Minnesota with her daughters and is the owner of Birchbark Books, a small independent bookstore.
Everybody Reads, a community reading project of Multnomah County Library, is made possible in part by The Library Foundation with author appearance made possible by Literary Arts.
