Based on her grandfather's life, Louise Erdrich's The Night Watchmen is set on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in 1953 North Dakota. The book includes a bevy of fascinating characters, from the titular night watchman, Thomas Wazhashk, who is wary of the government's Native American emancipation bill, to class valedictorian Patrice, who is desperately trying to find her big sister.
Out March 5