Cat You Better Come Home — 1995

Tired of plain old cat food, Puff leaves home, headed for Europe and the jet-set life, living it up on beaches in Greece and in villas in France—until the day disaster strikes. Then it’s scratch, scratch, scratch on the windowsill … Garrison Keillor’s wit and style enliven this fable based on one of his popular “Cat Songs.”

The Book of Guys — 1993

“Guys are in trouble these days,” says Garrison Keillor. “Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement and now it’s just a problem to be overcome. Guys who once might have painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling are now just trying to be Mr. O.K. All-Rite, the man who can bake a cherry pie, be passionate in a skillful way, and yet also lift them bales and tote that barge.”

WLT — 1991

In the spring of 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and launch station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) to rescuer their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis.

We Are Still Married — 1989

Prairie Home Companion fans, Garrison Keillor is alive and well, with humor intact. The wry Minnesotan, transplanted to the land of subways and skyscrapers, is still dishing up his peculiar brand of warmth and wit. This new collection contains tales of love fumbled and recovered, satiric social comment, and letters on marriage and fatherhood.

Leaving Home — 1988

In the first collection of Lake Wobegon monologues, Keillor tells readers more about some of the people from Lake Wobegon Days and introduces some new faces.

Lake Wobegon Days — 1985

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Happy to Be Here — 1981