The Great Montana Read

What is Montana’s Best-Loved Ivan Doig Novel?

We're celebrating an upcoming documentary, Landscapes of a Western Mind, with an Ivan Doig Great Montana Read celebration! In 2021, Montana PBS partnered with 4:08 Productions to ask readers to vote for their favorite book written by Montana author, Ivan Doig. 
 

“The Great Montana Read is an exciting collaboration, encouraging conversation and celebration around the Treasure State’s rich literary tradition," said Sarah Aronson, host of the Great Montana Read video feature series. 

Here’s the list of Ivan Doig books you voted on:

• Bucking the Sun
• Last Bus to Wisdom
• Sweet Thunder
• The Bartender's Tale
• Dancing at the Rascal Fair
• This House of Sky
• The Eleventh Man
• English Creek
• Work Song
• Ride with me Mariah Montana
• Sea Runners
• Mountain Time
• The Whistling Season
• Prairie Nocturne

Thank you to our partners:

• 4:08 Productions
• Montana Library Association
• Humanities Montana
• Mansfield Library
• Montana PBS
• Montana Public Radio
• Montana State University Library
• University of Montana
• UM Creative Writing Department
• Yellowstone Public Radio

Thank You for Voting!

Our winner of the 2021 Great Montana Read is...