Read Native American and Indigenous Canadian authors

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32 participants (151 books)

Overview

There are 574 federally recognized Native Nations (variously called tribes, nations, bands, pueblos, communities and native villages) in the United States. More than 400 more Nations are not federally recognized. 

In the borders of Canada, there are more than 630 federally recognized governments or bands among the comprise the First Nations, Inuit or Métis peoples.   

Read 12 or more books of any format or genre by authors who self-identify as Native or Indigenous.

Challenge Books

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My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

The Indian Lake Trilogy #1

My Heart Is a Chainsaw

Stephen Graham Jones

398 pages • 2021 • 28 editions

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

The Marrow Thieves #1

The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

234 pages • 2017 • 20 editions

fiction dystopian young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
White Magic by Elissa Washuta

White Magic

Elissa Washuta

424 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays memoir informative inspiring medium-paced
The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir by Ernestine Hayes

The Tao of Raven: An Alaska Native Memoir

Ernestine Hayes

176 pages • 2017 • 4 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging reflective sad slow-paced
Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir by Deborah A. Miranda

Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir

Deborah A. Miranda

240 pages • 2012 • 6 editions

nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

272 pages • 2013 • 23 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Abandon Me: Memoirs by Melissa Febos

Abandon Me: Memoirs

Melissa Febos

320 pages • 2017 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays memoir challenging reflective slow-paced
Perma Red by Debra Magpie Earling

Perma Red

Debra Magpie Earling

320 pages • 2002 • 8 editions

fiction historical thriller dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

336 pages • 2024 • 32 editions

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
To Shape a Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Nampeshiweisit #1

To Shape a Dragon's Breath

Moniquill Blackgoose

511 pages • 2023 • 9 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous medium-paced