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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Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham

Swim Home to the Vanished

Brendan Shay Basham

230 pages • 2023 • 6 editions

fiction literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

White Horse

Erika T. Wurth

320 pages • 2022 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary horror dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot

Heart Berries

Terese Marie Mailhot

158 pages • 2018 • 22 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns

Bad Cree

Jessica Johns

272 pages • 2023 • 20 editions

fiction horror literary magical realism dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

VenCo

Cherie Dimaline

386 pages • 2023 • 13 editions

fiction contemporary fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

The Indian Lake Trilogy #2

Don't Fear the Reaper

Stephen Graham Jones

457 pages • 2023 • 18 editions

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Missing Morningstar: And Other Stories by Stacie Shannon Denetsosie

The Missing Morningstar: And Other Stories

Stacie Shannon Denetsosie

144 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction literary short stories emotional reflective fast-paced
The Storyteller by Brandon Hobson

The Storyteller

Brandon Hobson

224 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy magical realism middle grade adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

Sisters of the Lost Nation

Nick Medina

338 pages • 2023 • 11 editions

fiction horror mystery thriller dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • 2023 • 16 editions

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced