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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A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

A Minor Chorus

Billy-Ray Belcourt

4 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary reflective medium-paced
it was never going to be okay by jaye simpson

it was never going to be okay

jaye simpson

112 pages • paperback • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

Mongrels

Stephen Graham Jones

320 pages • digital • 2016

fiction fantasy horror dark emotional 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 • digital • 2023

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories by Dan SaSuWeh Jones

Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories

Dan SaSuWeh Jones

4 hours, 15 minutes • audio • 2021 user-added

fiction childrens short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Noé Álvarez

Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land

Noé Álvarez

238 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction memoir sports adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
You Sound Like A White Girl by Julissa Arce

You Sound Like A White Girl

Julissa Arce

5 hours, 48 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Das absolut wahre Tagebuch eines Teilzeit-Indianers by Sherman Alexie

Das absolut wahre Tagebuch eines Teilzeit-Indianers

Sherman Alexie

268 pages • paperback • 2006

fiction contemporary young adult emotional funny reflective fast-paced
They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School

Bev Sellars

215 pages • digital • 2013 user-added

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones

I Was a Teenage Slasher

Stephen Graham Jones

372 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction horror thriller dark tense medium-paced