Honoring Indigenous Authors and Books

1.
Firekeeper's Daughter
Firekeeper's Daughter 4.31 avg rating — 189,006 ratings
2.
The Only Good Indians
The Only Good Indians 3.69 avg rating — 102,656 ratings
3.
Postcolonial Love Poem
Postcolonial Love Poem 4.32 avg rating — 7,900 ratings
4.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition 4.39 avg rating — 2,014 ratings
5.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,434 ratings
6.
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1)
Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 51,663 ratings
7.
Heart Berries
Heart Berries 3.82 avg rating — 29,276 ratings
8.
Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo, #1)
Pemmican Wars (A Girl Called Echo, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 2,943 ratings
9.
Ceremony
Ceremony 3.84 avg rating — 25,793 ratings
10.
Split Tooth
Split Tooth 3.90 avg rating — 13,003 ratings
11.
A Snake Falls to Earth
A Snake Falls to Earth 3.94 avg rating — 11,534 ratings
12.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present 4.23 avg rating — 6,454 ratings
12.
Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1)
Elatsoe (Elatsoe, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 22,340 ratings
14.
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux 4.12 avg rating — 18,419 ratings
14.
Below (North, #1)
Below (North, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 207 ratings
16.
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem 4.07 avg rating — 2,932 ratings
16.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Gods of Jade and Shadow 3.88 avg rating — 74,723 ratings
18.
If I Ever Get Out of Here
If I Ever Get Out of Here 3.91 avg rating — 3,456 ratings
18.
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City 4.52 avg rating — 14,024 ratings
20.
Rain Is Not My Indian Name
Rain Is Not My Indian Name 3.46 avg rating — 1,217 ratings
20.
Man Made Monsters
Man Made Monsters 3.93 avg rating — 2,340 ratings
22.
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 3.92 avg rating — 17,900 ratings
22.
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas
The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas 3.91 avg rating — 434 ratings
24.
Give Me Some Truth
Give Me Some Truth 3.44 avg rating — 582 ratings
24.
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival
Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival 4.08 avg rating — 17,686 ratings
26.
Hearts Unbroken
Hearts Unbroken 3.62 avg rating — 2,744 ratings
26.
The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature
The Diné Reader: An Anthology of Navajo Literature 4.67 avg rating — 61 ratings
28.
Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories
Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories 3.69 avg rating — 1,864 ratings
29.
Secret of the Moon Conch
Secret of the Moon Conch 3.87 avg rating — 252 ratings
30.
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII
Code Talker: The First and Only Memoir By One of the Original Navajo Code Talkers of WWII 4.26 avg rating — 8,400 ratings
30.
Daughters of the Deer
Daughters of the Deer 4.38 avg rating — 5,913 ratings
32.
The Marrow Thieves
The Marrow Thieves 3.94 avg rating — 42,139 ratings
32.
The Queen of Water
The Queen of Water 4.14 avg rating — 3,871 ratings
34.
Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England
Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England 4.44 avg rating — 64 ratings
35.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,302 ratings
35.
Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel (Contemporary Studies on the North, 4)
Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel (Contemporary Studies on the North, 4) 3.80 avg rating — 540 ratings
37.
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls 3.48 avg rating — 2,987 ratings
38.
Road Allowance Era (A Girl Called Echo) (Volume 4)
Road Allowance Era (A Girl Called Echo) (Volume 4) 4.15 avg rating — 532 ratings
38.
Hemlock and Sage
Hemlock and Sage 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings
40.
Northwest Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, Volume 3)
Northwest Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, Volume 3) 3.89 avg rating — 841 ratings
40.
Whale Snow: Iñupiat, Climate Change, and Multispecies Resilience in Arctic Alaska
Whale Snow: Iñupiat, Climate Change, and Multispecies Resilience in Arctic Alaska 4.57 avg rating — 28 ratings
42.
Red River Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, #2)
Red River Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, #2) 3.75 avg rating — 1,361 ratings
42.
Nunakun-gguq Ciutengqertut/They Say They Have Ears Through the Ground: Animal Essays from Southwest Alaska
Nunakun-gguq Ciutengqertut/They Say They Have Ears Through the Ground: Animal Essays from Southwest Alaska 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
44.
Hunting by Stars
Hunting by Stars 4.29 avg rating — 4,950 ratings
44.
Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin #1)
Sun of Blood and Ruin (Sun of Blood and Ruin #1) 3.19 avg rating — 2,847 ratings
46.
Crooked Hallelujah
Crooked Hallelujah 3.48 avg rating — 3,387 ratings
47.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants 4.52 avg rating — 158,444 ratings
47.
Race to the Sun
Race to the Sun 4.03 avg rating — 5,954 ratings
49.
Treaty Words: For As Long As the Rivers Flow
Treaty Words: For As Long As the Rivers Flow 4.43 avg rating — 510 ratings
50.
Two Roads
Two Roads 3.84 avg rating — 1,089 ratings
50.
To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1)
To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 10,629 ratings
52.
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids 4.19 avg rating — 2,310 ratings
52.
The Lost Dreamer (The Lost Dreamer Duology, 1)
The Lost Dreamer (The Lost Dreamer Duology, 1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,978 ratings
54.
Empire of the Wild
Empire of the Wild 3.74 avg rating — 12,303 ratings
54.
Peacemaker
Peacemaker 3.98 avg rating — 833 ratings
56.
Bone Black
Bone Black 3.68 avg rating — 378 ratings
56.
The Healer of the Water Monster
The Healer of the Water Monster 4.22 avg rating — 1,548 ratings
58.
Words Like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers
Words Like Thunder: New and Used Anishinaabe Prayers 4.06 avg rating — 67 ratings
59.
day/break
day/break 4.30 avg rating — 88 ratings
59.
A Fire Among Clouds (Codex Black, #1)
A Fire Among Clouds (Codex Black, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 311 ratings
61.
Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land 3.50 avg rating — 4,589 ratings
61.
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1)
Trail of Lightning (The Sixth World, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 27,078 ratings
63.
The Medicine Wheel: Environmental Decision-Making Process of Indigenous Peoples
The Medicine Wheel: Environmental Decision-Making Process of Indigenous Peoples 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
63.
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)
Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 39,341 ratings
65.
This Town Sleeps
This Town Sleeps 3.52 avg rating — 1,801 ratings
65.
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)
My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 48,530 ratings
67.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,363 ratings
67.
Certain Dark Things
Certain Dark Things 3.72 avg rating — 18,983 ratings
69.
Quiet Until the Thaw
Quiet Until the Thaw 3.50 avg rating — 1,360 ratings
69.
Woman of Light
Woman of Light 3.64 avg rating — 13,619 ratings
71.
House of Purple Cedar
House of Purple Cedar 3.98 avg rating — 499 ratings
71.
Betty
Betty 4.41 avg rating — 52,520 ratings
73.
Crazy Horse's Girlfriend
Crazy Horse's Girlfriend 3.69 avg rating — 323 ratings
73.
Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2)
Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 20,067 ratings
75.
Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America
Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America 4.19 avg rating — 10,849 ratings
76.
Fire Song
Fire Song 3.52 avg rating — 701 ratings
77.
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) 4.37 avg rating — 19,433 ratings