Crooked Hallelujah
By: Kelli Jo Ford
3.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
It's 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and fifteen-year-old Justine grows up in a family of t…
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1. The Lesser Blessed
By: Richard Van Camp
3.82
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A fresh, funny look at growing up Native in the North, by award-winning author Richard Van Camp. … read more
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- literary fiction
- native american
- fiction
- indigenous
2. Ten Little Indians
By: Sherman Alexie
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Sherman Alexie offers nine poignant and emotionally resonant stories about Native Americans who fin… read more
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- literary fiction
- native american
- indigenous
- short stories
- fiction
"Political Correctness has forced racists to become poets."-Sherman Alexie, Ten Little Indians
"Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions."-Sherman Alexie, Ten Little Indians
"Late at night I go out and listen to the wind. That’s all the wisdom I need. I mean, I love books, but shoot, most of the world’s wisdom is not contained in books."-Sherman Alexie, Ten Little Indians
"...And nostalgia is a cancer. Nostalgia will fill your heart up with tumors. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's what you are. You're just an old fart dying of terminal nostalgia."-Sherman Alexie, Ten Little Indians
3. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
By: Deborah Heiligman
4.35
Format: 104 pages,
Charles Darwin published The Origin of Species, his revolutionary tract on evolution and the fundam… read more
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- historical
4. Continental Drift
By: Russell Banks
3.44
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
A powerful literary classic from one of contemporary fiction's most acclaimed and important writers… read more
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5. Salvation City
By: Sigrid Nunez
4.00
Format: 268 pages,
A provocative novel set in the near future, about what happens when the whole world falls apart. Af… read more
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6. The Forgotten Waltz
By: Anne Enright
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary novel, Anne Enright explores the momentous drama of everyday life; the volati… read more
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7. The End of Drum-Time
By: Hanna Pylväinen
3.94
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An epic love story in the vein of Cold Mountain and The Great Circle, about a young reindeer herder… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. Calling for a Blanket Dance
By: Oscar Hokeah
4.25
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
A moving and deeply engaging debut novel about a young Native American man struggling to find stren… read more
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- literary fiction
- native american
- indigenous
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
"We danced, the way Kiowas danced, when called by our people, by our ancestors, to help each other heal."-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance
"Driving out of Lawton, I laid my hand onto Ever's quilt and traced my fingertips around the edges of the bird pattern. I couldn't help but wonder, tla, couldn't help but worry: Would my grandson ever…"-Oscar Hokeah, Calling for a Blanket Dance
9. There There
By: Tommy Orange
3.98
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780525520375. Tommy Orange's wondrous and shattering novel foll… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- native american
- indigenous
- fiction
- novels
"Everything is new and doomed."-Tommy Orange, There There
"Being Indian has never been about returning to the land. The land is everywhere or nowhere."-Tommy Orange, There There
"...nothing is original, everything comes from something that came before, which was once nothing. Everything is new and doomed."-Tommy Orange, There There
"We've all been through a lot we don't understand in a world made to either break us or make us so hard we can't break even when it's what we need most to do."-Tommy Orange, There There
10. The Removed
By: Brandon Hobson
3.39
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Steeped in Cherokee myths and history, a novel about a fractured family reckoning with the tragic d… read more
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- literary fiction
- native american
- fiction
- indigenous
"I saw the rain lifting from earth to sky."-Brandon Hobson, The Removed
"We are always restless, carrying the dreams of children and the elderly, the tired and sick, the poor, the wounded. The Removed."-Brandon Hobson, The Removed
11. Wandering Stars
By: Tommy Orange
3.89
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- native american
- indigenous
- fiction
- historical fiction
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars
12. Earthdivers, Vol. 1: Kill Columbus
By: Stephen Graham Jones
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The New York Times–bestselling author of The Only Good Indians and My Heart Is a Chainsaw makes his… read more
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- historical
- historical fiction
- fiction
- indigenous
13. Temple Folk
By: Aaliyah Bilal
3.74
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking debut collection portraying the lived experiences of Black Muslims grappling with … read more
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- literary fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- historical fiction
14. Jonny Appleseed
By: Joshua Whitehead
3.95
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
(Alternate cover edition of ISBN 1551527251 / 9781551527253.) "You're gonna need a rock and a w… read more
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- literary fiction
- novels
- fiction
- indigenous
"I am my own best medicine."-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"...leaving home always hurts--home isn't a space, it's a feeling. You have to feel home and to feel it, you have to sense it: smell it, taste it, hear it. And it isn't always comfortable--"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"Maybe we're more like dandelions. A weed that's a pest in the yard but pretty to look at. Yeah, an Indian home is like a dandelion, pretty, but disposable and imbued with a million little seeds that …"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"The nurses were busybodies, I could hear them scurrying about in the rooms adjacent to ours. They were telling jokes and laughing. Their happiness pissed me off. Stop fucking laughing, I thought, my …"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
15. Night of the Living Rez
By: Morgan Talty
3.91
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
How do the living come back to life? Set in a Native community in Maine, Night of the Living Re… read more
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- literary fiction
- native american
- indigenous
- short stories
- fiction
"There is that terrible memory, surely, but so too are there sweet ones, the tiny memories with the tiny details that are milder in climax, no doubt, but equally powerful..."-Morgan Talty, Night of the Living Rez
16. A Council of Dolls
By: Mona Susan Power
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native Amer… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- native american
- indigenous
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
"Shame invades one's thoughts like a parasite, twists them like wet laundry until all sense is wrung out."-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
"When Winona whispered her memories to me in later years, she said that Whitestone Hill was the day the world ended. I never asked what she meant, how the world could be gone when the sun was still in…"-Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls
17. All You Have to Do Is Call
By: Kerri Maher
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
A dramatic and inspiring novel based on the true story of the Jane Collective and the brave women w… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
"I wish you could understand what it's like to have to stop doing something you love, something important , just because your body is made to carry children. No one else can do this for me...."-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call
"No matter what you want to call it," Veronica said, steering clear of words like cells and fetus that might further inflame Patty, "it resides inside a fully grown woman with a life to lead. Jane hel…"-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call
"[She] hadn't given a lot of thought to the many reasons why women needed abortions, but there was such a wide range: maternal health, money, rape and incest, shocking cluelessness about how pregnancy…"-Kerri Maher, All You Have to Do Is Call
18. Even As We Breathe
By: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Even As We Breathe introduces the reader to twenty-year-old Cowney Sequoyah and the mountains of we… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- native american
- indigenous
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. Crooked Hallelujah
By: Kelli Jo Ford
3.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
It's 1974 in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and fifteen-year-old Justine grows up in a family of t… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- historical
- native american
- indigenous
- short stories
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- novels
20. Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks
By: Crystal Wilkinson
4.43
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A lyrical culinary journey that explores the hidden legacy of Black Appalachians, through powerful … read more
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21. Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land
By: Toni Jensen
4.25
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
A powerful, poetic memoir about what it means to exist as an indigenous woman in America, told in s… read more
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- native american
- indigenous
"When we police a woman's affect, when we privilege it or equate it with her actions, with what she actually does, we're engaging in our most pervasive and yet our most quiet form of sexism, our most …"-Toni Jensen, Carry: A Memoir of Survival on Stolen Land
22. Probably Ruby
By: Lisa Bird-Wilson
3.49
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable d… read more
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- literary fiction
- native american
- indigenous
- family
- fiction
23. The American Daughters
By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin
3.61
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women worki… read more
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- adult fiction
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
24. Where the Dead Sit Talking
By: Brandon Hobson
3.35
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
National Book Award finalist Best book of 2018: Kirkus, Southern Living, and NPR Code Switch Read… read more
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- literary fiction
- historical
- native american
- indigenous
- fiction
- historical fiction
25. The Beadworkers
By: Beth Piatote
4.12
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Beth Piatote's luminous debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscape… read more
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- adult fiction
- native american
- indigenous
- short stories
- fiction
- historical fiction
26. The Eternal Audience of One
By: Rémy Ngamije
3.81
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
This coming-of-age tale follows a young man who is forced to flee his homeland of Rwanda during the… read more
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- literary fiction
- fiction
- historical fiction
"It's easy to live and work with someone when you don't owe them an apology. But when you apologize for the fucked up shit you did then you need to carry the guilt and the shame."-Rémy Ngamije, The Eternal Audience of One
"Isn't that what apologies are? Acknowledgment of guilt and shame. And the other person takes your wrongdoing and agrees to carry it and le t you be human again. That's why I don't believe weak people…"-Rémy Ngamije, The Eternal Audience of One
27. Another America / Otra América
By: Barbara Kingsolver
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
From a bestselling and beloved author, an intensely personal collection of poetry presented in both… read more
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28. In the Night of Memory
By: Linda LeGarde Grover
4.00
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Two lost sisters find family, and themselves, among the voices of an Ojibwe reservation. When Lo… read more
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- adult fiction
- literary fiction
- native american
- indigenous
- fiction
- family
29. Funeral for Flaca
By: Emilly Prado
4.32
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Funeral for Flaca is an exploration of things lost and found—love, identity, family—and the traumas… read more
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- short stories
30. The Hatak Witches (Volume 88) (Sun Tracks)
By: Devon A. Mihesuah
3.47
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
After a security guard is found dead and another wounded at the Children’s Museum of Science and Hi… read more
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- native american
- fiction
- indigenous
31. A Calm & Normal Heart: Stories
By: Chelsea T. Hicks
3.77
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
From Oklahoma to California, the heroes of A Calm & Normal Heart are modern-day homesteaders, adven… read more
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- native american
- indigenous
- short stories
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