7 Best history books like Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers

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Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

By: Leah Myers

3.81

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore…

"I wonder if I will ever feel Native enough."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"You don't have the right to define my identity."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"She gave up herself and her identity for security."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"My home is in Georgia, but my soul is at home here."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

If you liked the history plot in Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers , here is a list of 7 books like this:

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1. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • mythology
  • audiobook
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2. Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics

By: Marc Lamont Hill

4.21

Format: 227 pages, Hardcover

A bold call for the American Left to extend their politics to the issues of Israel-Palestine, from … read more

Similar categories in Marc Lamont Hill's Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • nonfiction
  • race
  • history
  • audiobook
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3. A Grandmother Begins the Story

By: Michelle Porter

3.84

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Porter's A Grandmother Begins the Story book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • audiobook
  • indigenous
"Different ways to tell a story. Some tellers make a noise to announce the coming of the story for get someone else to call everyone's attention. Some wait for people to gather around, for the quiet t…"

-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story

"People get themselves ready to die. They start going through their memories and bringing out their stories one by one as if there was a photo album in their head and they've got to get through it bef…"

-Michelle Porter, A Grandmother Begins the Story

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4. 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

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • audiobook
  • native american
  • indigenous
"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

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5. Swim Home to the Vanished

By: Brendan Shay Basham

3.35

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

When the river swallowed Kai, Damien’s little brother didn’t die so much as vanish. As the unbea… read more

Similar categories in Brendan Shay Basham's Swim Home to the Vanished book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • audiobook
  • indigenous
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6. Hijab Butch Blues

By: Lamya H.

4.48

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more

Similar categories in Lamya H.'s Hijab Butch Blues book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Sort of?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"Queer indispensability?"

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."

-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues

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7. Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir

By: Rachel Louise Snyder

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For decades, Rachel Louise Snyder has been a fierce advocate reporting on the darkest social issues… read more

Similar categories in Rachel Louise Snyder's Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I didn't intentionally gravitate towards stories of women. I was interested in human rights, which often boiled down to this question: who was winning and who was losing? And over and over again, cou…"

-Rachel Louise Snyder, Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir

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8. Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden

By: Camille T. Dungy

4.19

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

A seminal work that expands how we talk about the natural world and the environment as National Boo… read more

Similar categories in Camille T. Dungy's Soil: The Story of a Black Mother's Garden book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • race
  • history
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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9. 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

Similar categories in Mona Susan Power's A Council of Dolls book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • audiobook
  • native american
  • indigenous
"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

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10. Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.14

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices of… read more

Similar categories in Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe's Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Stealing

By: Margaret Verble

4.04

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

A gripping, gut-punch of a novel about a Cherokee child removed from her family and sent to a Chris… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Verble's Stealing book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • audiobook
  • race
  • native american
  • indigenous
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12. Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

By: Leah Myers

3.81

Format: 170 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by The Millions A vibrant new voice blends Native folklore… read more

Similar categories in Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • mythology
  • audiobook
"I wonder if I will ever feel Native enough."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"You don't have the right to define my identity."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"She gave up herself and her identity for security."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"My home is in Georgia, but my soul is at home here."

-Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

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13. Tauhou

By: Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

4.03

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities b… read more

Similar categories in Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall's Tauhou book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • native american
  • indigenous
"Each no-dig hāngi we make in the oven with cabbage leaves sutures a different part of me back together. Every time we collect and cook something together with love and joy makes up for every time I a…"

-Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall, Tauhou

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14. Thunder Song: Essays

By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her memoir, Red Paint , Sasha taqʷšəblu LaP… read more

Similar categories in Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe's Thunder Song: Essays book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • memoir
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day

By: Kaitlin B. Curtice

4.20

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin Curtice rec… read more

Similar categories in Kaitlin B. Curtice's Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • audiobook
  • nonfiction
  • native american
  • indigenous
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16. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

By: Patty Krawec

4.58

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more

Similar categories in Patty Krawec's Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • history
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"

-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

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17. We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth

By: Dahr Jamail

4.47

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis an… read more

Similar categories in Dahr Jamail's We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • native american
  • indigenous
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18. Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

By: Shane McCrae

3.29

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An unforgettable memoir by an award-winning poet about being kidnapped from his Black father and ra… read more

Similar categories in Shane McCrae's Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • race
  • biography
  • memoir
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"When she told me why she was divorcing my grandfather, I was surprised - all my life, I had thought he could do anything he wanted. But after a few long moments of silence, I realized: he had only ev…"

-Shane McCrae, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping

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19. To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul

By: Tracy K. Smith

4.09

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A stunning personal manifesto on memory, family, and history that explores how we in America might—… read more

Similar categories in Tracy K. Smith's To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • race
  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. 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

Similar categories in Chelsea T. Hicks's A Calm & Normal Heart: Stories book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

  • native american
  • indigenous
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21. All Friends Are Necessary

By: Tomas Moniz

3.96

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous, big-hearted novel, Tomas Moniz delivers a commanding new story about the power of f… read more

Similar categories in Tomas Moniz's All Friends Are Necessary book and Leah Myers's Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

"Remember that. When you take care of something, you're really taking care of yourself."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

"Hopefully, you found some happiness, some way to be in the world with people who welcomed you home, who would check in on you when things got bad, who challenged you because they cared."

-Tomas Moniz, All Friends Are Necessary

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