12 must-read fiction books like Starlight by Richard Wagamese

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Starlight

By: Richard Wagamese

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medic…

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1. Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)

By: Eden Robinson

3.82

Format: 319 pages, Hardcover

With striking originality and precision, Eden Robinson, the Giller-shortlisted author of the classi… read more

Similar categories in Eden Robinson's Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1) book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"He wasn't going to be alone after she died, but the world was going to be a lonelier place without her."

-Eden Robinson, Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)

2. Medicine River

By: Thomas King

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

When Will returns to Medicine River, he thinks he is simply attending his mother's funeral. He does… read more

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3. Islands of Decolonial Love

By: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

3.29

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

In her debut collection of short stories, Islands of Decolonial Love, renowned writer and activist … read more

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4. The Break

By: Katherena Vermette

4.36

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

2016 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize finalist When Stella, a young Metis mother, looks out her … read more

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5. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • fiction
  • canada
  • audiobook
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6. Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)

By: Waubgeshig Rice

3.85

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

A daring post-apocalyptic thriller from a powerful rising literary voice. With winter looming, … read more

Similar categories in Waubgeshig Rice's Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1) book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
"Yes, apocalypse. We've had that over and over. But we always survived. We're still here. And we'll still be here, even if the power and the radios don't come back on and we never see any white people…"

-Waubgeshig Rice, Moon of the Crusted Snow (Moon, #1)

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7. Five Little Indians

By: Michelle Good

4.48

Format: 304 pages, ebook

Taken from their families when they are very small and sent to a remote, church-run residential sch… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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8. Hotline

By: Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration… read more

Similar categories in Dimitri Nasrallah's Hotline book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
"Here i am on my own, because of him, maybe free from a life that was turning into a prison, but cast away like a bad-luck omen too. Now I must give myself to others to survive. The world has judged t…"

-Dimitri Nasrallah, Hotline

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9. Indians on Vacation

By: Thomas King

3.77

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Meet Bird and Mimi in this brilliant new novel from one of Canada’s foremost authors. Inspired by a… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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10. The Theory of Crows

By: David Alexander Robertson

3.89

Format: 320 pages, ebook

A poignant and evocative novel about the bonds of family and the gifts offered by the land When … read more

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  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • nature
  • audiobook
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11. Denison Avenue

By: Christina Wong

4.17

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vuln… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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12. The Story of Us

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.19

Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of Canada Reads finalist Scarborough, a stunning new novel about the unbreakable bo… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. The Circle

By: Katherena Vermette

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning and #1 bestselling author of The Break and The Strangers comes a poignant an… read more

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  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

By: Michelle Good

4.44

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

Abold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Good's Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • audiobook
  • canada
  • indigenous
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15. Permanent Astonishment

By: Tomson Highway

4.20

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Capricious, big-hearted, joyful: an epic memoir from one of Canada's most ac… read more

Similar categories in Tomson Highway's Permanent Astonishment book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • audiobook
  • canada
  • indigenous
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16. A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

By: Alicia Elliott

4.42

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from award… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Elliott's A Mind Spread Out on the Ground book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • audiobook
  • canada
  • indigenous
"If intergenerational trauma can alter DNA, why can’t intergenerational love?"

-Alicia Elliott, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

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17. True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change

By: Jody Wilson-Raybould

4.29

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet , a groundbreaking a… read more

Similar categories in Jody Wilson-Raybould's True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • audiobook
  • canada
  • indigenous
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18. Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation

By: Andrew Stobo Sniderman

4.54

Format: 384 pages, ebook

A heart-rending true story about racism and reconciliationDivided by a beautiful valley and 150 yea… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Stobo Sniderman's Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • audiobook
  • cultural
  • canada
  • indigenous
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19. Starlight

By: Richard Wagamese

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medic… read more

Similar categories in Richard Wagamese's Starlight book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • adult fiction
  • literary fiction
  • cultural
  • canada
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
  • nature
  • audiobook
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20. Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures

By: Ivan E. Coyote

4.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved storyteller Ivan Coyote returns with their most intimate and moving book yet. Writer an… read more

Similar categories in Ivan E. Coyote's Care Of: Letters, Connections, and Cures book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • canada
  • audiobook
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21. Monkey Beach

By: Eden Robinson

4.04

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

“ Monkey Beach creates a vivid contemporary landscape that draws the reader deep into a traditional… read more

Similar categories in Eden Robinson's Monkey Beach book and Richard Wagamese's Starlight

  • canada
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • novels
"Six crows sit in our greengage tree. Half awake, I hear them speak to me in Haisla."

-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach

"As I drove away, I felt deeply comforted knowing that magical things were still living in the world."

-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach

"You honkies want women to be like cookies, all sweet and dainty and easy to eat. But I'm fry bread, you bitch, and I'm proud of it."

-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach

"We are apart so that I will know the joy of being with you again. Take care of yourself, wherever you are. Take care of yourself, wherever you are."

-Eden Robinson, Monkey Beach

10 Best contemporary books like Starlight by Richard Wagamese

Transform Your Habits

Son of a Trickster (Trickster, #1)

Eden Robinson

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Five Little Indians

Michelle Good

4.48

Transform Your Habits

Hotline

Dimitri Nasrallah

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Indians on Vacation

Thomas King

3.77

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19 Top audiobook books like Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation by Andrew Stobo Sniderman

Transform Your Habits

Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Rage the Night

Donna Morrissey

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

Transform Your Habits

The Future

Catherine Leroux

3.32

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