19 best-selling canada books like Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod

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Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

By: Darrel J. McLeod

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Growing up in the tiny village of Smith, Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod was surrounded by his Cree famil…

If you liked the canada plot in Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. The Adversary

By: Michael Crummey

3.85

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning, critically acclaimed author of The Innocents (“Extraordinary”— Wall Street … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crummey's The Adversary book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
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2. 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 Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
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3. Shut Up You're Pretty

By: Téa Mutonji

3.57

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

In Téa Mutonji's disarming debut story collection, a woman contemplates her Congolese traditions du… read more

Similar categories in Téa Mutonji's Shut Up You're Pretty book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • queer
  • canada
  • lgbt
"Her sadness was overwhelming. Her sadness was an illusion. She'd pretend to be fine but then wash the same dish for twenty minutes"

-Téa Mutonji, Shut Up You're Pretty

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4. The Future

By: Catherine Leroux

3.32

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Leroux's The Future book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."

-Catherine Leroux, The Future

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5. Woke Up Like This

By: Amy Lea

4.03

Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition

For two high school seniors, it’s seventeen going on thirty—overnight—in a magical romantic comedy … read more

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6. 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 Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
"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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7. Happy Hour

By: Marlowe Granados

3.50

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

With the verve and bite of My Year of Rest and Relaxation and the whip-smart, wisecracking sensibil… read more

Similar categories in Marlowe Granados's Happy Hour book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • coming of age
"Being unattached is exhausting."

-Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour

"being a muse is not for the weak"

-Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour

"Money was limited, but my taste was not."

-Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour

"isn't a vacation when you forget what day it is?"

-Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour

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8. The Winter Knight

By: Jes Battis

3.46

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Arthurian legends are reborn in this upbeat queer urban fantasy with a mystery at its heart The … read more

Similar categories in Jes Battis's The Winter Knight book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • queer
  • canada
  • lgbt
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9. And Then She Fell

By: Alicia Elliott

3.90

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous wo… read more

Similar categories in Alicia Elliott's And Then She Fell book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
  • indigenous
"Nothing I do is done solely for me. Everything is done to elevate Steve or Dawn, in some way. I'm an afterthought in my own life."

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

"A part of me wants to cry at this small request, because I know what that longing is like, what it means. I won't be there forever, but I will be there for her. For her sister. For her mother. I'll b…"

-Alicia Elliott, And Then She Fell

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10. Bad Cree

By: Jessica Johns

3.92

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping debut tinged with supernatural horror, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a p… read more

Similar categories in Jessica Johns's Bad Cree book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
  • indigenous
"On cloudless days I swear the prairies are closer to the sun than anywhere else in the world. Not because of the heat. It's the size of the floating orb when nothing else is around it. Beating like a…"

-Jessica Johns, Bad Cree

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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

Similar categories in Christina Wong's Denison Avenue book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
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12. Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel

By: Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Inspired by the work of Souvankham Thammavongsa, Catherine Hernandez and Wayson Choy, this unforget… read more

Similar categories in Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio's Reuniting With Strangers: A Novel book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
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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

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's The Circle book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • indigenous
  • canada
  • lgbt
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14. The Double Life of Benson Yu

By: Kevin Chong

3.54

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

This work of metafiction follows a graphic novelist losing control of his own narrative as he attem… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Chong's The Double Life of Benson Yu book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • coming of age
  • canada
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15. 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 Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • canada
  • indigenous
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16. Sunshine Nails

By: Mai Nguyen

3.53

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A tender, humorous, and page-turning debut about a Vietnamese Canadian family in Toronto who will d… read more

Similar categories in Mai Nguyen's Sunshine Nails book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
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17. The Innocents

By: Michael Crummey

3.78

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

From prizewinning author Michael Crummey comes a spellbinding story of survival in which a brother … read more

Similar categories in Michael Crummey's The Innocents book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • coming of age
  • canada
"A body must bear what can't be helped."

-Michael Crummey, The Innocents

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18. Junie

By: Chelene Knight

3.78

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Longlisted for the 2023 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction A riveting exploration of the complexity w… read more

Similar categories in Chelene Knight's Junie book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • coming of age
  • canada
  • lgbt
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19. Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

By: Darrel J. McLeod

4.18

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Growing up in the tiny village of Smith, Alberta, Darrel J. McLeod was surrounded by his Cree famil… read more

Similar categories in Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • canada
  • lgbt
  • coming of age
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • queer
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20. Bad Medicine

By: Christopher Twin

3.62

Format: 116 pages, Paperback

A group of Cree teens gather around a fire to share stories of spirits and shapeshifters in this ch… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Twin's Bad Medicine book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada
  • indigenous
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21. What Comes Echoing Back

By: Leo McKay Jr.

4.11

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The worst moment of Sam’s life was captured on video and shared across the Internet for all to gawk… read more

Similar categories in Leo McKay Jr.'s What Comes Echoing Back book and Darrel J. McLeod's Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age

  • canada

5 Top lgbt books like Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod

Transform Your Habits

Shut Up You're Pretty

Téa Mutonji

3.57

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The Winter Knight

Jes Battis

3.46

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The Circle

Katherena Vermette

4.05

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Junie

Chelene Knight

3.78

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21 must-read fiction books like The Adversary by Michael Crummey

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The Adversary

Michael Crummey

3.85

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Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)

Waubgeshig Rice

4.28

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Patrick deWitt

3.41

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Donna Morrissey

3.97

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