14 must-read indigenous books like Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls by Angela Sterritt

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Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

By: Angela Sterritt

4.51

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenou…

If you liked the indigenous plot in Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls by Angela Sterritt , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. 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 Angela Sterritt's Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

  • canada
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2. 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

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  • canada
  • 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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3. Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

By: Jessica McDiarmid

4.30

Format: 332 pages, Hardcover

A searing account of the missing, and murdered, Indigenous women of Highway 16, and an indictment o… read more

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  • history
  • true crime
  • canada
  • feminism
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • crime
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4. 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

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  • feminism
  • canada
"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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5. Superfan: How Pop Culture Broke My Heart

By: Jen Sookfong Lee

3.91

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

A sharply observed memoir in pieces that uses one woman's life-long love affair with pop culture as… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • canada
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6. 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

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  • 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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7. In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience (The Regina Collection, 11)

By: Helen Knott

4.53

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Long-listed for the 2020 RBC Taylor Prize A memoir of addiction, intergenerational trauma, a… read more

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  • memoir
  • canada
  • feminism
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
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8. 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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  • canada
  • indigenous
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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

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  • 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. On the Ravine

By: Vincent Lam

4.03

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling, Giller Prize-winning author of Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures comes an exqui… read more

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  • canada
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11. 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

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  • 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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12. Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

By: Helen Knott

4.31

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behi… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • canada
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
"What else have I made my responsibility that no one asked me to take on?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Mama's arms felt like ceremony on nights when the ghosts of my past experiences wouldn't let me sleep."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"The women in my family are medicine. They are backbones and ribcages and hearts. They are whispers in men's ears. They are the guardians that kept us whole."

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

"Teetering on the brink of relapse and the edge of insanity. I can't fuck or fight my way out of these feelings, so that's a bitch, but the weather is nice. More cream for your coffee, Edna?"

-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

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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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  • canada
  • indigenous
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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

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • canada
  • indigenous
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15. Behind You

By: Catherine Hernandez

4.04

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

As terror grips a city, a young girl faces danger closer to home and chilling memories that last a … read more

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  • canada
Cover of True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change by Jody Wilson-Raybould

16. 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

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  • history
  • canada
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • indigenous history
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17. 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

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • canada
  • indigenous
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18. 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

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  • history
  • memoir
  • canada
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
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19. Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

By: Angela Sterritt

4.51

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenou… read more

Similar categories in Angela Sterritt's Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls book and Angela Sterritt's Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls

  • history
  • memoir
  • canada
  • true crime
  • feminism
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • womens
  • indigenous history
  • crime
Cover of Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go by Kelly S. Thompson

20. Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

By: Kelly S. Thompson

4.41

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

With honesty, love, and humour, in this moving memoir, Kelly S. Thompson explores her relationship … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • canada
"Sisters come back to one another, I think. When they're ready."

-Kelly S. Thompson, Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

"I have always thought that sisters have a way of communicating, no matter what keeps them apart."

-Kelly S. Thompson, Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

"We were all just trying to save someone. It was a state of loving, despite instead of loving because."

-Kelly S. Thompson, Still, I Cannot Save You: A Memoir of Sisterhood, Love, and Letting Go

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21. Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing

By: Jennifer Grenz

4.26

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

A personal journey of bringing together Western science and Indigenous ecology to transform our und… read more

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  • memoir
  • canada
  • indigenous

7 must-read history books like Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls by Angela Sterritt

Transform Your Habits

Highway of Tears: A True Story of Racism, Indifference and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Jessica McDiarmid

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir

Helen Knott

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

Michelle Good

4.44

Transform Your Habits

True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change

Jody Wilson-Raybould

4.29

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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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