11 Best indigenous books like A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas by Richard Wagamese

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A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

By: Richard Wagamese

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Celebrated author Richard Wagamese artfully crafts these thrilling yet vulnerable stories of two yo…

If you liked the indigenous plot in A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas by Richard Wagamese , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Fox 8

By: George Saunders

4.12

Format: 21 pages, ebook

A darkly comic short story, a fable about the all too real impact that we humans have on the enviro… read more

Similar categories in George Saunders's Fox 8 book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Now all these happy sites and sounds seem like triks. Now it seems like the gud times are mere lee smoke that, upon blowing away, here is the reel life, which is: rok hats, kikking, stomping."

-George Saunders, Fox 8

"You may have herd the Yuman frase, What are frends for? Well, I will tell you. Frends are for, when your hole Groop terns its baks on you, here comes your frend, Fox 7, of who I spoke of erlyer, as b…"

-George Saunders, Fox 8

"One day, walking neer one of your Yuman houses, smelling all the interest with snout, I herd, from inside, the most amazing sound. Turns out, what that sound is, was: the Yuman voice, making werds. T…"

-George Saunders, Fox 8

"Every minit with no kikking and stomping now seems like not a real minit. Do you get what I mean? It is like some frend who preveusly was nise suden lee says some crool thing and does this nip on you…"

-George Saunders, Fox 8

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2. 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 A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • 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)

3. 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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4. 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 Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • horror
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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 A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • canada
  • horror
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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 A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • horror
  • 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. 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 Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • 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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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 A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
"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. Snow Road Station

By: Elizabeth Hay

3.77

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From the Giller Prize-winning author comes a novel, witty and wise, about thwarted ambition, unreal… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hay's Snow Road Station book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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10. Stitches

By: Hirokatsu Kihara

3.14

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Horror manga giant Junji Ito teams up with spooky story writer Hirokatsu Kihara for the ultimate co… read more

Similar categories in Hirokatsu Kihara's Stitches book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • horror
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11. The Bittlemores

By: Jann Arden

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more

Similar categories in Jann Arden's The Bittlemores book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • canada
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12. The Island of Forgetting

By: Jasmine Sealy

4.05

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

How does memory become myth? How do lies become family lore? How do we escape the trauma of the pas… read more

Similar categories in Jasmine Sealy's The Island of Forgetting book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • canada
  • contemporary
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13. 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

Similar categories in Joshua Whitehead's Jonny Appleseed book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • canada
  • 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

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14. VenCo

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.79

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Lucky St. James, a Métis millennial living with her cantankerous but loving grandmother Stella, is … read more

Similar categories in Cherie Dimaline's VenCo book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
"It felt like the drunken part of falling in love, the erratic and uncompromising compulsion that made you do dumb shit and your best shit at the same time. She had to stop herself from running. She h…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

"Throughout history, witches have been the stand-ins for all people who have felt 'outside' or 'different.' I say, fuck it -- go outside, be different, be so different they have to loosen their grip o…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

"She wondered if every place in New Orleans had a secret garden, if every place was so witchy and beautiful. And for the first time, she was filled with an enormous pride for who she was-- what she wa…"

-Cherie Dimaline, VenCo

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15. Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

By: Aviaq Johnston

3.74

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

“Taaqtumi” is an Inuktitut word that means “in the dark”—and these spine-tingling horror stories by… read more

Similar categories in Aviaq Johnston's Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • horror
  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
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16. 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 Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • horror
  • fiction
  • 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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17. The Strangers

By: Katherena Vermette

4.10

Format: 336 pages, None

From the bestselling author of The Break comes a staggering intergenerational saga that explores ho… read more

Similar categories in Katherena Vermette's The Strangers book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
"Summer was always the worst season. Everyone always complained about winter, but winter was simple, you just didn't go outside. Summer always tried to sneak in where it was not wanted."

-Katherena Vermette, The Strangers

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18. 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 Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
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19. Trickster Drift (Trickster, #2)

By: Eden Robinson

4.29

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Following the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted Son of a Trickster comes Trickster Drift, the sec… read more

Similar categories in Eden Robinson's Trickster Drift (Trickster, #2) book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
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20. Four Faces of the Moon

By: Amanda Strong

3.94

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

On a journey to uncover her family's story, Spotted Fawn travels through time and space to reclaim … read more

Similar categories in Amanda Strong's Four Faces of the Moon book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • fiction
  • canada
  • indigenous
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21. A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

By: Richard Wagamese

4.19

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Celebrated author Richard Wagamese artfully crafts these thrilling yet vulnerable stories of two yo… read more

Similar categories in Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas book and Richard Wagamese's A Perfect Likeness: Two Novellas

  • canada
  • native american
  • indigenous
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary

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George Saunders

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3.82

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Shane Hawk

3.98

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4.28

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Éric Chacour

4.43

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Téa Mutonji

3.57

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Emmanuelle Pierrot

4.45

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