10 Best native american books like My Life: Growing Up Native in America by IllumiNative

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My Life: Growing Up Native in America

By: IllumiNative

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A moving collection of twenty powerful essays, poems, and more that capture and celebrate the moder…

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1. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse

By: Joseph M. Marshall III , Jim Yellowhawk

3.50

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Jimmy McClean is a Lakota boy--though you would not guess it by his name: his father is a white man… read more

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2. Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

By: Deborah Jackson Taffa

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to Read" * A New York T… read more

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  • race
  • memoir
  • native american
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
"My Laguna grandmother, Esther, is the one who taught me that a deep intimacy with a homeland requires three things: sensory experiences of particular geographies, a storied history of the trails, and…"

-Deborah Jackson Taffa, Whiskey Tender: A Memoir

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3. Northwest Resistance (A Girl Called Echo, Volume 3)

By: Katherena Vermette

3.88

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The third graphic novel in the A Girl Called Echo series, Northwest Resistance follows Echo Desjard… read more

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4. 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

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  • memoir
  • native american
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
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5. Where They Last Saw Her

By: Marcie R. Rendon

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

From the award-winning author of the Cash Blackbear series, a harrowing novel of a Native American … read more

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  • adult
  • native american
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6. The Truth According to Ember

By: Danica Nava

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A Chickasaw woman who can’t catch a break serves up a little white lie that snowballs into much mor… read more

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  • adult
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7. What Happened to the McCrays?

By: Tracey Lange

4.58

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Tracey Lange, a poignant story about the resilience of famil… read more

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8. The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

By: Evan Friss

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cu… read more

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  • adult
  • nonfiction
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9. Rosarita

By: Anita Desai

3.29

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

'Anita Desai is a magnificent writer' - Salman RushdieFrom three times Booker-shortlisted author An… read more

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10. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

4.68

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • native american
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11. I'll Have What He's Having

By: Adib Khorram

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A smart, tender, vivacious romantic comedy about mistaken identities, the line between love and sex… read more

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  • adult
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12. The In-Between Bookstore

By: Edward Underhill

3.78

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A whimsical and healing novel about a trans man in New York who—almost 30, laid off, broke—moves ba… read more

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  • adult
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13. The Witches of El Paso

By: Luis Jaramillo

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A lawyer and her elderly great-aunt use their supernatural gifts to find a lost child in this richl… read more

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  • adult
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14. The Unfinished

By: Cheryl Isaacs

3.79

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In this debut YA horror novel by Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk), small-town athlete Avery is haunted by the… read more

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15. Forest of Noise: Poems

By: Mosab Abu Toha

4.73

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

A candid, horrific, and deeply touching new collection of poems about life in Gaza by an award-winn… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land

By: Rebecca Nagle

4.60

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A powerful work of reportage and American history that braids the story of the forced removal of Na… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Nagle's By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land book and IllumiNative's My Life: Growing Up Native in America

  • race
  • nonfiction
  • native american
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17. Sister Snake

By: Amanda Lee Koe

4.02

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters—one in New York, one in Singapore—who are … read more

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  • adult
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18. My Life: Growing Up Native in America

By: IllumiNative

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A moving collection of twenty powerful essays, poems, and more that capture and celebrate the moder… read more

Similar categories in IllumiNative's My Life: Growing Up Native in America book and IllumiNative's My Life: Growing Up Native in America

  • race
  • memoir
  • native american
  • anthologies
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • adult
Cover of Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti

19. Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win

By: Jessica Valenti

4.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A clear and concise guide to the politics of post-Roe America, for readers eager to understand the … read more

Similar categories in Jessica Valenti's Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win book and IllumiNative's My Life: Growing Up Native in America

  • nonfiction
Cover of Exposure (Rita Todacheene #2) by Ramona Emerson

20. Exposure (Rita Todacheene #2)

By: Ramona Emerson

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the follow-up to the National Book Award–longlisted Shutter, Navajo forensic photographer Rita T… read more

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  • native american
Cover of Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America by Paola Ramos

21. Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America

By: Paola Ramos

4.45

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An award-winning journalist's deeply reported exploration of how race, identity and political traum… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
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22. Hammajang Luck

By: Makana Yamamoto

4.18

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

HAMMAJANG | adjective. Definition: In a disorderly or chaotic state; messed up. Chiefly in predicat… read more

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  • adult
Cover of How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva

23. How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

By: Johanna Hedva

4.31

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited essay collection from one of the most influential voices in disability activism th… read more

Similar categories in Johanna Hedva's How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom book and IllumiNative's My Life: Growing Up Native in America

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • essays
Cover of The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained by Stanley Milford Jr.

24. The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the Unexplained

By: Stanley Milford Jr.

3.81

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A Navajo Ranger’s chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the pa… read more

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  • memoir
  • native american
  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • adult
Cover of The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America by Carrie Schuettpelz

25. The Indian Card: Who Gets to Be Native in America

By: Carrie Schuettpelz

4.52

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A groundbreaking exploration of Native American identity, tribal enrollment, ancestry, and what all… read more

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  • race
  • nonfiction
  • native american
Cover of What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird by Sy Montgomery

26. What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird

By: Sy Montgomery

3.94

Format: 91 pages, Kindle Edition

A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • adult
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
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27. Harlem Rhapsody

By: Victoria Christopher Murray

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary story of Jessie Redmon Fauset whose exhilarating world of friends, rivals, and pa… read more

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Cover of It's Getting Hot in Here: A Novel by Jane Costello

28. It's Getting Hot in Here: A Novel

By: Jane Costello

4.30

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

HER HOT FLUSHES MUST BE THE PERI-MENOPAUSE. THEY SURELY COULDN'T BE ... LOVE?Lisa Darling - high-fl… read more

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29. All the Blues in the Sky

By: Renée Watson

4.49

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

# 1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor author Renée Watson explores friendship, loss, and… read more

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Cover of Mask of the Deer Woman by Laurie L. Dove

30. Mask of the Deer Woman

By: Laurie L. Dove

3.70

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

To find a missing young woman, the new tribal marshal must also find herself. At rock bottom follow… read more

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  • native american
Cover of The Elders' Quest (Warriors: Changing Skies, #1) by Erin Hunter

31. The Elders' Quest (Warriors: Changing Skies, #1)

By: Erin Hunter

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

As Leafbare approaches, a new danger threatens the Clans. Twoleg construction has encroached on Cla… read more

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12 Top adult books like My Life: Growing Up Native in America by IllumiNative

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Thunder Song: Essays

Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

4.45

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Where They Last Saw Her

Marcie R. Rendon

4.01

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The Truth According to Ember

Danica Nava

3.96

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The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

Evan Friss

4.18

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Water Moon

Samantha Sotto Yambao

4.19

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The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's

Hanna Alkaf

4.10

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Weike Wang

4.16

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Private Rites

Julia Armfield

3.92

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