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51 New Books to Read for Native American Heritage Month
November is Native American Heritage Month in the United States. To join in the celebrations, we’ve sorted through our recent archives to highlight new books by Native American writers.
There is a lot to explore here: from historical fiction to YA fantasy, memoirs to mystery-thrillers, short story collections to National Book Award nominees. For those who enjoy the darker side of contemporary fiction, consider these books by Stephen Graham Jones (The Only Good Indians) or Erika T. Wurth (White Horse), which explore shadowy places between noir and horror. U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo gathers the work of more than 160 Indigenous poets with the acclaimed anthology When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through.
Scroll over the book cover images below for more details, and add anything interesting to your Want to Read shelf.
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Do you have any reading recommendations for Native American Heritage Month? Tell us about your picks in the comments below!
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Heather wrote: "Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer"
Sandra wrote: "Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer is one of my favorite books!"I love it!
This month I readThe Night Watchman
The Round House
Shutter
Other favorites in the past year:
The Sentence
Firekeeper's Daughter
The Marrow Thieves! So good! I think the author is Cherie Dimaline 💜
Ancestor Approved! I’ve been reading it with my 7th grade students.
The Grass Dancer by Susan Power -- and her 2023 book (as Mona Susan Power), Council of Dolls
“The Inconvenient Indian” by Thomas King“Unreconciled” by Jesse Wente
“Legacy” by Suzanne Methot
“Birdie” by Tracy Lindberg
“Medicine River” by Thomas King
“Son of a Trickster,” “Trickster Drift,” and “Return of the Trickster” by Eden Robinson
I love anything by Louise Eckrich. I just read I'm a Mad Dog Biting Myself for Sympathy. A lot of action packed into six pags.
The Two Wolves by Marcus Abston is out and it got a great review from the Pacific Book Review. I'm very excited for book 3
I feel like no other book would come close to the impact that Wilma man killers had especially being there in meeting her in 1994 when my family went to Albuquerque with my dad's school group for I think it might have been that volunteer thing they made high schoolers do I don't know I just remember being in all of her presence and that even in just English her words left off the page. She is also the first native American featured in the women's quarters along with The script of her people! It's the only US quarter to feature Cherokee. And I feel like the way that she wolves stories would be hard to top.
Can anyone recommend something similar?
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson. Also, Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko, and The Heartsong of Charging Elk by James Welch.
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
This Tender Land by William Kent Kruger
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Muders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven by Barbra Kingsolver
The Pale-Faced Lie by David Crow
Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage by William Loren Katz
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie (Children's book)
A few on my "Want to Read" shelf (Just a few of them):
Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
We are Dancing for You: Native Feminism and the Revitalization of Women's Coming-of-Age Ceremonies by Cutcha Risling Baldy
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
The Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles
SisterHood by Jessa Calderon
Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition by Glen Sean Coulthard
Wil Usdi: Thoughts from the Asylum, a Cherokee Novela by Robert J. Conley
Rising Fawn and the Fire Mystery by Marilou Awiakta
Selu: Seeking the Corn-Mother's Wisdom by Marilou Awikta
Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians but Were Afraid to Ask by Anton Treuer
I believe all of the authors are Native American (I am unsure on a couple of them). I added so many of the books listed above! Thanks so much for putting this list together!