Indigenous Authors - Recommended reading for adults

Updated June 8, 2026
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A minor chorus
Belcourt, Billy-Ray
Ebook
Longlisted for the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize A debut novel from a rising literary star that brings the modern queer and Indigenous experience into sharp relief. In the stark expanse of Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his...

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BAD CREE
JOHNS, JESSICA
Paper Book
In this gripping, horror-laced debut, a young Cree woman's dreams lead her on a perilous journey of self-discovery that ultimately forces her to confront the toll of a legacy of violence on her family, her community and the land they call home. "A mystery and a horror story about...

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Canadian author.

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BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER
JONES, STEPHEN GRAHAM
Paper Book
Selected as One of The New York Times's 100 Notable Books of the Year A Barack Obama Summer Read Locus Award for Horror Libby Award for Best Horror Nebula, Bram Stoker, and Los Angeles Times Book Prize Award Finalist

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WAITING FOR THE LONG NIGHT MOON: STORIES
PETERS, AMANDA
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of The Berry Pickers In her debut collection of short fiction, Amanda Peters describes the Indigenous experience from an astonishingly wide spectrum in time and place--from contact with the first European settlers, to the forced removal of...

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A grandmother begins the story
Porter, Michelle
Paper Book
From award-winning Métis author Michelle Porter, a powerfully funning and moving story told not just by five generations of Métis women, but also by the land, the bison that surround them, and two utterly captivating dogs. Carter is a young mother on a quest to...

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Canadian author.

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TREAT THEM AS BUFFALO
Yoxall, Blair Palmer
Paper Book
An electrifying anti-Western from an exciting new Indigenous writer. As teenage boys begin to disappear from a great plains Métis community, a young man attempts to uncover the evil force lurking out of sight. In 1885, Nikosis "Niko" Eriksen spends his days playing...

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