Indigenous Authors - Recommended reading for adults

Updated June 8, 2026
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A minor chorus : a novel
Belcourt, Billy-Ray
Paper Book
An unnamed narrator abandons his unfinished thesis and returns to northern Alberta in search of what eludes him- the shape of the novel he yearns to write, an autobiography of his rural hometown, the answers to existential questions about family, love, and happiness. What ensues is a...

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2

Small ceremonies : a novel
Edwards, Kyle
Paper Book
A poignant and heart-wrenching coming-of-age story that follows the friendships, hopes, fears, and struggles of a group of Native high school students from Winnipeg, Manitoba's North End, illuminating what it's like to grow up in the heart of an Indigenous city WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR...

3

Bad Cree : a novel
Johns, Jessica
Paper Book

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Canadian author.

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The buffalo hunter hunter
Jones, Stephen Graham
Paper Book
" A chilling historical horror novel set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor...

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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...

6

A grandmother begins the story
Porter, Michelle
Paper Book
Written like a crooked Métis jig, A Grandmother Begins the Story follows five generations of women and bison as they reach for the stories that could remake their worlds and rebuild their futures. Carter is a young mother, recently separated. She is curious, angry, and on a...

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Canadian author.

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Treat them as buffalo : a novel
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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From the ashes : my story of being Métis, homeless, and finding my way
Thistle, Jesse
Paper Book
*#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER *Winner, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Nonfiction *Winner, Indigenous Voices Awards *Winner, High Plains Book Awards *Finalist, CBC Canada Reads *A Globe and Mail Book of the Year *An Indigo Book of the...

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats.

Canadian author.


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