Indigenous Authors - Recommended reading for adults

Updated April 8, 2024
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VenCo
Dimaline, Cherie
Paper Book
"Once I opened VenCo, I was propelled through an entire night of charmed reading. Cherie Dimaline creates a world utterly fantastical, yet real. VenCo is funny, tense, and cracking with a dark, divine energy."  ---Louise Erdrich, New York Times bestselling author of The...

Also available in eBook, eAudiobook and CD formats.

Canadian author.

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Bad Cree: A Novel
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...

Also available in eBook, eAudiobook and Large Print formats.

Canadian author.

3

A Minor Chorus: A Novel
Belcourt, Billy-Ray
Paper Book
In the stark expanse of Northern Alberta, a queer Indigenous doctoral student steps away from his dissertation to write a novel, informed by a series of poignant encounters: a heart-to-heart with fellow doctoral student River over the mounting pressure placed on marginalized scholars; a meeting...

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats.

Canadian author.

4

The Sentence
Erdrich, Louise
Paper Book
"Dazzling. . . . A hard-won love letter to readers and to booksellers, as well as a compelling story about how we cope with pain and fear, injustice and illness. One good way is to press a beloved book into another's hands. Read The Sentence and then do just that."--USA Today, Four Stars ...

Also available in CD, eBook, eAudiobook and Large Print formats.

5

Probably Ruby
Bird-Wilson, Lisa
Paper Book
An Indigenous woman adopted by white parents goes in search of her identity in this unforgettable debut novel about family, race, and history. Finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award * "Engaging . . . Ruby never disappoints with her big heart and outrageous sense of...

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats.

Canadian author.

6

There There
Tommy Orange
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. A contemporary classic, this...

A Oakland, dans la baie de San Francisco, les Indiens ne vivent pas sur une reserve mais dans un univers, faconne par la rue et par la pauvret, ou chacun porte les traces d'une histoire douloureuse. Pourtant, les membres de cette communaute disparate tiennent a celebrer la beaute d'une culture que l'Amerique a bien failli engloutir. A l'occasion d'un grand pow-wow, douze personnages, hommes et femmes, jeunes et moins jeunes, voient leurs destins se lier. Ensemble, ils vont faire l'experience de la violence et de la destruction, comme leurs ancetres tant de fois avant eux.

Aussi disponible en format numerique.

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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...

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats.

Canadian author.

8

Love after the end : an anthology of Two-spirit & Indigiqueer speculative fiction
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
Paper Book
This exciting and groundbreaking fiction anthology showcases a number of new and emerging 2SQ (Two-Spirit and queer Indigenous) writers from across Turtle Island. These visionary authors show how queer Indigenous communities can bloom and thrive through utopian narratives that detail the vivacity...
Also available in eBook format.

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Indian Horse
Wagamese, Richard.
Paper Book
Named a "Best Novel of the Decade" by Literary Hub Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when...

Also available in Book Club Kit, eBook and DAISY formats.

Canadian author.

10

Cheval Indian
Wagamese, Richard
Paper Book
Named a "Best Novel of the Decade" by Literary Hub Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when...

Aussi dispoinible en format numerique.

Auteur canadien.

11

Jonny Appleseed : a novel
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
Ebook

Also available in eBook and eAudiobook formats.

Canadian author.

12

There there
Orange, Tommy
Paper Book
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A wondrous and shattering award-winning novel that follows twelve characters from Native communities: all traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow, all connected to one another in ways they may not yet realize. A contemporary classic, this...

Also available in CD, Book Club Kit, eBook and eAudiobook formats.

13

Jonny Appleseed
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
Ebook

Travailleur du cybersexe, Jonny doit rentrer a la reserve dans une semaine pour assister aux funerailles de son beau-pere. Pendant ces sept jours, Jonny se raconte : enfance, amitie, amour, sexe, alcool, maquillage, musique, fantomes, espoirs. Le fil des liens familiaux se retisse avec sa mere, sa kokum, ses tantes et oncles. Surgit tout un monde de tendresse.

Aussi disponible en format numerique.

Auteur canadien.

14

The inconvenient Indian : a curious account of Native people in North America
King, Thomas
Paper Book
In The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial contact. Ranging freely across the centuries and the Canada-U.S. border, King...

Also available in Book Club, eBook, eAudiobook and DAISY formats.

Canadian author.

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L'Indien Malcommode: Un Portrait Inattendu des Autochtones D'Amérique du Nord
King, Thomas
Paper Book
In The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King offers a deeply knowing, darkly funny, unabashedly opinionated, and utterly unconventional account of Indian-White relations in North America since initial contact. Ranging freely across the centuries and the Canada-U.S. border, King...

L'Indien malcommode est a la fois un ouvrage d'histoire et une subversion de l'histoire officielle. En somme, c'est le resultat de la reflexion personnelle et critique que Thomas King a menee depuis un demi-siecle sur ce que cela signifie d'etre Indien aujourd'hui en Amerique du Nord. Ce livre n'est pas tant une condamnation du comportement des uns ou des autres qu'une analyse supremement intelligente des liens complexes qu'entretiennent les Blancs et les Indiens.

Aussi disponible en format numerique.

Auteur canadien.


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