Indigenous Book Summaries

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Summary
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
by Stephen Graham Jones 2025 448 pages
4.20
6.7K ratings
Horror
Historical Fiction
Vampires
The Marrow Thieves Summary
The Marrow Thieves
by Cherie Dimaline 2017 234 pages
3.95
41.4K ratings
Young Adult
Dystopia
Indigenous
Moon of the Crusted Snow Summary
Moon of the Crusted Snow
by Waubgeshig Rice 2018 213 pages
3.84
37.6K ratings
Horror
Indigenous
Dystopia
The Berry Pickers Summary
The Berry Pickers
by Amanda Peters 2023 307 pages
4.10
208.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Mystery
There There Summary
There There
by Tommy Orange 2018 294 pages
3.98
210.5K ratings
Book Club
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
As We Have Always Done Summary
As We Have Always Done
Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2017 216 pages
4.57
1.1K ratings
Indigenous
Politics
History
The Only Good Indians Summary
The Only Good Indians
by Stephen Graham Jones 2020 305 pages
3.69
98.9K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Fantasy
Braiding Sweetgrass Summary
Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
by Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 408 pages
4.52
152.3K ratings
Science
Indigenous
Book Club
From the Ashes Summary
From the Ashes
My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way
by Jesse Thistle 2019 368 pages
4.49
32.8K ratings
Memoir
Indigenous
Canada
Motorcycles & Sweetgrass Summary
Motorcycles & Sweetgrass
by Drew Hayden Taylor 2010 368 pages
3.65
2.9K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Fantasy
Keeper'n Me Summary
Keeper'n Me
by Richard Wagamese 1994 224 pages
4.00
2.5K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Historical Fiction
The Reason You Walk Summary
The Reason You Walk
by Wab Kinew 2015 273 pages
4.05
3.7K ratings
Indigenous
Memoir
Canada
Moon of the Turning Leaves Summary
Moon of the Turning Leaves
by Waubgeshig Rice 2023 307 pages
4.24
8.7K ratings
Indigenous
Horror
Dystopia
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
by Bob Joseph 2018 160 pages
4.57
9.4K ratings
Indigenous
History
Canada
God Is Red Summary
God Is Red
A Native View of Religion
by Vine Deloria Jr. 1972 325 pages
4.15
2.2K ratings
Religion
Native American
History
The Back of the Turtle Summary
The Back of the Turtle
by Thomas King 2014 518 pages
4.07
3.8K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Book Club
Red Skin, White Masks Summary
Red Skin, White Masks
Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition
by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014 256 pages
4.48
867 ratings
Indigenous
Politics
History
Five Little Indians Summary
Five Little Indians
by Michelle Good 2020 304 pages
4.47
43.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Indigenous
Book Club
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground Summary
A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
by Alicia Elliott 2019 240 pages
4.41
10.1K ratings
Memoir
Indigenous
Essays
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Summary
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
by Malidoma Patrice Somé 1998 352 pages
4.47
435 ratings
Spirituality
Africa
Religion
Love Medicine Summary
Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich 1984 367 pages
4.01
27.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Native American
Short Stories
We Are Dancing for You Summary
We Are Dancing for You
Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies
by Cutcha Risling Baldy 2018 205 pages
4.52
155 ratings
Indigenous
Feminism
History
Sand Talk Summary
Sand Talk
How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
by Tyson Yunkaporta 2019 256 pages
4.36
4.5K ratings
Philosophy
Indigenous
Australia
Navajos Wear Nikes Summary
Navajos Wear Nikes
A Reservation Life
by Jim Kristofic 2011 230 pages
4.08
679 ratings
Memoir
Native American
Native Americans
Life in Two Worlds Summary
Life in Two Worlds
A Coach's Journey from the Reserve to the NHL and Back
by Ted Nolan 2023 332 pages
4.24
422 ratings
Hockey
Sports
Memoir
Life in the City of Dirty Water Summary
Life in the City of Dirty Water
A Memoir of Healing
by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021 200 pages
3.65
3.9K ratings
Memoir
Indigenous
Canada
Spirit Run Summary
Spirit Run
A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land
by Noé Álvarez 2020 240 pages
3.50
4.5K ratings
Memoir
Travel
Indigenous
The Truth About Stories Summary
The Truth About Stories
A Native Narrative
by Thomas King 2003 184 pages
4.34
4.2K ratings
Indigenous
Essays
Canada
To the Moon and Back Summary
To the Moon and Back
by Eliana Ramage 2025 448 pages
4.04
169 ratings
Contemporary
Indigenous
Queer
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint
The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022 225 pages
4.13
2.5K ratings
Memoir
Indigenous
Biography
Broken Circle Summary
Broken Circle
The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
by Theodore Fontaine 2010 190 pages
3.99
698 ratings
Indigenous
Memoir
History
Potiki Summary
Potiki
by Patricia Grace 1986 192 pages
3.88
2.3K ratings
Indigenous
Classics
Magical Realism
Wandering Stars Summary
Wandering Stars
by Tommy Orange 2024 315 pages
3.84
31.9K ratings
Historical Fiction
Indigenous
Literary Fiction
Living Resistance Summary
Living Resistance
An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day
by Kaitlin B. Curtice 2023 208 pages
4.16
1.4K ratings
Indigenous
Spirituality
Social Justice
I, Rigoberta Menchú Summary
I, Rigoberta Menchú
An Indian Woman in Guatemala
by Rigoberta Menchú 1984 252 pages
3.85
6.3K ratings
Memoir
History
Biography
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem Summary
We Had a Little Real Estate Problem
by Kliph Nesteroff 2021 319 pages
4.07
2.9K ratings
History
Humor
Indigenous
Where White Men Fear to Tread Summary
Where White Men Fear to Tread
The Autobiography of Russell Means
by Russell Means 1995 624 pages
4.14
1.4K ratings
Native American
Biography
History
Big Chief Summary
Big Chief
by Jon Hickey 2025 320 pages
3.64
1.1K ratings
Indigenous
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Never Whistle at Night Summary
Never Whistle at Night
An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
by Shane Hawk 2023 416 pages
3.88
25.5K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Fantasy
My Heart Is a Chainsaw Summary
My Heart Is a Chainsaw
by Stephen Graham Jones 2021 405 pages
3.52
49.3K ratings
Horror
Thriller
Mystery
Crooked Hallelujah Summary
Crooked Hallelujah
by Kelli Jo Ford 2020 304 pages
3.47
3.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Indigenous
Literary Fiction
Red Nation Rising Summary
Red Nation Rising
From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation
by Nick Estes 2021 176 pages
4.36
149 ratings
History
Indigenous
Politics
The Haunting of Room 904 Summary
The Haunting of Room 904
by Erika T. Wurth 2025 306 pages
3.12
2.1K ratings
Horror
Mystery
Paranormal
Fifth Sun Summary
Fifth Sun
A New History of the Aztecs
by Camilla Townsend 2019 336 pages
4.09
5.1K ratings
History
Historical
World History
Auē Summary
Auē
by Becky Manawatu 2019 328 pages
4.48
7.3K ratings
Contemporary
Book Club
Literary Fiction
Monkey Beach Summary
Monkey Beach
by Eden Robinson 2000 384 pages
4.02
10.5K ratings
Indigenous
Canada
Magical Realism
Trail of Tears Summary
Trail of Tears
The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
by John Ehle 1988 424 pages
4.12
4.5K ratings
History
Native American
American History
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