Between the Shelves

Indigenous History and Memoir Books

Historically grounded narratives with lived experience at the center.

43 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·3 crossover shelves·59% reader overlap with Native American Books

1. Reclaiming Two-spirits
Gregory Smithers, Shaun Taylor-Corbett
Fits this list for its focus on history and indigenous.
Shelf signal: Native American History
2. The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere
Paulette F. C. Steeves, Kristin Aikin Salada
Fits this list for its focus on history and indigenous.
Shelf signal: Physical Anthropology
3. We Will Be Jaguars (reese's Book Club Pick)
Nemonte Nenquimo, Mitch Anderson
Fits this list for its focus on indigenous and memoir.
Shelf signal: Women's Lives
4. Whiskey Tender
Deborah Taffa, Deborah Jackson Taffa
Fits this list for its focus on memoir.
Shelf signal: Lives in History
5. Decolonizing Methodologies
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Fits this list for its focus on indigenous.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
6. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Bob Joseph, Sage Isaac
Fits this list for its focus on indigenous.
Shelf signal: Native American U.S. History for Teens
7. This Land Is Their Land
David J. Silverman
Fits this list for its focus on history.
Shelf signal: Indigenous & Colonial History
8. The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen
Noenoe K. Silva, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Fits this list for its focus on history and indigenous.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
9. Fresh Banana Leaves
Jessica Hernandez Ph.D., Jessica Hernandez
Fits this list for its focus on indigenous.
Shelf signal: Climate Change
10. The Undiscovered Country
Paul Andrew Hutton
Included for strong best alignment with this indigenous history and memoir list.
Shelf signal: Southwest U.S. History
11. From Oral to Written
Tomson Highway, Jordan Abel
Fits this list for its focus on indigenous.
Shelf signal: Canadian Lit Crit
12. The Tao of Raven
Ernestine Hayes, Erin Tripp
Fits this list for its focus on memoir.
Shelf signal: Asian & Asian American Lives
13. The Transit of Empire
Jodi A. Byrd
Fits this list for its focus on history and indigenous.
Shelf signal: Colonialism & Its Aftermath
14. Captive Paradise
James L. Haley
Fits this list for its focus on between and history.
Shelf signal: Western U.S. History
15. The Paranormal Ranger
Stanley Milford Jr.
Fits this list for its focus on memoir.
Shelf signal: Native American YA
16. Indians of the Pacific Northwest
Vine Deloria Jr., Steve Pavlik
Strong fit for this indigenous history and memoir list in the pacific northwest history lane.
Shelf signal: Pacific Northwest History
17. Creole Indigeneity
Shona N. Jackson
Fits this list for its focus on between and indigenous.
Shelf signal: Caribbean & Latin American Studies
18. Carolina in Crisis
Daniel J. Tortora
Fits this list for its focus on between and history.
Shelf signal: Southern U.S. History
19. Thunder in the Mountains
Daniel J. Sharfstein
Included for strong civil alignment with this indigenous history and memoir list.
Shelf signal: 19th-Century America
20. Standoff
Jacqueline Keeler
Included for strong american alignment with this indigenous history and memoir list.
Shelf signal: Native American History
21. Thieves' Road
Terry Mort
Fits this list for its focus on history.
Shelf signal: Midwest History
22. Bonds of Alliance
Brett Rushforth
Fits this list for its focus on indigenous.
Shelf signal: French History
23. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Fits this list for its focus on indigenous.
Shelf signal: Wilderness & Wild Places
24. In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl
Merilee Grindle
Included for strong biography alignment with this indigenous history and memoir list.
Shelf signal: Mexico - History