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Native American Books

Books selected for readers looking for native american books.

25 booksApril 2, 2026

Part of 500+ tracked lists·1 crossover shelf·59% reader overlap with Indigenous History and Memoir Books

1. The World, the Text, and the Indian
Scott Richard Lyons
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
2. The Routledge Companion to Native American Literature
Deborah L. Madsen
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
3. Politics and Aesthetics in Contemporary Native American Literature
Matthew Herman, Matthew D. Herman
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
4. A New Continent of Liberty
Geoff Hamilton
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
5. The Common Pot
Lisa Brooks
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
6. Cultural Sites of Critical Insight
Angela L. Cotten, Christa Davis Acampora
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
7. Storied Voices in Native American Texts
Blanca Schorcht
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
8. Beginning Ethnic American Literatures
Helena Grice, Candida Hepworth
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Asian American Lit Crit
9. On Native Grounds
Alfred Kazin
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: American Lit Crit
10. From Oral to Written
Tomson Highway, Jordan Abel
Fits this list for its focus on native.
Shelf signal: Canadian Lit Crit
11. American Literary Cultures
Elizabeth J. Dell, Joe B. Fulton
Fits this list for its focus on american.
Shelf signal: American Lit Crit
12. Good Indian
B.M. Bower
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Native American YA
13. Indians of the Pacific Northwest
Vine Deloria Jr., Steve Pavlik
Fits this list for its focus on native.
Shelf signal: Pacific Northwest History
14. Black Elk Speaks
John G. Neihardt, Philip J. Deloria
Fits this list for its focus on american.
Shelf signal: Native American U.S. History for Teens
15. Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
James Reed Mooney
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Native American Life (U.S.)
16. Decolonizing Methodologies
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Strong fit for this native american list in the indigenous lit crit lane.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
17. Voice of a Native Son
Eugene E. Miller
Fits this list for its focus on american and native.
Shelf signal: Black Lit Crit
18. The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen
Noenoe K. Silva, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Fits this list for its focus on native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
19. From a Native Daughter
Dr. Haunani-Kay Trask, Haunani-Kay Trask
Fits this list for its focus on native.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
20. The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere
Paulette F. C. Steeves, Kristin Aikin Salada
Included for strong human alignment with this native american list.
Shelf signal: Physical Anthropology
21. Anarcho-indigenism
Francis Dupuis-Déri, Benjamin Pillet
Included for strong action alignment with this native american list.
Shelf signal: Radical Politics
22. Wisdom Sits in Places
Keith H. Basso
Fits this list for its focus on american.
Shelf signal: Indigenous Lit Crit
23. 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
Bob Joseph, Sage Isaac
Included for strong book club alignment with this native american list.
Shelf signal: Native American U.S. History for Teens
24. Creole Indigeneity
Shona N. Jackson
Strong fit for this native american list in the caribbean & latin american studies lane.
Shelf signal: Caribbean & Latin American Studies