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This list is comprised of books by authors of all the Indigenous groups of the world (whether they be Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, Maori, Native Hawaiian, etc.)

Also i'd recommend you add books if the author is also of Indigenous descent themselves
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4.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
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4.60 avg rating — 30 ratings
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4.93 avg rating — 60 ratings
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4.95 avg rating — 152 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 46,686 ratings
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4.40 avg rating — 36,336 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 24,200 ratings
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4.16 avg rating — 57,554 ratings
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4.17 avg rating — 15,576 ratings
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 127,822 ratings
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4.08 avg rating — 128 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 14,653 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 34 ratings
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4.30 avg rating — 213,427 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 23,159 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 14,529 ratings
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19

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3.95 avg rating — 27,964 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 30,855 ratings
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21

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4.03 avg rating — 6,258 ratings
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22

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4.46 avg rating — 49,073 ratings
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23

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3.70 avg rating — 9,292 ratings
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24

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4.53 avg rating — 140 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 4,479 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 3,102 ratings
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3.81 avg rating — 48,670 ratings
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28

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4.35 avg rating — 4,311 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 18,078 ratings
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30

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3.93 avg rating — 17,277 ratings
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3.75 avg rating — 59 ratings
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33

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4.26 avg rating — 1,756 ratings
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34

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4.81 avg rating — 231 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,557 ratings
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36

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3.92 avg rating — 25,250 ratings
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37

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4.05 avg rating — 289,190 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 2,686 ratings
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39

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3.79 avg rating — 665 ratings
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4.51 avg rating — 15,047 ratings
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41

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3.97 avg rating — 236,632 ratings
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42

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4.03 avg rating — 24,673 ratings
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43

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4.21 avg rating — 887 ratings
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44

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3.84 avg rating — 27,586 ratings
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45

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4.66 avg rating — 68 ratings
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3.68 avg rating — 127,481 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 10,867 ratings
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48

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4.24 avg rating — 88 ratings
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3.72 avg rating — 3,388 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 67 ratings
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4.26 avg rating — 76,861 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 266 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 744 ratings
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3.71 avg rating — 9,617 ratings
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3.43 avg rating — 3,792 ratings
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4.46 avg rating — 3,219 ratings
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4.02 avg rating — 182,071 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 20,101 ratings
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59

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3.66 avg rating — 476 ratings
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4.36 avg rating — 6,705 ratings
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61

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4.40 avg rating — 555 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 19,543 ratings
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63

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3.98 avg rating — 574 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 1,425 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 6,411 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 2,711 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 7,250 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 1,272 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 81,175 ratings
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4.01 avg rating — 11,121 ratings
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3.89 avg rating — 1,525 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 6,959 ratings
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4.79 avg rating — 330 ratings
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3.72 avg rating — 509 ratings
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3.38 avg rating — 13,586 ratings
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4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 341 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 1,902 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 5,188 ratings
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4.37 avg rating — 21,966 ratings
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3.63 avg rating — 1,614 ratings
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4.06 avg rating — 344 ratings
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3.62 avg rating — 2,256 ratings
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3.79 avg rating — 4,341 ratings
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4.49 avg rating — 335 ratings
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4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 1,213 ratings
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3.46 avg rating — 1,274 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 178 ratings
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4.36 avg rating — 36 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 88,899 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 4,045 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 1,749 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 3,982 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 34,000 ratings
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3.34 avg rating — 5,838 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 1,719 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 3,101 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 977 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 2,051 ratings
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message 1: by Michael (new)

Michael Outstanding effort. Hopeful for more contributions. Might Joseph Boyden, who notes part Metis heeitage, be included or is upbringing a factor at play? Also might the list stretch a bit to include works technically not by NAs but with substanrial primary source material form NAs? E.g Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux,Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions, and Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian.


message 2: by Devon (new)

Devon Munn Michael wrote: "Outstanding effort. Hopeful for more contributions. Might Joseph Boyden, who notes part Metis heeitage, be included or is upbringing a factor at play? Also might the list stretch a bit to include w..."

I haven't included Joseph Boyden on this list due to the recent controversy surrounding him and his coming forward about how his Indigenous ancestry is actually not as large as he has portrayed it to be and since there is now alot of baggage attached to his name i would rather deflect away from him and focus on other authors. Also the works by Non Indigenous authors were not added by me, they were added by other voters


message 3: by chrysa (new)

chrysa thank you for putting these lists together!! i only wish the books were seperated by genre (fiction, nonfiction, series for example) but this hardly matters when there are so many good recommendations


message 4: by Agnieszka (new)

Agnieszka Deleted Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI because the author is NOT of indigenous origin, despite the indigenous topic.


message 5: by Devon (new)

Devon Munn Agnieszka wrote: "Deleted Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI because the author is NOT of indigenous origin, despite the indigenous topic."

Yeah I didn't add that book as this list I made was to be for books by Indigenous authors


message 6: by the complainer (new)

the complainer the author of Hula is not indigenous


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