2023 Releases by Indigenous Authors (46 books)

All genres, including poetry and nonfiction. Age ranges from Middle Grade upward.

Indigenous authors include not just those from North American Tribes and Nations but also Pacific and Torres Strait Islanders, Aboriginals, Māoris, Taínos, Kanaka Māolis, Sámi, and more.

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1	Green Fuse Burning by Tiffany Morris (Goodreads Author) 3.77 avg rating — 1,329 ratings score: 394, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 26,252 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline 3.74 avg rating — 971 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Indigiqueerness: A Conversation about Storytelling by Joshua Whitehead 4.25 avg rating — 279 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Godly Heathens (The Ouroboros, #1) by H.E. Edgmon (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 1,985 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	To Shape a Dragon's Breath (Nampeshiweisit, #1) by Moniquill Blackgoose 4.13 avg rating — 11,229 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	VenCo by Cherie Dimaline 3.77 avg rating — 11,619 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Edenglassie by Melissa Lucashenko 4.11 avg rating — 2,993 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright 3.80 avg rating — 681 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power 4.02 avg rating — 7,187 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk 4.15 avg rating — 2,315 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Follower of Flowers (Flowers of Prophecy #2) by Natalia Hernandez (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 1,182 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Lost River: Anompolichi II (The Anompolichi) by Phillip Carroll Morgan really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day by Kaitlin B. Curtice 4.16 avg rating — 1,528 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity by Leah Myers 3.75 avg rating — 1,668 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto 3.61 avg rating — 1,927 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Monumental Disruptions: Aboriginal people and colonial commemorations in so-called Australia by Bronwyn Carlson 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Borderland by Graham Akhurst (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 237 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	We Didn't Think It Through by Gary Lonesborough (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 212 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Lizards Hold the Sun by Dani Trujillo (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 309 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen Ferguson (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 693 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Local by Jessica Machado (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 1,963 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	Tim Te Maro and the Subterranean Heartsick Blues by H.S. Valley (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 2,409 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Forgetting With You by Robin Clairvaux (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 806 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Weird Blood (Odd Blood, #3) by Azalea Crowley (Goodreads Author) 4.49 avg rating — 84 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Ocean Bleeds Salty (Odd Blood, #2.5) by Azalea Crowley (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 76 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Strange Blood (Odd Blood, #2) by Azalea Crowley (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 135 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline 3.47 avg rating — 3,085 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Tiger Lily and the Secret Treasure of Neverland by Cherie Dimaline 3.64 avg rating — 114 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2) by Waubgeshig Rice (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 9,869 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Luis Ortega Survival Club by Sonora Reyes (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 3,347 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Women & Children by Tony Birch 4.18 avg rating — 1,486 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Warrior Girl Unearthed (Firekeeper's Daughter, #2) by Angeline Boulley (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 27,247 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) by Stephen Graham Jones (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 15,563 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	On the Savage Side by Tiffany McDaniel (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 10,547 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	A Game of Gods (Hades Saga, #3) by Scarlett St. Clair (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 31,479 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga, #2) by Melissa Blair (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 15,785 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Stealing by Margaret Verble 4.04 avg rating — 3,023 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Doom Guy: Life in First Person by John Romero 4.30 avg rating — 2,322 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Swim Home to the Vanished by Brendan Shay Basham (Goodreads Author) 3.28 avg rating — 822 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Wiijiwaaganag: More Than Brothers by Peter Razor 3.21 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	A Song over Miskwaa Rapids by Linda LeGarde Grover (Goodreads Author) 3.63 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Half-White Album (Lynn and Lynda Miller Southwest Fiction Series) by Cynthia J. Sylvester (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Kinauvit?: What’s Your Name? The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother by Norma Dunning 3.97 avg rating — 246 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Unpapered: Writers Consider Native American Identity and Cultural Belonging by Diane Glancy (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Searching for Savanna: The Murder of One Native American Woman and the Violence Against the Many by Mona Gable (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 1,102 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars