The Greatest Books of All Time on Indigenous

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
60 Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe 1958 Nigerian English
485 Tristes Tropiques Claude Lévi-Strauss 1955 French French
558 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Dee Alexander Brown 1970 American English
733 Arrow of God Chinua Achebe 1964 Nigerian English
839 Winnetou Karl May 1893 German German
1002 Ceremony Leslie Marmon Silko 1977 American English
1059 The True History of the Conquest of New Spain Bernal Díaz del Castillo 1632 Spanish Spanish
1145 The Bone People Keri Hulme 1984 New Zealand English
1195 Song Of Lawino Okot P'Bitek 1966 Ugandan Acholi
1270 Omeros Derek Walcott 1990 Saint Lucian English
1318 Love Medicine Louise Erdrich 1984 American English
1507 Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo Anaya 1972 American English
1577 Deep Rivers José María Arguedas 1958 Peruvian Spanish
1890 Obasan Joy Kogawa 1981 Canadian English
1925 The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano 1789 African English
1985 Black Elk Speaks John G. Neihardt 1932 American English
2069 The Round House Louise Erdrich 2012 American English
2158 The Clan of the Cave Bear Jean M. Auel 1980 American English
2336 There There Tommy Orange 2018 American English
2399 Remembering Babylon David Malouf 1993 Australian English
2561 Segu Maryse Condé 1984 French French
2650 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie 2007 American English
2836 Facing Mount Kenya Jomo Kenyatta 1938 Kenyan English
2977 Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 American English
3062 The Secret River Kate Grenville 2005 Australian English
3086 I, Rigoberta Menchú Rigoberta Menchú Tum 1983 Guatemalan Spanish
3116 The Nine Guardians Rosario Castellanos 1957 Mexican Spanish
3121 Carpentaria Alexis Wright 2006 Australian English
3133 Ake Wole Soyinka 1981 Nigerian English
3311 Into The Heart Of Borneo Redmond O'Hanlon 1984 British English
3323 Broad and Alien is the World Ciro Alegría 1941 Peruvian Spanish
3488 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
3637 The Logbook Of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus 1493 Multiple Spanish
3637 The Papalagi Erich Scheurmann 1920 German German
3860 The Wrath of the Ancestors Archibald Campbell Jordan 1940 South African English
3860 Native Life In South Africa Sol Plaatje 1916 South African English
3880 The River Between Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 1965 Kenyan English
3931 Mean Spirit Linda Hogan 1990 American English
4231 Pounamu, Pounamu Witi Ihimaera 1972 New Zealand English
4521 Te Puea Michael King 1978 New Zealand English
4527 Tangi Witi Ihimaera 1973 New Zealand English
4744 Indaba, My Children Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964 South African English
4759 Amiria Amiria Manutahi Stirling, Anne Salmond 1976 New Zealand English
4844 The Last Quarter Of The Moon Chi Zijian 2005 Chinese English
5159 Die Söhne Der Großen Bärin Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich 1951 German German
5354 Praiseworthy Alexis Wright 2024 Australian English
5358 The Treaty Of Waitangi Claudia Orange 1987 New Zealand English
5381 Histoire De L'afrique Noire Joseph Ki-Zerbo 1972 French French
5597 The Lost City of Z David Grann 2009 American English
5682 Moriori Michael King 1989 New Zealand English
5734 Redemption Songs Judith Binney 1995 New Zealand English
5860 France And England In North America Francis Parkman 1865 American English
5974 1491 Charles C. Mann 2005 American English
6139 Two Worlds Anne Salmond 1992 New Zealand English
7009 The Trial Of The Cannibal Dog Anne Salmond 2003 New Zealand English
7044 The Beothuk Way John Kitchen 1991 Canadian English
7084 Shape Shifter Hone Tuwhare 2003 New Zealand English
7104 Māori Michael King 2003 New Zealand English
7621 Dropbear Evelyn Araluen 2021 Australian English
7701 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7712 We Were Not The Savages Daniel N. Paul 1993 Canadian English
7819 Men Of Maize Miguel Angel Asturias 1949 Guatemalan Spanish
7907 That Deadman Dance Kim Scott 2010 Australian English
7975 Kayang And Me Kim Scott 2005 Australian English
7981 Ruahine Ngahuia Te Awekotuku 2003 Unknown English
8105 The Land Of Little Rain Mary Austin 1903 American English
8210 Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe 2014 Australian English
8211 Landscape Of Farewell Alex Miller 2007 Australian English
8311 Medicine River Mary Annette Pember 1989 Unknown English
8351 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
8553 The Tall Man Chloe Hooper 2008 Australian English
8693 Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko 2018 Australian English
8731 Tangata Whenua Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris 2014 New Zealand English
8820 The Sacred Hoop Paula Gunn Allen 1986 American English
8955 Quarup Antonio Callado 1967 Brazilian Portuguese
8962 O Uraguai Basílio Da Gama 1769 Brazilian Portuguese
8999 The Flame Trees Of Thika Elspeth Huxley 1959 British English
9028 The Storyteller Mario Vargas Llosa 1987 Peruvian Spanish
9083 City Of Kings Rosario Castellanos 1960 Mexican Unknown
9141 Bugs Whiti Hereaka 2013 New Zealand English
9295 The Imaginary Lives Of James Poneke Tina Makereti 2018 New Zealand English
9319 Terra Nullius Sven Lindqvist 2007 Swedish Swedish
9565 Custer Died For Your Sins Vine DeLoria, Jr. 1969 American English
9798 No Friend But The Mountains Behrouz Boochani 2018 Unknown Persian
9798 Blak Work Alison Whittaker 2018 Australian English
9856 The Falcon John Tanner 1965 Unknown Unknown
9941 Medicine Walk Richard Wagamese 2014 Canadian English
9954 Songspirals Gay'wu Group of Women 2019 Unknown English
10165 Laughing Boy Oliver La Farge 1929 American English
10303 Travels In The Congo André Gide 1927 French French
10303 The Broken Spears Miguel Leon-Portilla 1959 Mexican Spanish
10379 Another Day In The Colony Chelsea Watego 2021 Unknown English
10501 Wandering Stars Tommy Orange 2024 Unknown English
10540 The Yield Tara June Winch 2019 Australian English
10563 The Mighty Red Louise Erdrich 2024 Unknown English
10612 Madukka The River Serpent Julie Janson 2022 Unknown English
10725 Dirt Poor Islanders Winnie Dunn 2022 Unknown English
10857 Poukahangatus Tayi Tibble 2022 New Zealand English
10900 Inside My Mother Ali Cobby Eckermann 2015 Australian English
11132 Conquest Andrea Smith 2005 Unknown English
11216 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11496 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11529 Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa Mungo Park 1799 British English
11825 I Am Woman Lee Maracle 1988 Canadian English
11882 This All Come Back Now Mykaula Saunders 2022 Unknown English
11920 Skeleton Man Tony Hillerman 2004 American English
12185 Feminism For Real Jessica Yee 2011 Unknown English
12223 Nothing More Of This Land Joseph Lee Unknown English
12301 Shadows Of Tender Fury Subcomandante Marcos 1995 Mexican Spanish
12324 Conquest Of Mexico Hugh Thomas 1993 British English
12513 Grandmothers Of The Light Paula Gunn Allen 1991 American English
12586 Counting Coup Larry Colton 2000 American English
12620 The Missionary Movement In Christian History Andrew Walls 1996 Scottish English
12712 Brave Weshoyot Alvitre American English
12717 The Door On The Sea Caskey Russell 2025 American English
12764 The Summer Of The Bone Horses Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Steph Littlebird American English
12975 The Idea Of An Entire Life Billy-Ray Belcourt Canadian English
13051 Old School Indian Aaron John Curtis 2025 Unknown English
13196 Big Chief Jon Hickey 2025 Unknown English
13799 Dancing On Our Turtle's Back Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2011 Canadian English