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
486 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
2070 The Round House Louise Erdrich 2012 American English
2159 The Clan of the Cave Bear Jean M. Auel 1980 American English
2338 There There Tommy Orange 2018 American English
2401 Remembering Babylon David Malouf 1993 Australian English
2562 Segu Maryse Condé 1984 French French
2651 The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie 2007 American English
2838 Facing Mount Kenya Jomo Kenyatta 1938 Kenyan English
2980 Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 American English
3065 The Secret River Kate Grenville 2005 Australian English
3089 I, Rigoberta Menchú Rigoberta Menchú Tum 1983 Guatemalan Spanish
3118 The Nine Guardians Rosario Castellanos 1957 Mexican Spanish
3123 Carpentaria Alexis Wright 2006 Australian English
3135 Ake Wole Soyinka 1981 Nigerian English
3312 Into The Heart Of Borneo Redmond O'Hanlon 1984 British English
3324 Broad and Alien is the World Ciro Alegría 1941 Peruvian Spanish
3489 Akata Witch Nnedi Okorafor 2011 American English
3638 The Logbook Of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus 1493 Multiple Spanish
3638 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
4232 Pounamu, Pounamu Witi Ihimaera 1972 New Zealand English
4523 Te Puea Michael King 1978 New Zealand English
4529 Tangi Witi Ihimaera 1973 New Zealand English
4746 Indaba, My Children Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa 1964 South African English
4761 Amiria Amiria Manutahi Stirling, Anne Salmond 1976 New Zealand English
4846 The Last Quarter Of The Moon Chi Zijian 2005 Chinese English
5162 Die Söhne Der Großen Bärin Liselotte Welskopf-Henrich 1951 German German
5356 Praiseworthy Alexis Wright 2024 Australian English
5360 The Treaty Of Waitangi Claudia Orange 1987 New Zealand English
5384 Histoire De L'afrique Noire Joseph Ki-Zerbo 1972 French French
5600 The Lost City of Z David Grann 2009 American English
5685 Moriori Michael King 1989 New Zealand English
5737 Redemption Songs Judith Binney 1995 New Zealand English
5863 France And England In North America Francis Parkman 1865 American English
5978 1491 Charles C. Mann 2005 American English
6142 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
7622 Dropbear Evelyn Araluen 2021 Australian English
7702 The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones 2025 American English
7714 We Were Not The Savages Daniel N. Paul 1993 Canadian English
7820 Men Of Maize Miguel Angel Asturias 1949 Guatemalan Spanish
7908 That Deadman Dance Kim Scott 2010 Australian English
7976 Kayang And Me Kim Scott 2005 Australian English
7982 Ruahine Ngahuia Te Awekotuku 2003 Unknown English
8107 The Land Of Little Rain Mary Austin 1903 American English
8212 Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe 2014 Australian English
8213 Landscape Of Farewell Alex Miller 2007 Australian English
8313 Medicine River Mary Annette Pember 1989 Unknown English
8353 River Thieves Michael Crummey 2001 Canadian English
8557 The Tall Man Chloe Hooper 2008 Australian English
8697 Too Much Lip Melissa Lucashenko 2018 Australian English
8736 Tangata Whenua Atholl Anderson, Judith Binney, Aroha Harris 2014 New Zealand English
8825 The Sacred Hoop Paula Gunn Allen 1986 American English
8959 Quarup Antonio Callado 1967 Brazilian Portuguese
8966 O Uraguai Basílio Da Gama 1769 Brazilian Portuguese
9003 The Flame Trees Of Thika Elspeth Huxley 1959 British English
9032 The Storyteller Mario Vargas Llosa 1987 Peruvian Spanish
9088 City Of Kings Rosario Castellanos 1960 Mexican Unknown
9146 Bugs Whiti Hereaka 2013 New Zealand English
9300 The Imaginary Lives Of James Poneke Tina Makereti 2018 New Zealand English
9324 Terra Nullius Sven Lindqvist 2007 Swedish Swedish
9570 Custer Died For Your Sins Vine DeLoria, Jr. 1969 American English
9801 No Friend But The Mountains Behrouz Boochani 2018 Unknown Persian
9801 Blak Work Alison Whittaker 2018 Australian English
9859 The Falcon John Tanner 1965 Unknown Unknown
9945 Medicine Walk Richard Wagamese 2014 Canadian English
9958 Songspirals Gay'wu Group of Women 2019 Unknown English
10169 Laughing Boy Oliver La Farge 1929 American English
10308 Travels In The Congo André Gide 1927 French French
10308 The Broken Spears Miguel Leon-Portilla 1959 Mexican Spanish
10384 Another Day In The Colony Chelsea Watego 2021 Unknown English
10506 Wandering Stars Tommy Orange 2024 Unknown English
10546 The Yield Tara June Winch 2019 Australian English
10569 The Mighty Red Louise Erdrich 2024 Unknown English
10618 Madukka The River Serpent Julie Janson 2022 Unknown English
10731 Dirt Poor Islanders Winnie Dunn 2022 Unknown English
10863 Poukahangatus Tayi Tibble 2022 New Zealand English
10906 Inside My Mother Ali Cobby Eckermann 2015 Australian English
11138 Conquest Andrea Smith 2005 Unknown English
11222 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11499 What The Colonists Never Knew Dennis Foley, Peter Read 2020 Unknown English
11532 Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa Mungo Park 1799 British English
11826 I Am Woman Lee Maracle 1988 Canadian English
11883 This All Come Back Now Mykaula Saunders 2022 Unknown English
11921 Skeleton Man Tony Hillerman 2004 American English
12186 Feminism For Real Jessica Yee 2011 Unknown English
12224 Nothing More Of This Land Joseph Lee Unknown English
12302 Shadows Of Tender Fury Subcomandante Marcos 1995 Mexican Spanish
12326 Conquest Of Mexico Hugh Thomas 1993 British English
12515 Grandmothers Of The Light Paula Gunn Allen 1991 American English
12588 Counting Coup Larry Colton 2000 American English
12622 The Missionary Movement In Christian History Andrew Walls 1996 Scottish English
12714 Brave Weshoyot Alvitre American English
12719 The Door On The Sea Caskey Russell 2025 American English
12766 The Summer Of The Bone Horses Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Steph Littlebird American English
12978 The Idea Of An Entire Life Billy-Ray Belcourt Canadian English
13054 Old School Indian Aaron John Curtis 2025 Unknown English
13199 Big Chief Jon Hickey 2025 Unknown English
13800 Dancing On Our Turtle's Back Leanne Betasamosake Simpson 2011 Canadian English