The Greatest Books of All Time on Native Americans

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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
693 Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder 1935 American English
2365 Little Big Man Thomas Berger 1964 American English
2503 The Prairie James Fenimore Cooper 1827 American English
2695 Dalva Jim Harrison 1988 American English
3313 Roughing It Mark Twain 1872 American English
6331 The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich 2020 American English
6502 Hope Leslie; Or, Early Times In The Massachusetts Catharine Maria Sedgwick 1827 American English
7215 The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1841 American English
8797 Trails Plowed Under Charles Marion Russell 1927 American English
10565 The Mighty Red Louise Erdrich 2024 Unknown English
10737 Tracks Louise Erdrich 1988 American English
11660 Mayflower Nathaniel Philbrick 2006 American English
11920 Skeleton Man Tony Hillerman 2004 American English
12223 Nothing More Of This Land Joseph Lee Unknown English
12807 The Undiscovered Country Paul Andrew Hutton 2025 American English
12832 Talking Indian Anna Lee Walters 1992 American English
13196 Big Chief Jon Hickey 2025 Unknown English
13266 Libby Betty John 1993 American Unknown
14815 The Big Sky A. B. Guthrie 1947 American English
14983 Follow the River James Alexander Thom 1981 American English
14983 Short Nights Of The Shadow Catcher Timothy Egan 2012 American English
15897 The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper 1840 American English
15897 Narrative Of The Captivity And Restoration Of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson Mary White Rowlandson 1682 American English
15897 Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts 1937 American English
16816 The Adventures of Captain Bonneville Washington Irving 1837 American English
17085 Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River John Kirk Townsend 1839 American English
17119 Go in Beauty William Eastlake 1956 American English
17119 The Indian Lawyer James Welch 1990 Native American English
17119 Encounters at the Heart of the World Elizabeth A. Fenn 2014 American English
17119 Custer's Trials T. J. Stiles 2015 American English
16761 Caddie Woodlawn Carol Ryrie Brink 1935 American English
17119 Son Of The Morning Star Evan S. Connell 1984 American English
17119 Rabbit Boss Thomas Sanchez 1973 American English
17119 Thirteen Moons Charles Frazier 2006 American English
17119 Empire Of The Summer Moon S.C. Gwynne 2010 American English
17119 Astoria Peter Stark 2014 American English
17119 My Life IllumiNative 2024 Unknown English
17119 1666 Lora Chilton 2024 Unknown English
17119 Bitterroot Susan Devan Harness 2018 Unknown English
17119 Native Nations Kathleen DuVal 2024 Unknown English
17119 On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock 2023 Unknown English