Indigenous Literature 2025

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21 participants (36 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 12 books by or about Indigenous peoples in Canada throughout 2025. Can include poetry, non-fiction, memoirs, general fiction. Special focus on Mi’kmaq authorship whenever possible for myself, as I live in Mi’kma’ki. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Midnight Sweatlodge by Waubgeshig Rice

Midnight Sweatlodge

Waubgeshig Rice

96 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

fiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Hunting by Stars by Cherie Dimaline

Hunting by Stars

The Marrow Thieves #2

Cherie Dimaline

12 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline

The Marrow Thieves

The Marrow Thieves #1

Cherie Dimaline

7 hours, 8 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Everlasting Road by Wab Kinew

The Everlasting Road

The Floraverse #2

Wab Kinew

5 hours, 46 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction science fiction young adult adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Walking in Two Worlds by Wab Kinew

Walking in Two Worlds

The Floraverse #1

Wab Kinew

7 hours, 37 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction young adult adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced
True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change by Jody Wilson-Raybould

True Reconciliation: How to Be a Force for Change

Jody Wilson-Raybould

340 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction politics race hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
The Right To Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet by Sheila Watt-Cloutier

The Right To Be Cold: One Woman's Story of Protecting Her Culture, the Arctic and the Whole Planet

Sheila Watt-Cloutier

368 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's by Tiffany Midge

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's

Tiffany Midge

216 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir challenging funny reflective medium-paced
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty

Fire Exit

Morgan Talty

242 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry by Joy Harjo

Living Nations, Living Words: An Anthology of First Peoples Poetry

Joy Harjo

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced