If you've been wanting to add more Indigenous books to your TBR, let me tell you about some books that are already available and some publishing early next year that arrived in my mailbox over the last couple of weeks:

Big Chief, Jon Hickey, (literary fiction) 4/8/25, There There meets The Nightwatchman in this novel about power, corruption, family and the ghost of the past.

Zegaajimo, Indigenous Horror Fiction Edited by Nathan Niigan Noodin Adler and kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (horror anthology), If like me you're having a hard time waiting for the release of Never Whistle at Night Two, perhaps this collection of 11 deadly horror stories will keep you satisfied.

**The Buffalo Hunter Hunter, **Stephen Graham Jones (horror) 3/18/25, a historical horror set in the American west in 1912. An American Indian revenge story featuring....VAMPIRES. Need I say more?

Somacultural Liberation: An Indigenous Two Spirit Somatic Guide to Integrating Cultural Experiences Toward Freedom, Roger Kuhn, PHD (non-fiction) "A must read for healthcare providers individuals searching for healing, and anyone interested in a broader perspective on trauma and posttraumatic growth"

Small Ceremonies, Kyle Edwards (literary fiction) 4/8/25, a coming of age book following a group of Native high school students.

Salt Bones, Jennifer Givhan (horror) July 2025, said to be for fans of Mexican Gothic and Ramona Emerson's Shutter, a retelling of Persephone and Demeter in the Mexicali Borderlands

Medicine River: A Story of Survival And The Legacy of Indian Border Schools, Mary Annette Pember (non-fiction) 4/22/2025, a personal history of boarding schools in the US and how education was used as a tool to destroy Native culture.

Notes of an Indigenous Futurist, Cliff Taylor (poetry) "Reading Notes of an Indigenous Futurist is a trip down deep-memory lane, back again and beyond-into a brilliant, indigenous, inclusive future" Logan Garner

The Grass Dancer, Mona Susan Power (literary fiction), If you're a member of my book club, we recently finished A Council of Dolls by this author. The Grass Dancer was the winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel. This book is set on a North Dakota reservation. Multiple characters. Interwoven stories. Old, Young, Broken families, romantic rivals, men and women in love and in war!

Let me know which ones you are adding to your TBR!

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