Indispensable Native American fiction
Explore essential Native American fiction with our curated list of indispensable books. Discover powerful stories, cultural insights, and must-read novels by acclaimed Indigenous authors.
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A Thief of Time
by Tony Hillerman
When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Leaphorn and Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the …
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Spirit Sickness
by Kirk Mitchell
In the tradition of Tony Hillerman and Joseph Wambaugh comes this suspense thriller reuniting Bureau of Indian Affairs Criminal Investigator Emmett Quanah Parker and FBI …
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People of the Silence
by Kathleen O'Neal Gear
In A.D. 1150, the Great Sun Chief of the Anasazi people learns that his wife has given birth to the child of another man, and …
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Aztec Autumn
by Gary Jennings
After the Aztec empire falls to the Spaniards, a young Aztec named Tenamaxtli begins recruiting from among his fellow survivors of the Conquest to once …
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Death at Rainy Mountain
by Mardi Oakley Medawar
As the separate bands of the Kiowa nation gather at Rainy Mountain in 1866, the bands finds themselves divided over the choice of a new …
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Vanishing Act
by Thomas Perry
“A challenging and satisfying thriller . . . [with] many surprising twists.”—The New York Times Jane Whitefield is a Native American guide who leads people …
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Dance for the Dead
by Thomas Perry
“Compelling . . . Nobody writes a chase better than [Thomas] Perry.”—The Washington Post Book World Jane Whitefield is the patron saint of the pursued, …
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Shadow Woman
by Thomas Perry
Jane Whitefield is a name to be whispered like a prayer. A shadow woman who rescues the helpless and the hunted when their enemies leave …