These books tell the stories of indigenous peoples around the world. Land, language, tradition, the damage of colonization and the strength of survival are their themes. More and more are written by indigenous authors themselves, in novels, memoirs, poetry and histories that deserve wide reading. This list shows the ones first published in 2025.
Cynthia Leitich Smith, Kate Hart, Eric Gansworth, Marcella Bell, Darcie Little Badger, Karina Iceberg, Kaua Mahoe Adams, Andrea L. Rogers, Cheryl Isaacs, Christine Hartman Derr, Brian Lee Young, K. A. Cobell, Jen Ferguson, A. J. Eversole, Byron Graves, Angeline Boulley, David Alexander Robertson
Published 2025
352 pages
Cheryl Isaacs
Published 2025
336 pages
Stephen Graham Jones
Published 2025
488 pages
Karin Lowachee
Published 2025
160 pages
Leon Erickson
Published 2025
32 pages
Richard K. Perkins
Published 2025
330 pages
Joela Jacobs
Published 2025
282 pages
Samuel Shepherd
Published 2025
202 pages
Karl Nystrom
Published 2025
166 pages
Katharine Berry Judson
Published 2025
304 pages
Kenneth L. Feder
Published 2025
440 pages
Barbara E. Mundy, Leonardo López Luján, Elizabeth Hill Boone
Published 2025
400 pages
Maka'ala Yates DC
Published 2025
242 pages
Ty Weston
Published 2025
128 pages
Jameson R. Sweet
Published 2025
344 pages
James Sherblom
Published 2025
272 pages
Thomas Buker
Published 2025
218 pages
Syaman Rapongan, Lanboan Xiaman
Published 2025
272 pages
R. Barri Flowers
Published 2025
224 pages
Art Thompson, Evelyn Thompson-George
Published 2025
162 pages
Janice Forsyth, Alexandra Giancarlo, Braden Te Hiwi
Published 2025
184 pages
Alison Norman, Jennifer Pettit, Thomas Peace, Richard W. Hill Sr.
Published 2025
402 pages
Edward Abbott Parry, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Published 2025
160 pages
Victoria Freeman
Published 2025
400 pages