34 Books like Flight

Love Medicine

by Louise Erdrich • 1984

One woman's death in a blizzard unravels sixty years of secrets on a Chippewa reservation.

4.01

29k+

🏜️ Reservation Life 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga 📚 Interconnected Stories

Love Medicine 92%

One woman's death in a blizzard unravels sixty years of secrets on a Chippewa reservation.

by Louise Erdrich 1984

4.01

29k+ ratings

🏜️ Reservation Life 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga 📚 Interconnected Stories

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie • 2007

A Spokane cartoonist transfers to an all-white school, becoming a stranger in both worlds.

4.05

286k+

🏠 Reservation Life 🎭 Dual Identity 🌿 Indigenous Coming Of Age

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Summary

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 92%

A Spokane cartoonist transfers to an all-white school, becoming a stranger in both worlds.

by Sherman Alexie 2007

4.05

286k+ ratings

🏠 Reservation Life 🎭 Dual Identity 🌿 Indigenous Coming Of Age

Walking in Two Worlds

by Wab Kinew • 2021

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

3.47

1k+

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers

Walking in Two Worlds 92%

A Native teen rules a VR world with sacred magic, but a hateful clan needs her erased.

by Wab Kinew 2021

3.47

1k+ ratings

🖥️ Indigenous Futurism 🎮 Virtual Reality Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers

To the Moon and Back

by Eliana Ramage • 2025

A Cherokee girl dreams of becoming an astronaut, but her family's past exerts its own gravity.

3.41

12k+

🌿 Indigenous Family Saga 🚀 Astronaut Dreams 👭 Sibling Rivalry

To the Moon and Back 91%

A Cherokee girl dreams of becoming an astronaut, but her family's past exerts its own gravity.

by Eliana Ramage 2025

3.41

12k+ ratings

🌿 Indigenous Family Saga 🚀 Astronaut Dreams 👭 Sibling Rivalry

The Marrow Thieves

by Cherie Dimaline • 2017

A dreamless world hunts an Indigenous boy whose found family keeps the last dreams alive.

3.94

45k+

🌌 Indigenous Futurism 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dystopian Survival

The Marrow Thieves 91%

A dreamless world hunts an Indigenous boy whose found family keeps the last dreams alive.

by Cherie Dimaline 2017

3.94

45k+ ratings

🌌 Indigenous Futurism 🫂 Found Family 🏚️ Dystopian Survival

Wandering Stars

by Tommy Orange • 2024

An 1864 massacre survivor. A boarding school runaway. A powwow dancer shot in Oakland. One family.

3.81

39k+

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🩸 Inherited Trauma 🏫 Boarding School Assimilation

Wandering Stars 91%

An 1864 massacre survivor. A boarding school runaway. A powwow dancer shot in Oakland. One family.

by Tommy Orange 2024

3.81

39k+ ratings

🏠 Multi-Generational Saga 🩸 Inherited Trauma 🏫 Boarding School Assimilation

Keeper'n Me

by Richard Wagamese • 1994

Taken from the trapline at three, he returns at twenty-five in platforms and borrowed skin.

4.00

3k+

🏠 Sixties Scoop Fiction 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 👴 Elder Teachings

Keeper'n Me 91%

Taken from the trapline at three, he returns at twenty-five in platforms and borrowed skin.

by Richard Wagamese 1994

4.00

3k+ ratings

🏠 Sixties Scoop Fiction 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 👴 Elder Teachings

The Devil Is a Southpaw

by Brandon Hobson • 2025

When a Native boy vanishes from juvenile hall, his rival spends decades confessing his envy.

3.05

641

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🎨 Artist Rivalry

The Devil Is a Southpaw 91%

When a Native boy vanishes from juvenile hall, his rival spends decades confessing his envy.

by Brandon Hobson 2025

3.05

641 ratings

🏚️ Small Town Gothic 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🎨 Artist Rivalry

Code Talker

by Joseph Bruchac • 2005

A Navajo boy's forbidden language becomes the Marines' secret weapon in the Pacific.

3.91

19k+

📚 Ya Historical Fiction 🏫 Indigenous Boarding Schools 🏜️ Navajo Language And Culture

Code Talker 91%

A Navajo boy's forbidden language becomes the Marines' secret weapon in the Pacific.

by Joseph Bruchac 2005

3.91

19k+ ratings

📚 Ya Historical Fiction 🏫 Indigenous Boarding Schools 🏜️ Navajo Language And Culture

Ceremony

by Leslie Marmon Silko • 1977

To heal his mind and the land, a war-haunted Laguna veteran undertakes a ceremonial quest.

3.84

27k+

🎖️ Post-War Trauma 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 📣 Storytelling As Resistance

Ceremony 91%

To heal his mind and the land, a war-haunted Laguna veteran undertakes a ceremonial quest.

by Leslie Marmon Silko 1977

3.84

27k+ ratings

🎖️ Post-War Trauma 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 📣 Storytelling As Resistance

There There

by Tommy Orange • 2018

A dozen urban Native Americans converge at an Oakland powwow, carrying histories they cannot outrun.

3.97

229k+

🏙️ Urban Native Experience 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎭 Ensemble Cast

There There 91%

A dozen urban Native Americans converge at an Oakland powwow, carrying histories they cannot outrun.

by Tommy Orange 2018

3.97

229k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Native Experience 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 🎭 Ensemble Cast

Split Tooth

by Tanya Tagaq • 2018

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

3.88

14k+

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits

Split Tooth 91%

A young Inuk girl hides from violence and discovers the Arctic's spirits live in her blood.

by Tanya Tagaq 2018

3.88

14k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Magical Realism ❄️ Arctic Wilderness 🕯️ Ancestral Spirits

The Round House

by Louise Erdrich • 2012

His mother assaulted and the law powerless, a thirteen-year-old Ojibwe boy pursues his own justice.

3.98

125k+

🏘️ Reservation Life ⚖️ Tribal Justice 🔍 Boy Sleuths

The Round House 91%

His mother assaulted and the law powerless, a thirteen-year-old Ojibwe boy pursues his own justice.

by Louise Erdrich 2012

3.98

125k+ ratings

🏘️ Reservation Life ⚖️ Tribal Justice 🔍 Boy Sleuths

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

by Stephen Graham Jones • 2025

At a Montana church in 1912, a Blackfeet vampire arrives to confess forty years of revenge.

3.96

62k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🏛️ Colonialism As Horror 🩸 Vampire Transformation

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter 91%

At a Montana church in 1912, a Blackfeet vampire arrives to confess forty years of revenge.

by Stephen Graham Jones 2025

3.96

62k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🏛️ Colonialism As Horror 🩸 Vampire Transformation

Poorhara

by Michelle Rahurahu • 2024

Two Māori cousins flee their fractured family, driving north to a marae that may refuse them.

4.07

213

🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 MāOri Family Saga 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Poorhara 91%

Two Māori cousins flee their fractured family, driving north to a marae that may refuse them.

by Michelle Rahurahu 2024

4.07

213 ratings

🩸 Intergenerational Trauma 🌿 MāOri Family Saga 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age

Monkey Beach

by Eden Robinson • 2000

Her brother missing at sea, a Haisla woman follows the spirits only she can see.

4.02

11k+

🖤 Indigenous Gothic 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 👁️ Spirit Visions

Monkey Beach 90%

Her brother missing at sea, a Haisla woman follows the spirits only she can see.

by Eden Robinson 2000

4.02

11k+ ratings

🖤 Indigenous Gothic 🌌 Indigenous Cosmology 👁️ Spirit Visions

We Are Not From Here

by Jenny Torres Sanchez • 2020

After witnessing a gang murder, three Guatemalan teens must flee on the freight trains north.

4.47

8k+

🚂 Migrant Journey 👻 Ghostly Visions 🖤 Gritty Ya

We Are Not From Here 90%

After witnessing a gang murder, three Guatemalan teens must flee on the freight trains north.

by Jenny Torres Sanchez 2020

4.47

8k+ ratings

🚂 Migrant Journey 👻 Ghostly Visions 🖤 Gritty Ya

Virgins

by Diana Gabaldon • 2013

Two Scottish mercenaries escort a Jewish heiress across France, not knowing she plans to vanish.

3.87

24k+

🗡️ Mercenary Life 🤝 Brothers In Arms 🎭 False Identities

Virgins 90%

Two Scottish mercenaries escort a Jewish heiress across France, not knowing she plans to vanish.

by Diana Gabaldon 2013

3.87

24k+ ratings

🗡️ Mercenary Life 🤝 Brothers In Arms 🎭 False Identities

Between Earth and Sky

by Amanda Skenandore • 2018

A woman returns to her father's Indian boarding school to save a friend condemned for murder.

4.33

9k+

⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 💎 Gilded Age 🏫 Boarding School Trauma

Between Earth and Sky 90%

A woman returns to her father's Indian boarding school to save a friend condemned for murder.

by Amanda Skenandore 2018

4.33

9k+ ratings

⏳ Dual Timeline Narrative 💎 Gilded Age 🏫 Boarding School Trauma

Moon of the Turning Leaves

by Waubgeshig Rice • 2023

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

4.22

11k+

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland

Moon of the Turning Leaves 90%

Six Anishinaabe scouts journey through a dead America toward the homeland their people once lost.

by Waubgeshig Rice 2023

4.22

11k+ ratings

🌱 Indigenous Futurism 👵 Generational Wisdom 🏕️ Ancestral Homeland

Five Little Indians

by Michelle Good • 2020

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

4.46

47k+

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma

Five Little Indians 90%

Five Indigenous teens survive a residential school, then step into a city built to erase them.

by Michelle Good 2020

4.46

47k+ ratings

🏫 Residential Schools 💝 Chosen Family 🕯️ Generational Trauma

The Bartender's Tale

by Ivan Doig • 2012

A bartender raises his son in a Montana saloon where stories matter more than whiskey.

4.07

10k+

🍺 Saloon Life 🏘️ Eccentric Small Town 💔 Absent Mother

The Bartender's Tale 90%

A bartender raises his son in a Montana saloon where stories matter more than whiskey.

by Ivan Doig 2012

4.07

10k+ ratings

🍺 Saloon Life 🏘️ Eccentric Small Town 💔 Absent Mother

The Glass Sentence

by S.E. Grove • 2014

A time-blind girl crosses a fractured world, following maps of memory to save her kidnapped uncle.

3.82

7k+

🗺️ Magical Maps ⏳ Fractured Time 📜 Alternate History

The Glass Sentence 90%

A time-blind girl crosses a fractured world, following maps of memory to save her kidnapped uncle.

by S.E. Grove 2014

3.82

7k+ ratings

🗺️ Magical Maps ⏳ Fractured Time 📜 Alternate History

Filthy Rich Vampire

by Geneva Lee • 2022

A vampire heir forced into mating games falls for the human cellist he cannot compel.

3.81

52k+

🏰 Vampire Aristocracy 💫 Fated Mates 💍 Mating Ritual

Filthy Rich Vampire 90%

A vampire heir forced into mating games falls for the human cellist he cannot compel.

by Geneva Lee 2022

3.81

52k+ ratings

🏰 Vampire Aristocracy 💫 Fated Mates 💍 Mating Ritual

Tiohtiáke

by Michel Jean • 2021

An Innu ex-con, banished to Montreal's streets, must survive the winter and the violence inside.

4.19

4k+

🌆 Indigenous Urban Life 🌃 Street Survival 🤝 Found Family

Tiohtiáke 90%

An Innu ex-con, banished to Montreal's streets, must survive the winter and the violence inside.

by Michel Jean 2021

4.19

4k+ ratings

🌆 Indigenous Urban Life 🌃 Street Survival 🤝 Found Family

Betty

by Tiffany McDaniel • 2020

A Cherokee girl in rural Ohio learns that her family's darkest monsters live under her own roof.

4.39

62k+

🩸 Generational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

Betty 90%

A Cherokee girl in rural Ohio learns that her family's darkest monsters live under her own roof.

by Tiffany McDaniel 2020

4.39

62k+ ratings

🩸 Generational Trauma ⛰️ Appalachian Fiction 👨‍👧 Father-Daughter Bond

City of the Beasts

by Isabel Allende • 2004

A grieving teen and his grandmother hunt a mythic Amazon beast and uncover a deadly conspiracy.

3.74

47k+

🌿 Ecological Fantasy 🗺️ Mythic Quest 🐾 Animal Spirit Bond

City of the Beasts 90%

A grieving teen and his grandmother hunt a mythic Amazon beast and uncover a deadly conspiracy.

by Isabel Allende 2004

3.74

47k+ ratings

🌿 Ecological Fantasy 🗺️ Mythic Quest 🐾 Animal Spirit Bond

Crow Winter

by Karen McBride • 2019

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

3.81

2k+

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent

Crow Winter 90%

A grieving daughter, a trickster crow, and a quarry that is the dead's only road home.

by Karen McBride 2019

3.81

2k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🐦‍⬛ Trickster Guide 🖤 Grieving A Parent

Bad Cree

by Jessica Johns • 2023

Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.

3.89

21k+

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🫎 Cree Mythology 💤 Dream Magic

Bad Cree 90%

Bloody nightmares drag a woman home to Alberta, where a starving spirit feeds on family grief.

by Jessica Johns 2023

3.89

21k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Horror 🫎 Cree Mythology 💤 Dream Magic

Under a Painted Sky

by Stacey Lee • 2015

Two girls disguise as boys and ride west: one flees a killing, the other slavery.

3.98

12k+

🔥 Oregon Trail 🎭 Passing As Male 🫂 Found Family

Under a Painted Sky 90%

Two girls disguise as boys and ride west: one flees a killing, the other slavery.

by Stacey Lee 2015

3.98

12k+ ratings

🔥 Oregon Trail 🎭 Passing As Male 🫂 Found Family

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass

by Drew Hayden Taylor • 2010

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

3.64

3k+

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada

Motorcycles & Sweetgrass 90%

Summoned by a dying elder, a Trickster rides a vintage motorcycle into a grieving reserve.

by Drew Hayden Taylor 2010

3.64

3k+ ratings

🦊 Trickster Mythology 🪶 Indigenous Storytelling 🇨🇦 Small Town Canada

Auē

by Becky Manawatu • 2019

Abandoned on a remote New Zealand farm, a mute boy and a fierce girl must survive his violent uncle.

4.47

8k+

🔄 Generational Trauma 🌺 MāOri Storytelling 👬 Orphaned Siblings

Auē 89%

Abandoned on a remote New Zealand farm, a mute boy and a fierce girl must survive his violent uncle.

by Becky Manawatu 2019

4.47

8k+ ratings

🔄 Generational Trauma 🌺 MāOri Storytelling 👬 Orphaned Siblings

Big Chief

by Jon Hickey • 2025

Half Anishinaabe, half white, a rez lawyer rigs elections, waiting for a home that never comes.

3.58

2k+

🏛️ Tribal Politics 🏠 Rez Life 🌓 Mixed Heritage

Big Chief 89%

Half Anishinaabe, half white, a rez lawyer rigs elections, waiting for a home that never comes.

by Jon Hickey 2025

3.58

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Tribal Politics 🏠 Rez Life 🌓 Mixed Heritage

Shutter

by Ramona Emerson • 2022

A Navajo forensic photographer sees the dead. One ghost's demand for justice unravels a conspiracy.

3.78

18k+

🕵️ Paranormal Mystery 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Reluctant Medium

Shutter 89%

A Navajo forensic photographer sees the dead. One ghost's demand for justice unravels a conspiracy.

by Ramona Emerson 2022

3.78

18k+ ratings

🕵️ Paranormal Mystery 🔬 Forensic Investigation 👻 Reluctant Medium

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