50 Books like Ceremony

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 💔 Generational Trauma 🫂 Found Family

Love Medicine 93%

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 💔 Generational Trauma 🫂 Found Family

Three Day Road

by Joseph Boyden • 2005

A wounded Cree sniper battles morphine and guilt as his aunt paddles him north, telling stories.

4.28

26k+

🪖 Wwi Fiction 🍁 Indigenous Canada 🤝 Battlefield Brotherhood 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

Three Day Road 93%

A wounded Cree sniper battles morphine and guilt as his aunt paddles him north, telling stories.

by Joseph Boyden 2005

4.28

26k+ ratings

🪖 Wwi Fiction 🍁 Indigenous Canada 🤝 Battlefield Brotherhood 🌀 Descent Into Madness 🗣️ Oral Storytelling

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 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🤝 Family Reconciliation

Keeper'n Me 92%

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 👨‍👩‍👦 Found Family 🤝 Family Reconciliation

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 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 🤝 Community Resilience

There There 92%

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 🪶 Cultural Reclamation 🤝 Community Resilience

Potiki

by Patricia Grace • 1995

A Māori family's ancestral coastline is threatened by a developer who sees land, not legacy.

3.87

3k+

🗣️ MāOri Storytelling 🌊 Coastal New Zealand 📖 Oral Tradition ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏘️ Community Vs Developer

Potiki 92%

A Māori family's ancestral coastline is threatened by a developer who sees land, not legacy.

by Patricia Grace 1995

3.87

3k+ ratings

🗣️ MāOri Storytelling 🌊 Coastal New Zealand 📖 Oral Tradition ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏘️ Community Vs Developer

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 🔒 Juvenile Detention 💔 Institutional Trauma

The Devil Is a Southpaw 92%

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 🔒 Juvenile Detention 💔 Institutional Trauma

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 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

Wandering Stars 92%

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 💊 Addiction And Recovery 🪶 Cultural Reclamation

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 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

Crow Winter 91%

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 🌿 Land As Character ⚖️ Colonial Land Rights

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 💙 Sibling Devotion 💔 Intergenerational Trauma

Monkey Beach 91%

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 💙 Sibling Devotion 💔 Intergenerational Trauma

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 🏳️‍🌈 Queer First Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

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 🏳️‍🌈 Queer First Love 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

Crooked Hallelujah

by Kelli Jo Ford • 2020

A Cherokee girl defies her Holiness church, and the break echoes through four generations of women.

3.47

3k+

📖 Linked Stories 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond ⛪ Religious Control 🌾 Rural Poverty

Crooked Hallelujah 91%

A Cherokee girl defies her Holiness church, and the break echoes through four generations of women.

by Kelli Jo Ford 2020

3.47

3k+ ratings

📖 Linked Stories 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Generational Saga 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Bond ⛪ Religious Control 🌾 Rural Poverty

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 ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🫂 Family After Violence

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 ⚔️ Vigilante Justice 🫂 Family After Violence

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 💰 Political Corruption 🔥 Grief And Ritual

Big Chief 91%

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 💰 Political Corruption 🔥 Grief And Ritual

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 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

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 🩸 Visceral Horror 💔 Maternal Sacrifice

The Back of the Turtle

by Thomas King • 2014

An Indigenous scientist returns to the reserve his work destroyed, meaning to die among its ghosts.

4.06

4k+

🌊 Magical Realism 📖 Indigenous Storytelling 🏠 Prodigal Return 💼 Corporate Greed 🌿 Environmental Disaster

The Back of the Turtle 91%

An Indigenous scientist returns to the reserve his work destroyed, meaning to die among its ghosts.

by Thomas King 2014

4.06

4k+ ratings

🌊 Magical Realism 📖 Indigenous Storytelling 🏠 Prodigal Return 💼 Corporate Greed 🌿 Environmental Disaster

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

by Robert M. Pirsig • 1974

A father rides cross-country with his son, haunted by the philosopher he used to be.

3.78

247k+

🏍️ Philosophical Road Trip 👨‍👦 Father And Son Journey 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔧 Everyday Philosophy 🛣️ American Road Trip

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Summary

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 91%

A father rides cross-country with his son, haunted by the philosopher he used to be.

by Robert M. Pirsig 1974

3.78

247k+ ratings

🏍️ Philosophical Road Trip 👨‍👦 Father And Son Journey 🧠 Unreliable Narrator 🔧 Everyday Philosophy 🛣️ American Road Trip

Flight

by Sherman Alexie • 2007

Shot in a bank, a Native foster kid hurtles through strangers' lives across American history.

3.89

18k+

🌀 Body-Swap Time Travel 🪶 Native Coming Of Age 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma 🫂 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

Flight 91%

Shot in a bank, a Native foster kid hurtles through strangers' lives across American history.

by Sherman Alexie 2007

3.89

18k+ ratings

🌀 Body-Swap Time Travel 🪶 Native Coming Of Age 🏚️ Foster Care Trauma 🫂 Found Family 🔗 Generational Trauma

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 💔 Generational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reconnection

Tiohtiáke 91%

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 💔 Generational Trauma 🌿 Cultural Reconnection

The Bone People

by Keri Hulme • 1984

A mute boy breaks into a hermit's coastal tower, and three solitudes begin to heal.

4.03

24k+

🏠 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Isolation 🌀 Maori Culture 💔 Traumatized Child 🩹 Wounded Healer

The Bone People 90%

A mute boy breaks into a hermit's coastal tower, and three solitudes begin to heal.

by Keri Hulme 1984

4.03

24k+ ratings

🏠 Found Family 🌊 Coastal Isolation 🌀 Maori Culture 💔 Traumatized Child 🩹 Wounded Healer

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 🛶 Rites Of Passage 🤲 Community Survival

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 🛶 Rites Of Passage 🤲 Community Survival

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 🌊 Pacific Theater Wwii 🔐 Wartime Cryptography

Code Talker 90%

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 🌊 Pacific Theater Wwii 🔐 Wartime Cryptography

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 👯 Sisterhood 📖 Storytelling As Refuge

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 👯 Sisterhood 📖 Storytelling As Refuge

Princess Bari

by Hwang Sok-yong • 2007

Abandoned at birth, a seventh daughter carries a shaman's gift from famine to London's margins.

3.72

2k+

📜 Mythic Retelling 🌀 Shamanic Journey 💔 Generational Trauma 👧 Abandoned Child 🤝 Found Family

Princess Bari 90%

Abandoned at birth, a seventh daughter carries a shaman's gift from famine to London's margins.

by Hwang Sok-yong 2007

3.72

2k+ ratings

📜 Mythic Retelling 🌀 Shamanic Journey 💔 Generational Trauma 👧 Abandoned Child 🤝 Found Family

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 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

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 👯 Female Friendship 💔 Emotionally Raw

There Are Rivers in the Sky

by Elif Shafak • 2024

A Thames mudlark with a perfect memory carries a raindrop's ancient secret into the British Museum.

4.34

95k+

🕰️ Interwoven Timelines 📜 Gilgamesh Legacy 🤍 Cultural Erasure 🖤 Memory And Trauma 🏺 Ancient Mythology

There Are Rivers in the Sky 90%

A Thames mudlark with a perfect memory carries a raindrop's ancient secret into the British Museum.

by Elif Shafak 2024

4.34

95k+ ratings

🕰️ Interwoven Timelines 📜 Gilgamesh Legacy 🤍 Cultural Erasure 🖤 Memory And Trauma 🏺 Ancient Mythology

Train Dreams

by Denis Johnson • 2002

A wildfire took his family. The Idaho woods gave back only wolves.

3.89

43k+

🏔️ Literary Western 👻 Ghostly Visitation 🐺 Feral Child 🐕 Man And His Dog 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

Train Dreams 90%

A wildfire took his family. The Idaho woods gave back only wolves.

by Denis Johnson 2002

3.89

43k+ ratings

🏔️ Literary Western 👻 Ghostly Visitation 🐺 Feral Child 🐕 Man And His Dog 🕯️ Elegiac Tone

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 👥 Found Family 🌌 Indigenous Spirituality

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 👥 Found Family 🌌 Indigenous Spirituality

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 ⚡ Myth Meets Modernity 😏 Wry Humor

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 ⚡ Myth Meets Modernity 😏 Wry Humor

The Travelers

by Regina Porter • 2019

Two families, bound by love and divided by race, navigate five decades of the American century.

3.60

4k+

🔗 Interlocking Narratives 🌳 Generational Saga 🫂 Found Family 💞 Interracial Love 💥 War Trauma

The Travelers 90%

Two families, bound by love and divided by race, navigate five decades of the American century.

by Regina Porter 2019

3.60

4k+ ratings

🔗 Interlocking Narratives 🌳 Generational Saga 🫂 Found Family 💞 Interracial Love 💥 War Trauma

Fire Exit

by Morgan Talty • 2024

Separated by a river, a father watches his Native daughter grow up under another man's name.

3.60

9k+

🎭 Literary Family Drama 🪶 Indigenous Identity 🩸 Blood Quantum 🤫 Secret Parentage 🛌 Caregiver Burden

Fire Exit 90%

Separated by a river, a father watches his Native daughter grow up under another man's name.

by Morgan Talty 2024

3.60

9k+ ratings

🎭 Literary Family Drama 🪶 Indigenous Identity 🩸 Blood Quantum 🤫 Secret Parentage 🛌 Caregiver Burden

Cloud Atlas

by David Mitchell • 2004

After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.

4.01

270k+

🕵️ Covert Mission 🔮 Shamanic Visions 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness 🏠 Wwii Home Front 📚 Literary Thriller

Cloud Atlas 90%

After a balloon bomb lands, a sergeant's covert mission reveals Japan's secret war on American soil.

by David Mitchell 2004

4.01

270k+ ratings

🕵️ Covert Mission 🔮 Shamanic Visions 🏔️ Alaska Wilderness 🏠 Wwii Home Front 📚 Literary Thriller

Bless Me, Ultima

by Rudolfo Anaya • 1972

A boy's world splits open when a curandera teaches him the sacred lives in the land.

3.83

38k+

🏜️ Chicano Literature 🌿 Folk Healing 🦉 Wise Elder Mentor ⛪ Crisis Of Faith 🌅 Loss Of Innocence

Bless Me, Ultima 90%

A boy's world splits open when a curandera teaches him the sacred lives in the land.

by Rudolfo Anaya 1972

3.83

38k+ ratings

🏜️ Chicano Literature 🌿 Folk Healing 🦉 Wise Elder Mentor ⛪ Crisis Of Faith 🌅 Loss Of Innocence

Crossing The River

by Caryl Phillips • 1993

A father sells his children into slavery; their voices echo across continents and centuries.

3.72

1k+

🌍 Postcolonial Fiction 🌊 Diaspora Fiction 🗣️ Multiple Voices 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 💨 Family Separation

Crossing The River 90%

A father sells his children into slavery; their voices echo across continents and centuries.

by Caryl Phillips 1993

3.72

1k+ ratings

🌍 Postcolonial Fiction 🌊 Diaspora Fiction 🗣️ Multiple Voices 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 💨 Family Separation

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 🚗 Family Road Trip 🏚️ Rural Poverty

Poorhara 90%

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 🚗 Family Road Trip 🏚️ Rural Poverty

The Island of Missing Trees

by Elif Shafak • 2021

In 1974 Cyprus, a forbidden love crosses the Greek-Turkish divide, watched by a fig tree.

4.15

172k+

⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers 🧬 Generational Trauma 💣 War-Torn Romance 📜 Political Division 💜 Hidden Queer Love

The Island of Missing Trees 89%

In 1974 Cyprus, a forbidden love crosses the Greek-Turkish divide, watched by a fig tree.

by Elif Shafak 2021

4.15

172k+ ratings

⭐ Star-Crossed Lovers 🧬 Generational Trauma 💣 War-Torn Romance 📜 Political Division 💜 Hidden Queer Love

Huesos de lagartija

by Federico Navarrete • 1998

An old Mexica survivor tells his grandchildren how he endured the siege that destroyed Tenochtitlan.

4.17

1k+

⚔️ Conquest Narrative 🌽 Indigenous Perspective 🦎 Survivor Narrator 👴 Generational Saga 💭 Cultural Memory

Huesos de lagartija 89%

An old Mexica survivor tells his grandchildren how he endured the siege that destroyed Tenochtitlan.

by Federico Navarrete 1998

4.17

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Conquest Narrative 🌽 Indigenous Perspective 🦎 Survivor Narrator 👴 Generational Saga 💭 Cultural Memory

Dances with Wolves

by Michael Blake • 1988

Alone at a frontier outpost, a Union officer befriends the Comanche. The army calls it treason.

4.24

29k+

🏜️ Frontier Western 🌍 Cultural Assimilation 💞 Cross-Cultural Romance 🐺 Animal Companions 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Dances with Wolves 89%

Alone at a frontier outpost, a Union officer befriends the Comanche. The army calls it treason.

by Michael Blake 1988

4.24

29k+ ratings

🏜️ Frontier Western 🌍 Cultural Assimilation 💞 Cross-Cultural Romance 🐺 Animal Companions 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Two Old Women

by Velma Wallis • 1993

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

4.09

19k+

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family 💚 Community Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Bonds

Two Old Women 89%

Abandoned in the Alaskan winter, two old women draw on forgotten skills to survive.

by Velma Wallis 1993

4.09

19k+ ratings

❄️ Arctic Survival 👵 Elderly Protagonists 🫂 Found Family 💚 Community Healing 🔗 Intergenerational Bonds

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 💔 Domestic Abuse 🏠 Found Family

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 💔 Domestic Abuse 🏠 Found Family

The White Girl

by Tony Birch • 2019

The state wants her light-skinned granddaughter. Her grandmother will break the law to keep her.

4.08

7k+

🖤 Stolen Generations 🎭 Passing As White 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🤝 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Resilience

The White Girl 89%

The state wants her light-skinned granddaughter. Her grandmother will break the law to keep her.

by Tony Birch 2019

4.08

7k+ ratings

🖤 Stolen Generations 🎭 Passing As White 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🤝 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Resilience

Home

by Toni Morrison • 2012

Escaping a psych ward, a veteran crosses the Jim Crow South to rescue his dying sister.

3.83

29k+

🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Sibling Protector 💉 Medical Exploitation 🌿 Communal Healing

Home 89%

Escaping a psych ward, a veteran crosses the Jim Crow South to rescue his dying sister.

by Toni Morrison 2012

3.83

29k+ ratings

🏚️ Jim Crow South 💔 Survivor's Guilt 🛡️ Sibling Protector 💉 Medical Exploitation 🌿 Communal Healing

Moonglow

by Michael Chabon • 2016

A dying grandfather unearths a life of war, rockets, madness, and a love he never explained.

3.80

35k+

✍️ Fictionalized Memoir 🌳 Multigenerational Saga 🕯️ Deathbed Confessions 🕵️ Wartime Espionage 💔 Haunted By War

Moonglow 89%

A dying grandfather unearths a life of war, rockets, madness, and a love he never explained.

by Michael Chabon 2016

3.80

35k+ ratings

✍️ Fictionalized Memoir 🌳 Multigenerational Saga 🕯️ Deathbed Confessions 🕵️ Wartime Espionage 💔 Haunted By War

Ada's Room

by Sharon Dodua Otoo • 2021

Reborn across centuries, a woman is haunted by a golden bracelet stolen from her first life.

3.48

2k+

🌀 Reincarnation Fiction 🗣️ Unusual Narrators 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🧬 Generational Trauma 💎 Stolen Artifact

Ada's Room 89%

Reborn across centuries, a woman is haunted by a golden bracelet stolen from her first life.

by Sharon Dodua Otoo 2021

3.48

2k+ ratings

🌀 Reincarnation Fiction 🗣️ Unusual Narrators 🌍 Colonial Legacy 🧬 Generational Trauma 💎 Stolen Artifact

Mother Tongue

by Demetria Martínez • 1990

An activist shelters a Salvadoran poet from death squads. Their love is a sanctuary under siege.

3.82

672

🖤 Chicana Literature 🖤 Latin American Diaspora 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🖤 War And Intimacy 🖤 Exile And Longing

Mother Tongue 89%

An activist shelters a Salvadoran poet from death squads. Their love is a sanctuary under siege.

by Demetria Martínez 1990

3.82

672 ratings

🖤 Chicana Literature 🖤 Latin American Diaspora 🖤 Intergenerational Trauma 🖤 War And Intimacy 🖤 Exile And Longing

Wandering Souls

by Cecile Pin • 2023

After their family drowns fleeing Vietnam, three siblings reach England haunted by a dead brother.

4.12

20k+

🌊 Vietnamese Diaspora 📜 Multigenerational Saga 🤲 Parentified Sibling 👻 Ghost Narrator 💔 Survivor Guilt

Wandering Souls 89%

After their family drowns fleeing Vietnam, three siblings reach England haunted by a dead brother.

by Cecile Pin 2023

4.12

20k+ ratings

🌊 Vietnamese Diaspora 📜 Multigenerational Saga 🤲 Parentified Sibling 👻 Ghost Narrator 💔 Survivor Guilt

The Mountains Sing

by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai • 2020

A grandmother in Vietnam tells her granddaughter the story of a family that refused to break.

4.31

65k+

🏮 Vietnamese History 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Multigenerational Saga ⚔️ Women In Wartime 💔 Intergenerational Trauma 📖 Family Storytelling

The Mountains Sing 89%

A grandmother in Vietnam tells her granddaughter the story of a family that refused to break.

by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai 2020

4.31

65k+ ratings

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by Wab Kinew • 2021

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

3.47

1k+

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Walking in Two Worlds 89%

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 🏘️ Contemporary Rez Life 🌿 Cultural Reclamation

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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 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 🩹 Generational Trauma

Bad Cree 89%

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 👯‍♀️ Sisterhood 🩹 Generational Trauma

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison • 1977

Trapped by wealth and expectation, a Black heir travels South and finds an ancestor who flew.

4.16

129k+

👪 Family Saga 🌳 Lineage Quest 🕊️ Black Folklore ⚖️ Racial Violence 💔 Love And Obsession

Song of Solomon 89%

Trapped by wealth and expectation, a Black heir travels South and finds an ancestor who flew.

by Toni Morrison 1977

4.16

129k+ ratings

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by Ocean Vuong • 2019

A son's letter to his illiterate mother traces war, displacement, and a brutal first love.

4.00

419k+

📝 Epistolary Novel 🌊 Poetic Prose 🪞 Autofiction 🧳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 89%

A son's letter to his illiterate mother traces war, displacement, and a brutal first love.

by Ocean Vuong 2019

4.00

419k+ ratings

📝 Epistolary Novel 🌊 Poetic Prose 🪞 Autofiction 🧳 Vietnamese Diaspora 🩹 Intergenerational Trauma

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