The StoryGraph's Genre Challenge 2021 - hosted by thestorygraph

A memoir or autobiography by an Indigenous author
All books added
Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea by Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland

Every Falling Star: The True Story of How I Survived and Escaped North Korea

Sungju Lee, Susan Elizabeth McClelland

314 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir dark emotional sad medium-paced
Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing by Clayton Thomas-Muller

Life in the City of Dirty Water: A Memoir of Healing

Clayton Thomas-Muller

240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

3 hours, 13 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

fiction poetry short stories challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt

A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt

192 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Miguel Street by V.S. Naipaul

Miguel Street

V.S. Naipaul

192 pages • first pub 1959 (editions)

fiction classics historical short stories reflective slow-paced
They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School by Bev Sellars

They Called Me Number One: Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School

Bev Sellars

7 hours, 17 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
The Power of Style by Christian Allaire

The Power of Style

Christian Allaire

90 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction art design young adult informative inspiring fast-paced
One Native Life by Richard Wagamese

One Native Life

Richard Wagamese

272 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced
The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems by Joy Harjo

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems

Joy Harjo

69 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry informative reflective slow-paced
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

185 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced