Native American Literature

Grief-Stricken Family’s Unbelievably Moving Journey of Forgiveness and Redemption

Mercy Town is a women’s fiction novel by Nancy Chadwick, the author of The Wisdom of the Willow. The story is about a grieving family and a rural town divided by the accidental death of a young boy. Margaret, a young woman living in West Prairie, is a writer for…

Natalia KavaleSeptember 16, 2025

Thrillers

Longmire Faces Deadly Alaskan Tundra in Latest From Craig Johnson

Craig Johnson has given his serial readers, rabid fans who, like me, hang on every word and eagerly await his annual Christmas short story, the best stocking stuffer of the season, Tooth and Claw, a fast-paced action-packed thriller of a novella. New readers can get hooked with this literate gem! …

Linda HitchcockDecember 9, 2024

Thrillers

In the Search for Lost Women, a Marshal Finds Herself

“Here she was. Day three. Standing in front of a rickety mobile home on a dusty reservation where she didn’t belong, working a job she didn’t want, sure she wasn’t ready to face a fuming mother convinced her daughter was missing.” In Laurie L. Dove’s Mask of the Deer Woman,…

Neil NyrenDecember 27, 2024

Listicles Miscellany

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month With 14 New Releases

This month is National Native American Heritage Month. It’s a time to celebrate and recognize the rich heritage, customs, folklore, languages, stories, issues faced by and contributions of Indigenous people in Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and affiliated Island communities. Alongside the recognition of Indigenous peoples’ contributions and legacy,…

Megan BeauregardNovember 26, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Appalachian Fiction Blends Stories of Two Girls Centuries Apart

Two young girls separated by half a millennium must summon every ounce of cunning and strength to save themselves and their loved ones from spiritual and physical annihilation in Jeffery L. Deal’s wonderfully imaginative The Rhythm of Grace on Standalone Mountain. A blend of fiction and history, the novel’s backdrop…

Peggy KurkowskiNovember 26, 2024

Fiction Fiction - Featured

An Unexpected Conclusion to America’s Final “Indian War” Through the Eyes of Its Participants

“Sympathetic characters and riveting story … a fascinating look into a forgotten chapter of US history whose lessons are today more relevant than ever.” —Indie Reader "Sometimes when you read a novel, it’s so well-imagined that it just takes over and happens to you. Indeed, it’s a rare read that…

Jim AlkonJune 3, 2022

Fiction Recommended

History and Fiction Combine in Time Traveler’s Thrilling Journey Through the Nez Perce War

In Bitter Ground, the third installment of D.A. Galloway’s innovative Frontier Traveler series, time traveler Graham Davidson and his Crow wife, Makawee, join up with the Nez Perce tribe, led by the inspirational Chief Joseph, as they flee the U.S. Army toward freedom in Canada. Four months after the Battle…

Peggy KurkowskiJanuary 16, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Stephen Graham Jones Has Transformed the Slasher Genre

(Note: This article contains mild spoilers for My Heart is a Chainsaw.) Stephen Graham Jones knows how to write a killer novel. My Heart is a Chainsaw, the first novel in The Indian Lake Trilogy was a summer slasher — end-of-school parties, teenage hijinks on the lake, tales about the…

Megan BeauregardSeptember 26, 2023

BooksToScreen Fiction Fiction - Featured

A Man Goes Face-to-Face with the Dead to Save a Life in This Haunting Western Mystery

Craig Johnson consistently, intelligently and with customary dry humor, melds literary fiction with western crime fiction as Sheriff Walt Longmire rides the Wyoming High Plains range in the pickup truck he calls “Silver Bullet," delivering justice. Hell and Back (Viking), his 18th novel in the Longmire series, opens with a…

Linda HitchcockSeptember 7, 2022

Fiction Thrillers

ITW Spotlight: Native Horror Debut is a Love Letter to Denver and Heavy Metal

Erika T. Wurth is well known in her community for uplifting other writers — and certainly Indigenous writers. Even a quick Google search will net links to several articles she’s penned about the massive renaissance in Native fiction. And with the launch of her stunning literary horror debut, White Horse…

Dawn IusNovember 9, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Crime, Character, the Supernatural – a Navajo Takes Back Her Story

Souls don’t scatter like the rest of the body. They latch on for as long as they can, their legs pulled to the sky, fingertips white in desperation. Souls are grasping for us, for the ones they left behind, and for the truth only they can see. They are the…

Neil NyrenJuly 29, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

ITW Spotlight: Slasher Films, “Final Girls” and Stephen Graham Jones

For all the lip service that’s paid to the final girl, she rarely gets her due on screen. It’s no one’s fault, really — if you’re going to squeeze a respectable body count into a 90-minute slasher movie, there’s hardly time for a deep dive into the heroine’s background and…

April SnellingsSeptember 2, 2021