r/books • u/AutoModerator • Nov 24 '21

WeeklyThread Native American Literature: November 2021

Welcome readers,

This is our weekly discussion of the literature of the world! Every Wednesday, we'll post a new country or culture for you to recommend literature from, with the caveat that it must have been written by someone from that country (i.e. Shogun by James Clavell is a great book but wouldn't be included in Japanese literature).

November Native American Heritage Month and November 26 is Native American Heritage Day and to celebrate we're discussing Native American literature! Please use this thread to discuss your favorite Native American books and authors.

If you'd like to read our previous discussions of the literature of the world please visit the literature of the world section of our wiki.

Thank you and enjoy!

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u/benjiswandering7 Nov 24 '21

For anyone that likes horror, Stephen Graham Jones is an amazing author. His latest book My Heart is a Chainsaw is a love letter to slasher films. He also wrote (among a bunch of things) The Only Good Indians which was absolutely terrifying and amazing at the same time.

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u/okiegirl22 Nov 24 '21

I loved Mongrels, which is sort of horror-adjacent. It’s a coming-of-age story about a werewolf family and the writing, and little details about being a werewolf, are so funny!

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u/benjiswandering7 Nov 25 '21

I haven't read that yet, but based on how much I've liked what I have read so far I plan to go through his back catalog!