Recs if you like American Indian Stories (Modern Library Torchbearers)...

(Auto)Biographies, memoirs, and stories of influential women, both well and lesser known

Just a collection of classics written by women, this is a diverse reading experience with voices of women from across time and boarders.

Native American/Indigenous classic literature from across Turtle Island🐢🪶

#LANDBACK

so far I’ve tried to stick to works published pre-2020 for the purposes of this list

shoutout to r/IndianCountry for recs

disclaimer: I am not Indigenous myself, just someone who went looking for a list like this and found a gap. I have found the books for this list on Indigenous-run sites and online spaces, including related lists on pb.

Always open to recommendations!

Research done with ISFDB, folklore and mythology included I am currently building this list based off of the debut by year list, which only includes authors who've published six entries... I think this limitation is arbitrary, but I currently lack the means to really dig into the weeds with them... please forgive me :bow:

Currently Missing: Winifred Graham F.E. Penny (Fanny Emily Farr Penny)

C.B. Dignam - technically, no one knows if they were a man/woman/1900-gender, but I think that ambiguity would've rendered them for inclusion here ... if there had been any books of theirs listed on goodreads

Research done with ISFDB, folklore and mythology included I am currently building this list based off of the debut by year list, which only includes authors who've published six entries... I think this limitation is arbitrary, but I currently lack the means to really dig into the weeds with them... please forgive me :bow:

Currently Missing: Winifred Graham F.E. Penny (Fanny Emily Farr Penny)

C.B. Dignam - technically, no one knows if they were a man/woman/1900-gender, but I think that ambiguity would've rendered them for inclusion here ... if there had been any books of theirs listed on goodreads

small books that have had a big impact on me over the years

American Realism & Naturalism

For understanding what the hell is going on in life. Biographies, essays, histories, philosophy, etc.

(Auto)biographies, diaries, or memoirs of historical women that I've read and given at least 3 stars. Happy reading!