Who tells the history we learn, and whose voices get left out?
Today on Well-Read and Unfiltered, we’re honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a conversation about colonialism, displacement, belonging, and how reading can challenge the stories we grew up believing.
We dive into The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones, exploring generational trauma, revenge, and what happens when the real horror is rooted in history. Then we share reads and TBR picks spanning horror, literary fiction, YA, and romance.
We’re approaching this conversation as readers who are still learning, with a commitment to listening to and supporting Indigenous voices throughout the year.
🎧 The new episode is out today! Which Indigenous author should we read next? Leave your recommendations below.
📚 Books Mentioned
• The Buffalo Hunter Hunter — Stephen Graham Jones
• The Only Good Indians — Stephen Graham Jones
• I Was a Teenage Slasher — Stephen Graham Jones
• Where Wolves Don’t Die — Anton Treuer
• Never Whistle at Night — edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
• There There — Tommy Orange
• Wandering Stars — Tommy Orange
• Moon of the Crusted Snow — Waubgeshig Rice
• Moon of the Turning Leaves — Waubgeshig Rice
• Station Eleven — Emily St. John Mandel
• Indian Burial Ground — Nick Medina
• Sisters of the Lost Nation — Nick Medina
• What Came West — Josh Weil
• The Revenant — Michael Punke
• Bad Cree — Jessica Johns
• Love Is a War Song — Danica Nava
• The Babysitter Lives — Stephen Graham Jones
• Off the Reservation — Stephen Graham Jones
