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Books like Medicine River

What to read after Medicine River by Thomas King: 24 titles sharing themes of Indigenous, Small Town & Rural, and Humorous, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Top related books to Medicine River

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Medicine River.

Effigies

Mary Anna Evans

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

To Catch a Dream

Audrey Carlan

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

Empire of Wild A Novel

Cherie Dimaline

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

And She Was A Novel

Cindy Dyson

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

Sufferance A Novel

Thomas King

Themes: Indigenous • Humorous

Perma Red

Debra Magpie Earling

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

Mrs. Kimble A Novel

Jennifer Haigh

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

Blasphemy

Sherman Alexie

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#10

One Hundred Years of Solitude A Novel — Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#11

Moon of the Crusted Snow A Novel

Waubgeshig Rice

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#12

The Camel Bookmobile

Masha Hamilton

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#13

Barkskins A Novel

Annie Proulx

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#14

Plague of Doves A Novel

Louise Erdrich

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#15

Dovetails in Tall Grass A Novel

Samantha Specks

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#16

On the Sweet Side

Audrey Carlan

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#17

Sweetpea

C. J. Skuse

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Humorous

#18

The Book of Joe A Novel

Jonathan Tropper

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Humorous

#19

Conference at Cold Comfort Farm

Stella Gibbons

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Humorous

#20

Cheerfulness Breaks In

Angela Thirkell

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Humorous

#21

Savannah Blues

Mary Kay Andrews

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Humorous

#22

Help Wanted A Novel

Adelle Waldman

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Humorous

#23

You Love Me

Caroline Kepnes

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Humorous

#24

Summer at Firefly Beach

Jenny Hale

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Humorous

Fans of Medicine River by Thomas King will find 24 titles here, all united by Indigenous, Small Town & Rural, Humorous. Authors represented include Mary Anna Evans, Audrey Carlan, Cherie Dimaline, Cindy Dyson, and others.