Hi. I love to read while I travel, especially fiction that takes place in that country.
In this case I’m an east coast American traveling to Portland and then heading up to Vancouver. I’d love to read something that takes place in the general area, especially interested in anything related to Native Americans.
Thanks in advance.
by rotterdamn8
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Drowning House isn’t amazing but it’s pleasant. Set on Marrowstone island off the Olympic Peninsula.
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
*Wild* by Cheryl Strayed. Also *Finding the Mother Tree* by Suzanne Simard.
Snow Falling on Cedars (if I remember correctly)
Fiction (PNW)
Sometimes a Great Notion – Ken Kesey
Greenwood – Michael Christie
Non-fic (Native American component)
The Indifferent Stars Above – Daniel James Brown (about the Donner party which is crossing the Sierras in CA but earlier trips involve Oregon)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Dee Brown (more about Native Americans of the west than PNW specific)
Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins
Our lady of the forest, by david guterson. One of my all time favorites.
Cheif Joseph and the flight of the Nez Perce by Kent Nerburn
*White Magic*, by Elissa Washuta
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1332755.The_Curve_of_Time
Dreamspeaker by Anne Cameron
Listening to Whales was an amazing memoir by a woman who studies orcas. Not Native American but so good.
*Twilight.* (Just kidding. Unless you’re actually in the mood for a silly YA romance; then it’s perfect.)
Anything by Sherman Alexie, a Native American who has written several novels, short stories and poems about tribal life in the PNW.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt