Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Books in Order
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has written 9 books, published between 2010 and 2022. The first book is This Is an Honour Song (2010) and the newest is Rehearsals for Living (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 9
- Published
- 2010–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,684 in 8 of 9 books
- Reading time
- 28–42 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,684 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 9 titles with a page count on record.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Mississauga Nishnaabeg writer, musician and academic in Canada, resident in Peterborough, Ontario and on the faculty of the Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning. Simpson is also known for work with the Idle No More protests. Nine catalogued books run from This Is an Honour Song (2010) to Rehearsals for Living (2022), among them Dancing on Our Turtle's Back (2011), Islands of Decolonial Love (2013), As We Have Always Done (2017) and Noopiming (2020). Subjects record Indigenous peoples in Canada, the Ojibwa and Mohawk nations, government relations, politics and history.
How many Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books are there?
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has 9 books, released between 2010 and 2022.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 9 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1This Is an Honour Song2010 · 366 pages · confirmed 1/420103661/4
- 2Dancing on Our Turtle's Back2011 · 164 pages · confirmed 1/420111641/4
- 32013991/4
- 4Islands of Decolonial Love2013 · 143 pages · confirmed 1/420131431/4
- 5As We Have Always Done2017 · 312 pages · confirmed 1/420173121/4
- 6This Accident of Being Lost2017 · 152 pages · confirmed 1/420171521/4
- 7Noopiming2020 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420203681/4
- 8A Short History of the Blockade2021 · 80 pages · confirmed 1/42021801/4
- 9Rehearsals for Living2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
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1 bookStandalone books
8 books8 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books in order?
No. No source lists any of the 9 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.
Where to start with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Start with This Is an Honour Song (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Leanne Betasamosake Simpson book?
Rehearsals for Living (2022) is the newest Leanne Betasamosake Simpson book released so far.
Is there a new Leanne Betasamosake Simpson book coming?
No next Leanne Betasamosake Simpson book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson at a glance
- Paused
- No new Leanne Betasamosake Simpson title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,684 pages across the 8 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 158 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2010s.
What the Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books are about
8 of the 9 Leanne Betasamosake Simpson books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: government relations is tagged on 4 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Government relations 4 of 8 books
- American literature 3 of 8 books
- Ojibwa Indians 3 of 8 books
- Indians of North America 2 of 8 books
- Indians of north america, canada 2 of 8 books
- Indigenous peoples 2 of 8 books
- Native peoples 2 of 8 books
- Politics and government 2 of 8 books




