Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Caribou Crossing | 2001 | Kim Heacox | Buy |
| 2 | Jimmy Bluefeather | 2015 | Kim Heacox | Buy |
| 3 | On Heaven’s Hill | 2023 | Kim Heacox | Buy |
Kim Heacox’s fiction draws on the same Alaskan landscapes and communities that fill his non-fiction work. Caribou Crossing, published in 2001, was his first novel. Jimmy Bluefeather, which appeared in 2015, tells the story of Old Keb, a Tlingit elder who decides to make a traditional canoe voyage through the waterways of Southeast Alaska. The novel received praise for its portrayal of indigenous culture, its sense of place, and its treatment of aging and memory.
On Heaven’s Hill, published in 2023, continues Heacox’s exploration of Alaska through fiction. His novels move at a contemplative pace, more interested in landscape and character than in plot mechanics, and they read like the work of someone who has spent a long time watching the natural world and the people who live close to it.