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Billy-Ray Belcourt

4 Series • 7 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: A Minor Chorus (2022)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: This Wound Is a World (2017)
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Publication Order of Poetry Books
Start with: The Idea of an Entire Life (2025)

ⓘ About Billy-Ray Belcourt

He earned his PhD in English at the University of Alberta, as a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar. His research focused on what he termed the “Indigenous paranormal” in poetry, film, and art that Indigenous peoples have produced in the region that is currently known as Canada. Billy-Ray was also a 2016 Rhodes Scholar and has a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies from the University of Oxford and Wadham College. His master’s thesis focused around Indigenous women’s role in social resistance movements and is called Decolonial Sight: Indigenous Feminist Protest and the World-to-Come. While attending the University of Alberta, he was involved actively as “an advocate for LGBTQ and Indigenous communities”, which included serving as the Aboriginal Student Council president.

All Book Series by Billy-Ray Belcourt

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A Minor Chorus

Single-title series · published 2022

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2022
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This Wound Is a World

Series opener · book 1 of 4 · published 2017

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2017
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NDN Coping Mechanisms: Notes from the Field

Book 2 of 4 · published 2019

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2019
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A History of My Brief Body

Book 3 of 4 · published 2020

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2020
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Coexistence

Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2024

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2024
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The Idea of an Entire Life

Single-title series · published 2025

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2025
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Room. Make or Take?

Single-title series · published 2021

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2021

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Billy-Ray Belcourt?

He earned his PhD in English at the University of Alberta, as a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar. His research focused on what he termed the “Indigenous paranormal” in poetry, film, and art that Indigenous peoples have produced in the region that is currently known as Canada. Billy-Ray was also a 2016 Rhodes Scholar and has a Master’s degree in Women’s Studies from the University of Oxford and Wadham College.

Which Billy-Ray Belcourt series should I start with?

Billy-Ray Belcourt's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is A Minor Chorus (2022).

How many books has Billy-Ray Belcourt written?

Billy-Ray Belcourt has 7 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2017 and 2025. They are filed under 4 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Collections, Standalone Novels and Poetry.

In what order should Billy-Ray Belcourt's series be read?

No reading order is needed: none of the 7 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.

How are Billy-Ray Belcourt's books organised into series?

This guide splits Billy-Ray Belcourt's 7 books into categories rather than numbered series: Collections (4 books); Standalone Novels (1 book); Poetry (1 book); Anthologies (1 book).