My Ántonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works.

The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions on both children, affecting them for life.

My Ántonia is a beautiful, engaging book, a look into the past that is both nostalgic and melancholy. In a way, it is a grownup Little House on the Prairie, with a shared connection to the land, and to the telling details of the lives of pioneers on the plains. Unlike Little House, though, there is more than a hint of repressed sexuality, along with the occasional outburst of violence.