| The Rifles | |
| Author: | William T. Vollmann |
| Cover Artist: | Jacket design by Daniel Rembert Cover photograph by Ulli Stelttzer |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Literary fiction |
| Publisher: | Viking Penguin |
| Release Date: | February 24, 1994 |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback and Hardcover) |
| Pages: | 411 pp (first edition, hardback) |
| Isbn: | 0-670-84856-5 |
| Isbn Note: | (first edition, hardback) |
| Dewey: | 813/.54 20 |
| Congress: | PS3572.O395 R54 1994 |
| Oclc: | 28722824 |
| Preceded By: | Fathers and Crows |
The Rifles is a 1994 novel by American writer William T. Vollmann. It is intended to be the sixth book in a planned seven-book cycle entitled . As of 2015 five of the seven have been published, The Rifles being the third to reach print.
Unlike the other books in this series so far, The Rifles is not wholly a historical novel, as it primarily takes place in the early 1990s, although the storyline depicting the trials and challenges of modern Inuit life is tied to the ill-fated exploration of the Arctic region by Sir John Franklin in the mid-19th century. The novel also discusses the 1955 forced migration of Inuit from Inukjuak, Quebec to Resolute, Nunavut.