English books from North America
Recommended English books (1779)
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If you speak English here are some English books from North America for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".
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The Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-Agostini EN
Country: North America / 
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Description:
This rich, raw and urgent debut novel is a domestic noir of sex and survival set in Trinidad's capital.
1182.
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
1183.
The Break by Katherena Vermette EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
International bestseller The Break is the first in Katherena Vermette's heart-rending, utterly immersive Indigenous family saga that includes The Strangers and The Circle. When Stella, a young Mé tis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break — a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house — she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. But when they arrive, no one is there; scuff marks in the compacted snow are the only sign anything may have happened. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly ... continue
1184.
The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After : Epilogues by Julia Quinn EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents a novella featuring Violet Bridgerton along with a collection of “second epilogues” to her Bridgerton series—her beloved Regency-set novels featuring her charming, powerful Bridgerton family—now a series created by Shondaland for Netflix. Ever wonder what happens after the Happily Ever After? Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series remains one of the most beloved among historical romance readers, and this collection of “second epilogues”—stories that take place after the original books end—offers fans more from their favorite characters. Also u... continue
1185.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz EN
Country: North America / 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
Winner of: The Pulitzer Prize The National Book Critics Circle Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award The Jon Sargent, Sr. First Novel Prize A Time Magazine #1 Fiction Book of the Year One of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of the best books of 2007 according to: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, People, The Village Voice, Time Out New York, Salon, Baltimore City Paper, The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, New York Public... continue
1186.
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The author of When the Emperor Was Divine presents the stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early 20th century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage and the prospect of wartime internment.
1187.
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A chilling historical horror set in the American west in 1912 following a Lutheran priest who transcribes the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. Perfect for fans of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V. E. Schwab and Interview With The Vampire by Anne Rice. Etsy Beaucarne is an academic, who needs to get published. So when a journal, written in 1912 by a Arthur Beaucarne, a Lutheran pastor and her grandfather, is discovered within a wall during renovations, she sees her chance. She can uncover the lost secrets of her family, and get te... continue
1188.
The Burgess Animal Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"First published in 2004, is an unabridged, newly reset republication of the edition published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, in 1920"--T.p. verso.
1189.
The Buried Mirror : Reflections on Spain and the New World by Carlos Fuentes EN
Country: North America / 
Panama
Panama
Description:
An exploration of Spanish culture in Spain and the Americas traces the social, political, and economic forces that created that culture.
1190.
The Burning Bush Women & Other Stories by Cherie Jones EN
Country: North America / 
Barbados
Barbados
Description:
In these truthful and strange, funny and tragic stories set in Barbados and the USA, Cherie Jones weaves paths through the joys and suffering of women's lives - from breast cancer, madness and abortion to love, magic and a deep connectedness between women.