English books from North America
Recommended English books (1774)
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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".
1561.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie : A Novel by Ayana Mathis EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB 2.0 SELECTION • "A remarkable page-turner of a novel." —Chicago Tribune In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd, swept up by the tides of the Great Migration, flees Georgia and heads north. This "brutal, illuminating version of the twentieth century African-American experience belongs alongside those of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Zora Neale Hurston" (Newsday). Full of hope, Hattie settles in Philadelphia to build a better life. Instead she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment, and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins... continue
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The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Wild, lyrical poems that examine the connections between physical and interior migration, from award-winning Palestinian American poet, novelist, and clinical psychologist Hala Alyan, author of Salt Houses.
1563.
The Tyranny of Flies : A Novel by Elaine Vilar Madruga EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
In this provocative, darkly funny, and unique novel--a mix of Lord of the Flies and The Royal Tenenbaums--a dictator's former right-hand man becomes housebound and a family power struggle erupts. Growing up on a Cuba-esque Caribbean island, Casandra, Calia, and Caleb endure life under two tyrannies: that of their parents, and the Island's authoritarian dictator, Pop-Pop Mustache. Papa was the dictator's former right-hand man. Now, he's a political pariah and an ugly parody of a tyrant, treating his home as a nation which he rules with an iron fist. As for Mom, his wife and hateful second in co... continue
1564.
The Unbelonging by Joan Riley EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
This is a moving story of self-discovery and survival. It tells of an 11 year old girl, who finds herself in a land of strangers with hers the only black face in a sea of white, after being summoned to Britain by the father she has never known.
1565.
The Underdogs : A Novel of the Mexican Revolution by Mariano Azuela EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Considered by many to be the definitive novel of the Mexican Revolution, this is the story of a peace-loving Indian who is forced to side with the rebels to save his family.
1566.
The Undergods by Mariano Azuela EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Hailed as the greatest novel of the Mexican Revolution, The Underdogs recounts the story of an illiterate but charismatic Indian peasant farmer’s part in the rebellion against Porfirio Díaz, and his subsequent loss of belief in the cause when the revolutionary alliance becomes factionalized. Azuela’s masterpiece is a timeless, authentic portrayal of peasant life, revolutionary zeal, and political disillusionment.
1567.
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, the #1 New York Times bestseller from Colson Whitehead, a magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. Now an original Amazon Prime Video series directed by Barry Jenkins. Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. Life is hell for all the slaves, but especially bad for Cora; an outcast even among her fellow Africans, she is coming into womanhood—where even greater pain awaits. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Un... continue
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The Unwanted : Stories of the Syrian Refugees by Don Brown EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Sibert Honor Medalist ∙ New York Public Library Best Of 2018 ∙ The Horn Book's Fanfare 2018 list ∙ Kirkus Best Books of 2018 ∙ YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Winner In the tradition of two-time Sibert honor winner Don Brown's critically acclaimed, full-color nonfiction graphic novels The Great American Dust Bowl and Drowned City, The Unwanted is an important, timely, and eye-opening exploration of the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, exposing the harsh realities of living in, and trying to escape, a war zone. Starting in 2011, refugees flood out of war-torn Syria in Exodus-like proportions. The ... continue
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1570.
The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Violet Minturn, a half-Chinese/half-American courtesan who deals in seduction and illusion in Shanghai, struggles to find her place in the world, while her mother, Lucia, tries to make sense of the choices she has made and the men who have shaped her. 750,000 first printing.