Popular North American Historical Fiction Books
Find historical fiction books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (356)
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Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
NOW A HULU STREAMING SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • Two estranged siblings delve into their mother’s hidden past—and how it all connects to her traditional Caribbean black cake—in this immersive family saga, “a character-driven, multigenerational story that’s meant to be savored” (Time). “Wilkerson transports you across the decades and around the globe accompanied by complex, wonderfully drawn characters.”—Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones & The Six, and Malibu Ris... continue
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Blanca Olmedo by Lucila Gamero de Medina ES
Country: North America / 
Honduras
Honduras
Description:
Blanca Olmedo es una novela romántica, cuyo sentimentalismo no le impide retratar conflictos fundamentales en la sociedad hondureña de inicios del siglo xx. Por ello Blanca Olmedo, la protagonista, es portavoz de agudas críticas al sistema de justicia (o injusticia) imperante en el país, así como a la hipocresía de algunos representantes de la Iglesia católica y la influencia nefasta que ejercían en la sociedad, las familias y las mujeres en especial.
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Blood Slaves by Markus Redmond EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
For readers of Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, and Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad, this ingenious reimagining of the vampire origin story set during the early days of American slavery blends alternate history with supernatural horror, as the last surviving member of an ancient African vampire tribe meets a slave desperate for freedom, and together, they lead an army of enslaved people in a cinematically blood-soaked battle for freedom and revenge. What if nobody ever freed the slaves…because they freed themselves – 150 years before the Civil War? In the Provi... continue
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Boundary Waters by Tristan Hughes EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Canada 1804, the wild frontier. Arthur journeys into the wild wilderness in a birchbark canoe, with a ‘parcel of scoundrels’ led by the erratic drunkard McLeod. There is a treasure—a lost cache of valuable furs—its riches to be won.
The tale is told to Esther, a Saulteaux woman he meets along the journey.
Voyageurs were either ‘big wigs’, mostly Scotsmen, or ‘engagés’, mostly Frenchmen, then further divided according to skill and experience. Arthur being a novice, before his first experience of rapids, he undergoes a ‘baptism&rsquo... continue
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Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
An unforgettable novel that shimmers with the wonder and terror of its author's native Haiti. Set in the island's impoverished villages and in New York's Haitian community, this is the story of Sophie Caco, who was conceived in an act of violence, abandoned by her mother and then summoned to America. In New York, Sophie discovers that Haiti imposes harsh rules on its own. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Still reeling from the death of his older brother, a sixteen-year-old track star befriends a street-fighting rebel and together they search for redemption amidst the social changes of 1968.
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Bridgerton : The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons Book 2) by Julia Quinn EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
# 1 New York Times Bestseller The inspiration for season two of BRIDGERTON, a series created by Shondaland for Netflix, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn: the story of Anthony Bridgerton in the second of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the charming, powerful Bridgerton family. ANTHONY’S STORY This time the gossip columnists have it wrong. London’s most elusive bachelor Anthony Bridgerton hasn’t just decided to marry—he’s even chosen a wife! The only obstacle is his intended’s older sister, Kate Sheffield—the most meddlesome woman ever to grace a London ballroom. Th... continue
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Bridgerton [TV Tie-In] : The Duke and I by Julia Quinn EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
From New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. In the ballrooms and drawing rooms of Regency London, rules abound. From their earliest days, children of aristocrats learn how to address an earl and curtsey before a prince--while other dictates of the ton are unspoken yet universally understood. A proper duke should be imperious and aloof. A young, marriageable lady should be amiable...but not too amiable. Daphne Bridgerton has always failed ... continue
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Broken Paradise : A Novel by Cecilia Samartin EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
In the spirit of "The Kite Runner," this shimmering literary debut traces thepath of two cousins--one who left Cuba at the brink of revolution and the onewho stayed behind.
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Build Your House Around My Body : A Novel by Violet Kupersmith EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Part puzzle, part revenge tale, part ghost story, this ingenious novel spins half a century of Vietnamese history and folklore into “a thrilling read, acrobatic and filled with verve” (The New York Times Editors’ Choice). FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION’S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, NPR, Good Housekeeping, Kirkus Reviews “Fiction as daring and accomplished as Violet Kupersmith’s first novel reignites my love of the form and its kaleidoscopic possibilities.”—David Mitchell, author of Cl... continue