Popular North American Romance Books
Find romance books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (129)
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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in nineteenth-century New England.
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Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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The Phenomenal National Bestseller and Enduring Classic He is Oliver Barett IV, a rich jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law. She is Jenny Cavilleri, a wisecracking working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe. Opposites in nearly every way, Oliver and Jenny immediately attract, sharing a love that defies everything ... yet will end too soon. Here is a love that will linger in your heart now and forever.
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Luster : A Novel by Raven Leilani EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Sharp, comic, disruptive, tender, Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, sees a young black woman fall into art and someone else's open marriage Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties—sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She's also, secretly, haltingly figuring her way into life as an artist. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage—with rules. As if navigating the constantly shifting landscapes of contem... continue
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Mangos and Mistletoe: A Foodie Holiday Novella by Adriana Herrera EN
Country: North America / 
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Description:
One is grumpy. One is sunshine. There is only one bed. Kiskeya Burgos left the tropical beaches of the Dominican Republic with a lot to prove. As a pastry chef on the come up, when she arrives in Scotland, she has one goal in mind: win the Holiday Baking Challenge. Winning is her opportunity to prove to her family, her former boss, and most importantly herself, she can make it in the culinary world. Kiskeya will stop at nothing to win, that is, if she can keep her eyes on the prize and off her infuriating teammate's perfect lips. Sully Morales, home cooking hustler, and self-proclaimed baking ... continue
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Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Because her mother is dying and her father old, Chiyo, nine, is sold to a wealthy geisha house in Gion where she learns her trade and works it in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Modern Love, Revised and Updated : True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption by Daniel Jones EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the past fifteen years of the New York Times “Modern Love” column—including stories from the anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John Slattery A young woman goes through the five stages of ghosting grief. A man’s promising fourth date ends in the emergency room. A female lawyer with bipolar disorder experiences the highs and lows of dating. A widower hesitates about introducing his children to his new girlfriend. A divorcée in her seventies looks back at the beauty and rubb... continue
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Mondhitze by Gioconda Belli DE
Country: North America / 
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
"Mondhitze", der neue Roman der lateinamerikanischen Kultautorin Gioconda Belli, handelt von den Geheimnissen, Erfahrungen und Abenteuern einer Frau um die Fünfzig. Oder davon, wie der Verlust der physischen Fruchtbarkeit auch der Beginn einer persönlichen Revolution sein kann.
Emma ist eine attraktive Arztgattin aus Nicaragua, und sie hat etwas gegen die unschöne Rolle, die einer reiferen Frau von der Gesellschaft zugedacht wird. Da ihr Körper erste Zeichen des Alterns zu zeigen beginnt, packt sie die Panik. An einem besonders schwarzen Tag voller negativer Geda... continue
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Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Lucy Barton and the Oprah’s Book Club pick Olive, Again “Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You’ll never forget her.”—USA Today “Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force.”—The New Yorker One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post Book World, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, People, Entertainment Weekly, The... continue
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On The Way To The Wedding : Inspiration for the Netflix Original Series Bridgerton by Julia Quinn EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Nlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton is a firm believer in true love. He'd have to be an idiot not to be: all seven of his siblings are happily married. Gregory figures he is just biding his time until the right woman comes along. And so when he sees Hermione Watson, he knows with every fibre of his being, that she is meant to be his
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Our Souls at Night : A novel by Kent Haruf EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A spare yet eloquent, bittersweet yet inspiring story of a man and a woman who, in advanced age, come together to wrestle with the events of their lives and their hopes for the imminent future. In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf’s inimitable fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades; in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis’s wife. His daughter lives hours away in Colorado Springs, her son even farther away in... continue