Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2031)
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História, História : Two Years in the Cape Verde Islands by Eleanor Stanford EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Twenty-two and newly married, Eleanor Stanford and her husband join the Peace Corps and find themselves on the West African islands of Cape Verde. In this beautifully alien place, as she teaches her students and struggles to come to terms with the island's fascinating yet frustrating culture, Eleanor watches everything she knows about relationships get flipped upside-down and attempts to hide the eating disorder she's developed, which threatens both her marriage and her life. Part travelogue, part cultural documentary, 'Historia, Historia' combines journalistic excellence with the gripping sty... continue
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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families : Stories from Rwanda by Philip Gourevitch EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
In 1994 the Rwandan government implemented a policy for the Hutu majority to murder everyone in the Tutsi majority.
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The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"A queen of punk before her time. A duo on the brink of stardom. A night that will define their story for ever... Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, a Black punk artist before her time. Despite her unconventional looks, Opal believes she can be a star. So when the aspiring British singer/songwriter Neville Charles discovers her one night, she takes him up on his offer to make rock music together. In early seventies New York City, just as she's finding her niche as part of a flamboyant and funky creative scene, a rival band signed to ... continue
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The Housemaid by Freida McFadden EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Every day I clean the Winchesters' beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew's handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it's hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina's life. I only try on one of Nina's pristine white dresses once. Just to see what... continue
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My Documents by Kevin Nguyen EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The paths of four family members diverge drastically when the U.S. government begins detaining Vietnamese Americans, in this sharp and touching novel about coming of age at the intersection of ambition and assimilation. “Funny, powerful, and propulsive . . . a moving portrait of the kind of people we become when we are trying to survive.”—Cathy Park Hong, New York Times bestselling author of Minor Feelings Ursula, Alvin, Jen, and Duncan grew up as cousins in the sprawling Nguyen family. As young adults, they’re on the precipice of new ventures: Ursula as a budding journalist in Manhattan, Alvi... continue
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Flores en el atico / Flowers in the Attic by Virginia C. Andrews ES
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Nominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read El libro en que el se basa la exitosa adaptación televisiva Flores en el ático, un best seller clásico sobre la terrible experiencia vivida por cuatro niños que crecen en un lúgubre encierro, aislados del mundo... Desde su publicación en inglés en 1979, Flores en el ático se convirtió en un fulminante best seller y fue adaptada al cine con gran éxito. Corre el año 1957, y los Dollanganger parecen una familia perfecta que vive sin preocupaciones en su idílica casa de Gladstone, Pensil... continue
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center attacks, searches the five boroughs of New York City for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind.
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Devil is Fine by John Vercher EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION • LONGLISTED FOR THE ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE • INDIE NEXT PICK • NAMED A BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR BY ELECTRIC LIT • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024 • A CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BEST BOOK OF 2024 • FEATURED IN THE LA TIMES, THE ROOT, AND THE CHICAGO REVIEW OF BOOKS • Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he has just inherited a plot of land from his estranged white grandfather. He travels to a beach town several hours south of his home with the intention of selling the la... continue
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