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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The Orange Grove by Larry TREMBLAY EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Twin brothers, Amed and Aziz, live in the peaceful shade of their family’s orange grove. But when a bomb kills the boys’ grandparents, they become pawns in their country’s civil war. Blood demands more blood and, at the command of a local militant group, either Ahmed or Aziz must strap on a belt of explosives and make the ultimate sacrifice. Years later, the surviving twin works as an actor in wintry Montreal. A theatre director gives him a role that forces the young man to reconsider his decisions. Will Ahmed – or is it Aziz? – release himself from the past?
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I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"I Hope This Finds You Well is like a donut in a break room: unexpected, surprisingly sweet, and totally made my day. Which is to say: I devoured it! . . . Fans of The Office will delight." --SHELBY VAN PELT, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures "Bright, hilarious, witty, and so moving, I absolutely loved Natalie Sue's debut novel." -- AMANDA EYRE WARD, New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters In this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy, an admin worker accidentally gains access to her colleagues' private emails and DMs and decides to use this int... continue
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Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A darkly funny take on mothers and daughters, about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husband and herself from the vengeful ghost of her mother-in-law. “A quirky, gruesome, utterly original feminist horror experience.” —The New York Times Book Review When Ralph and Abby Lamb move in with Ralph’s mother, Laura, Abby hopes it’s just what she and her mother-in-law need to finally connect. After a traumatic childhood, Abby is desperate for a mother figure, especially now that she and Ralph are trying to become parents themselves. Abby just ... continue
244.
Dandelion by Jamie Chai Yun Liew EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
When Lily was eleven years old, her mother, Swee Hua, walked away from the family, never to be seen or heard from again. Now a new mother herself, Lily becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Swee Hua. She recalls the spring of 1987, growing up in a small British Columbia mining town where there were only a handful of Asian families; Lily's previously stateless father wanted to blend seamlessly into Canadian life, while her mother, alienated and isolated, longed to return to Brunei. Years later, still affected by Swee Hua's disappearance, Lily's family is stubbornly s... continue
246.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
After being interrogated by the Department of Homeland Security after a major terrorist attack on San Francisco, Marcus is released into what is now a police state and uses his expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
247.
The Queen: A Novel by Nick Cutter EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
“One of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth. On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on her doorstep. She switches it on to find a text from her best friend, Charity Atwater. The problem is, Charity’s been missing for over a month. Most people in town—even the police—think she’s dead. Margaret and Charity have been lifelong friends. They share everything, know th... continue
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The End of the Alphabet by C.S. Richardson EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Some time around his fiftieth birthday, Ambrose Zephyr fails his annual medical check-up. An illness of inexplicable origin with no known or foreseeable cure is diagnosed and it will kill him within a month. Give or take a day. In the time that remains, he decides to travel to all the places he has most loved or ever wanted to visit, in strict alphabetical order. And so Ambrose and his wife Zipper embark on a strange adventure that takes them further and further away from home and doesn't quite turn out as either of them had expected.
249.
Pearly Everlasting by Tammy Armstrong EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Set during the Great Depression, an immersive and enchantingly atmospheric novel about a girl and a bear raised as sister and brother in a remote logging camp, and the lengths to which they'll go to protect each other. New Brunswick, 1934. When a cook in a logging camp finds an orphaned baby bear, he brings it home to his wife, who names the cub Bruno and raises him alongside her newborn daughter, Pearly. Growing up, Pearly and Bruno share a special bond and become inseparable. While life in the camp can be perilous--loggers are regularly injured or even killed--the Everlasting family form a c... continue
250.
We Could Be Rats by Emily Austin EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"A new novel from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space"--