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 Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Lawrence Hill's award-winning novel is a major television miniseries airing on BET Networks.
262.
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar. Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and meet two sisters who cannot be separated, even in death. The hardcover edition features beautiful interior illustrations. “Oh what is stronger than a death? Two sisters singing with one breath.” In the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, dwells the mysterious Hawthorn family. There, they tend and harvest the enchanted willows and honour an ancient compact to sing ... continue
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Kuessipan by Naomi Fontaine EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
A fictionalized, meditative chronicle of life among the Innu in rural northeastern Quebec. Kuessipan ("to you" in the Innu language) is an extraordinary, meditative novel about life among the Native Innu people in the wilds of northeastern Quebec. Naomi Fontaine, herself an Innu, wrote this novel (in French) at the age of twenty-three; with grace and perfect pitch, she depicts a community of nomadic hunters and fishers, and of hard-working mothers and their children, enduring a harsh, sometimes cruel reality with quiet dignity. Pervading the book is a palpable sense of place and time played ou... continue
265.
A Great Reckoning : A Novel by Louise Penny EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
The next novel in Louise Penny's #1 New York Times bestselling series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.
266.
Léon sans son chapeau by Pierre Pratt FR
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Par monts et par vaux, en vľo, en avion, en train et en bateau, Lǒn court aprs̈ son chapeau. Des illustrations ̉la ligne, aux coloris et ̉la texture trs̈ agrǎbles. [SDM].
267.
The Cosmopolites by Atossa Araxia Abrahamian EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
The cosmopolites are literally "citizens of the world," from the Greek word kosmos, meaning "world," and polites, or "citizen." Garry Davis, aka World Citizen No. 1, and creator of the World Passport, was a former Broadway actor and World War II bomber pilot who renounced his American citizenship in 1948 as a form of protest against nationalism, sovereign borders, and war. Today there are cosmopolites of all stripes, rich or poor, intentional or unwitting, from 1-percenters who own five passports thanks to tax-havens to theBidoon, the stateless people of countries like the United Arab Emirates... continue
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This Place : 150 Years Retold by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact. This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts' New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.
269.
The Case for Loving : The Fight for Interracial Marriage by Selina Alko EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
The fight for interracial marriage.
270.
Un gnome à la mer by Rogé Marie-Danielle Croteau FR
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Tout au milieu, là où l'horizon a le dos rond, voguait un bateau blanc. Ainsi commence la merveilleuse histoire du petit gnome à la mer et de son ami Nicolas ...