Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2037)
621.
Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
First pub. 1950. Tale of the conquered of Mexico in 1521 and its aftermath.
622.
The Squatter and the Don by María Amparo Ruiz de Burton EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
The Squatter and the Don, originally published in San Francisco in 1885, is the first fictional narrative written and published in English from the perspective of the conquered Mexican population that, despite being granted the full rights of citizenship under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo in 1848, was, by 1860, a subordinated and marginalized national minority.
623.
The Four Agreements : A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Identifies four self-limiting beliefs that impede one's experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
624.
The Taiga Syndrome by Cristina Rivera Garza EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Fairy tale meets detective drama in this David Lynch–like novel by a writer Jonathan Lethem calls “one of Mexico's greatest . . . we are just barely beginning to catch up to what she has to offer.” A fairy tale run amok, The Taiga Syndrome follows an unnamed Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple who has fled to the far reaches of the earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down—that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and tr... continue
625.
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
A New York Times bestseller! Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices! Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award Recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book about colorism, self-esteem, and learning that true beauty comes from within. Sulwe has skin the color of midnight. She is darker than everyone in her family. She is darker than anyone in her school. Sulwe just wants to be beautiful and bright, like her mo... continue
626.
The Underdogs : A Novel of the Mexican Revolution by Mariano Azuela EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Considered by many to be the definitive novel of the Mexican Revolution, this is the story of a peace-loving Indian who is forced to side with the rebels to save his family.
627.
A Silent Fury : The El Bordo Mine Fire by Yuri Herrera EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Mine fire industrial disaster nonfiction: from the author of Signs Preceding The End of The World
628.
La invasión del pueblo del espíritu by Juan Pablo Villalobos ES
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Trece mil ochocientos millones de años despues del nacimiento de nuestro Universo, en una ciudad del poniente, dos amigos inmigrantes enfrentan una crisis vital. Max acaba de perder su restaurante porque el propietario no le ha renovado el contrato de alquiler; Gastón debe dormir a su perro, Gato, diagnosticado con una enfermedad terminal. Max se encierra en el local del restaurante a vegetar, mientras Gastón deambula por las páginas de esta novela intentando rescatarlo. El cierre del restaurante no es más que otro signo de la imparable transformación del barrio, que inquietay subleva a los ab... continue
629.
One Out of Two : A Novel by Daniel Sada EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Identical twin spinsters, Gloria and Constituciaon Gamal, enjoy their successful tailoring business in rural Mexico and take particular thrills in confusing people. When a new suitor arrives, one sister decides she wants all the benefits of true romance, and the competition between them boils.
630.
The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
A cosmic love story, A Mexican Midsummer Night's Dream that stretches from the fall of Montezuma's Mexico to the 23rd century. By including the music that so perfectly accompanies the story, it weaves an enchanting spell that will absorb readers in ways no novel ever has before.