Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (2058)
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On Lighthouses by Jazmina Barrera EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Equal parts personal memoir and literary history, Jazmina Barrera's "collection" of lighthouses explores the allure of loneliness and asks how we use it to create meaning
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La distancia entre nosotros by Reyna Grande ES
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
From the award-winning author of Across a Hundred Mountains. Cuando el padre de Reyna Grande deja a su esposa y sus tres hijos atrás en un pueblo de México para hacer el peligroso viaje a través de la frontera a los Estados Unidos, promete que pronto regresará con el dinero suficiente para construir la casa de sus sueños. Sus promesas se vuelven más difíciles de creer cuando los meses de espera se convierten en años. Cuando se lleva a su esposa para reunirse con él, Reyna y sus hermanos son depositados en el hogar ya sobrecargado de su abuela paterna, Evila, una mujer endurecida por la vida. L... continue
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Separate Is Never Equal : Sylvia Mendez and Her Family s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
"Years before the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education, Sylvia Mendez, an eight-year-old girl of Mexican and Puerto Rican heritage, played an instrumental role in Mendez v. Westminster, the landmark desegregation case of 1946 in California"--
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The Sound of Gravel : A Memoir by Ruth Wariner EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
The Sound of Gravel is the remarkable true story of one girl's coming-of-age in a polygamist Mormon Doomsday cult.
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You Sound Like a White Girl : The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa Arce EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
AN INDIE BESTSELLER Most Anticipated by ELLE • Bustle • Bloomberg • Kirkus • HipLatina • SheReads • BookPage • The Millions • The Mujerista • Ms. Magazine • and more “Unflinching” —Ms. Magazine • “Phenomenal” —BookRiot • "An essential read" —Kirkus, starred review • "Necessary" —Library Journal • "Powerful" —Joaquin Castro • "Illuminating" —Reyna Grande • "A love letter to our people" —José Olivarez • "I have been waiting for this book all my life" —Paul Ortiz Bestselling author Julissa Arce calls for a celebration of our uniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences... continue
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The Poems of Octavio Paz by Octavio Paz EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Presents an extensive selection of poems by Spanish American poet Octavio Paz.
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The Visible Unseen : Essays by Andrea Chapela EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
From Andrea Chapela, one of Granta's Best Young Spanish Novelists of 2021, comes a profound, compact collection of essays drawing on the properties of glass, mirrors, and light to navigate the overlapping borders of science, literature, and self.
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Signal To Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia EN
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
A beautiful new edition of Moreno-Garcia's stunning debut, featuring an illustrated cover by legendary artist Jim Tierney Mexico City, 1988. Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said "I love you" with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, discovers how to cast spells using music, and with her friends Sebastian and Daniela will piece together their broken families, and even find love... Two decades after abandoning the metropolis, Meche returns for her estranged father's funeral, reviving memories from her childhood she thought she buried a long time ago. What really happened back then? Is there an... continue