Read Around North America Challenge

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Best books from North America (2041)
1621.

This Boy's Life : A Memoir by Tobias Wolff EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
A biography of boyhood in the 1950's.

1622.

Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
From the creator of Yes, I'm Hot In This, this cheeky, hilarious, and honest graphic novel asks the question everyone has to figure out for themselves: Who are you? Huda and her family just moved to Dearborn, Michigan, a small town with a big Muslim population. In her old town, Huda knew exactly who she was: She was the hijabi girl. But in Dearborn, everyone is the hijabi girl. Huda is lost in a sea of hijabis, and she can't rely on her hijab to define her anymore. She has to define herself. So she tries on a bunch of cliques, but she isn't a hijabi fashionista or a hijabi athlete or a hijabi ... continue

1623.

Finna by Nino Cipri EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
“A magical anti-capitalist adventure.” —Annalee Newitz Nino Cipri's Finna is a rambunctious, touching story that blends all the horrors the multiverse has to offer with the everyday awfulness of low-wage work. It explores queer relationships and queer feelings, capitalism and accountability, labor and love, all with a bouncing sense of humor and a commitment to the strange. When an elderly customer at a Swedish big box furniture store — but not that one — slips through a portal to another dimension, it’s up to two minimum-wage employees to track her across the multiverse and protect their comp... continue

1624.

The Word for World is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
A world of peaceful aliens conquered by bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters. Desperation causes the Athsheans to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. In defending their lives, they endanger the very foundations of their society. Every blow against the invaders is a blow to the core of Athsheans' culture. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back. Winner of the 1973 Hugo award for Best Novella, and nominated for many others, The... continue

1625.

Tilt : A Novel by Emma Pattee EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
"When a massive earthquake hits, a pregnant woman must make excruciating decisions toward survival in this riveting, powerfully moving, debut novel set over the course of one day"--

1626.

I Survived: The Great Molasses Flood, 1919 by Lauren Tarshis EN

0 Ratings
Description:
It's been four years since Carmen and Papa moved from Italy to Boston. Life here is exciting, but not always easy. And then there's the massive metal tank that rises up over their crowded North End neighborhood. The ugly tank, filled with sticky brow


1628.

G is for Gumshoe by Sue Grafton EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Description:
Originally published by Henry Holt in 1990.

1629.

Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
Includes an excerpt from William Kent Krueger's "This tender land."

1630.

An Unfinished Love Story : A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
"Dick and Doris Goodwin were married for forty-two years and married to American history even longer. Dick was one of the young men of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier, and he both named and helped design Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Doris was a White House Fellow and worked directly for Lyndon Johnson, later assisting on his memoir. The Goodwins' last great adventure involved opening the more than three hundred boxes of letters, diaries, documents and memorabilia Dick had saved for more than fifty years. The voyage of remembrance revived the hope that the youth of today will carry forward th... continue


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