Books set in United States of America (1088)


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1011.

Trust by Hernan Diaz EN

Rating: 4 (7 votes)
Description:
WINNER of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the Booker Prize One of Barack Obama's Favourite Books of the Year The Sunday Times Bestseller Trust is a sweeping puzzle of a novel about power, greed, love and a search for the truth that begins in 1920s New York. Can one person change the course of history? A Wall Street tycoon takes a young woman as his wife. Together, they rise to the top in an age of excess and speculation. Now a novelist is threatening to reveal the secrets behind their marriage. Who will have the final word in their story of greed, love and betrayal? Composed... continue

1012.

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Description:
THE INSTANT #1 BESTSELLER! FEATURED ON 60 MINUTES and FRESH AIR “So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung.” – The New York Times Named a best book of the year by: The New York Times, NPR, TIME, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, Southern Living, Publishers Weekly, BookPage, A.V. Club, Bustle, BuzzFeed, Vulture, and many more! JOHN GREEN, the acclaimed author of Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, returns with a story of shattering, unflinching clarity in this brilliant novel of love, resilience, and the power of lifelong friendship. A... continue

1013.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire with the book that sparked a "literary phenomenon" and redefined romance for a generation (New York Times). Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, ... continue

1014.

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie EN

Rating: 1 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / India flag India
Description:
"Once upon a time, in a world just like ours, there came "the time of the strangenesses." Reason receded and the loudest, most illiberal voices reigned. A simple gardener began to levitate, and a powerful djinn -- also known as the Princess of Fairyland -- raised an army composed entirely of her semi-magical great-great-great-grandchildren. A baby was born with the ability to see corruption in the faces of others. The ghosts of two philosophers, long dead, began arguing once more. And a battle for the kingdom of Fairyland was waged throughout our world for 1,001 nights -- or, to be more precis... continue

1015.

Tyed by L. J Shen EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Fiction: Tyed is a New Adult book.


1017.

Ultima Parada de la Calle Market by Matt De la Peña ES

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Cada domingo, al salir de la iglesia, Jackson y su abuela toman el autobús para regresar a su casa en la calle del Mercado. Pero hoy, Jackson no se siente contento al hacerlo. Hoy se pregunta en voz alta por qué tienen que esperar bajo la lluvia y por qué no tiene un coche como sus amigos. Por qué no tiene un ipad como ellos... Pero la abuela abre los ojos al joven Jackson y le muestra la belleza real en el mundo que les rodea. El espíritu de la bulliciosa ciudad, la música en la vida cotidiana y la magia de sus vecinos. Todas esas cosas que, a menudo, pasamos por alto. Con el conmovedor texto... continue

1018.

Una forma de vida by Amélie Nothomb ES

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
Description:
Presentación del editor: Todo empieza cuando una novelista llamada Amélie Nothomb recibe una carta de uno de sus lectores, un soldado norteamericano, Melvin Mapple, que le escribe desde Irak. Mapple contrae una enfermedad, común entre los soldados. Y es la existencia de este padecimiento lo que deja al lector en estado de shock, lo hechiza y lo sume en un relato alucinante en el que, como en otras novelas de Nothomb, el protagonista absoluto es el cuerpo. Un cuerpo distinto, repudiado, que, para sobrevivir, alumbrará una nueva identidad, Scherezade, con la que el yo desdoblado de Mapple inicia... continue

1019.

Una Mujer en la Oscuridad by Dashiell Hammett ES

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Description:
Una casa solitaria, un camino oscuro, una mujer que aparece… ¿quién? ¿De dónde? ¿Y por qué la persiguen? Un relato redescubierto de 1933, del autor de El halcón maltés y La llave de cristal.

1020.

Unburnable : A Novel by Marie-Elena John EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
Set partly in contemporary Washington, D.C., and post-World War II Dominica, this debut novel deftly intertwines the cultures of blacks in the United States and the West Indies as an extraordinary multigenerational family saga unfolds.