Books set in United States of America (1081)


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As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
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A true 20th-century classic from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Sound and the Fury: the famed harrowing account of the Bundren family’s odyssey across the Mississippi countryside to bury Addie, their wife and mother. As I Lay Dying is one of the most influential novels in American fiction in structure, style, and drama. Narrated in turn by each of the family members, including Addie herself as well as others, the novel ranges in mood from dark comedy to the deepest pathos. “I set out deliberately to write a tour-de-force. Before I ever put pen to paper and set down the first word I knew... continue

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Astray by Emma Donoghue EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ireland flag Ireland
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Room comes a moving set of historical stories spanning centuries and continents. ​ The fascinating characters that roam across the pages of Emma Donoghue's stories have all gone astray: they are emigrants, runaways, drifters, lovers old and new. They are gold miners and counterfeiters, attorneys and slaves. They cross other borders too: those of race, law, sex, and sanity. They travel for love or money, incognito or under duress. With rich historical detail, the celebrated author of Room takes us from puritan Massachusetts to revolutionary New Jers... continue

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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Russia flag Russia
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The year 2005 marks Ayn Randas Centennial Year. The astounding story of a man that said that he would stop the motor of the worldaand did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is unlike any other book you have ever read. aA writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly.a aThe New York Times

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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
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GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. The stunning hardcover of Atmosphere features beautiful endpapers and a premium dust jacket! “Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . . uplifting . . . the fast-paced, emotionally charged story of one ambitious young woman, finding both her voice and her passion.”—Kristin Hannah, author of The Women ... continue

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Audition by Katie Kitamura EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
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INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER “A tightly wound family drama that reads like a psychological thriller."—NPR “Bold, stark, genre-bending, Audition will haunt your dreams.”—The Boston Globe One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Or two. An exhilarating, destabilizing Möbius strip of a novel that asks whether we ever really know the people we love. Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She’s an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He’s attractive, troubling, young—young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him? In this compulsively reada... continue

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Auntie Mame : An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis EN

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With a wit as sharp as a vodka stinger and a heart as free as her spirit, Auntie Mame burst onto the literary scene in 1955--and today remains one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction. Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis’ Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. It was made into a play, a Broadway and a Hollywood musical, and a fabulous movie starring Rosalind Russell. Since then, Mame has taken her rightful place in the pantheon of Great and Important People as the wor... continue

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Back in a Spell by Lana Harper EN

Rating: 1 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Serbia flag Serbia
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An awkward first date leads to a sparkling romance between one of the most powerful witches in town and a magical newbie in this rom-com by Lana Harper, New York Times bestselling author of Payback’s a Witch. Even though she won’t deny her love for pretty (and pricey) things, Nineve Blackmoore is almost painfully down-to-earth and sensible by Blackmoore standards. But after a year of nursing a broken heart inflicted by the fiancée who all but ditched her at the altar, the powerful witch is sick of feeling low and is ready to try something drastically different: a dating app. At her best friend... continue


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Bamboo Among the Oaks : Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans by Mai Neng Moua EN

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Country: Asia / Laos flag Laos
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A groundbreaking anthology that chronicles the emerging literary voice of a contemporary American immigrant community.