Books from United States of America
278 popular american books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around North America Challenge" were written by authors from United States of America.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Absolution : A Novel by Alice McDermott EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award. You have no idea what it was like. For us. The women, I mean. The wives. American women—American wives—have been mostly minor characters in the literature of the Vietnam War, but in Absolution they take center stage. Tricia is a shy newlywed, married to a rising attorney on loan to navy intelligence. Charlene is a practiced corporate spouse and mother of three, a beauty and a bully. In Saigon in 1963, the two women form a wary alliance as they balance the era’s mandate to... continue
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Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE’S JOHN LEONARD PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST BOOK WINNER OF THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION Named a Best Book of the Year by: New York Times * NPR * Washington Post * LA Times * Kirkus Reviews * New York Public Library * Chicago Public Library * Harper’s Bazaar * TIME * Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air * Boston Globe* The Atlantic A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life—immersive and comic, yet unsparing—that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities Seamlessly transitio... continue
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Alergînd ca apucaţii by Augusten Burroughs RO
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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Alergînd ca apucații este povestea adevărată a unui băiat lăsat de mamă (o poetă cu mania grandorii și alte probleme psihice mult mai grave) în grija psihiatrului ei, un ins cu metode foarte neortodoxe. La vârsta de doisprezece ani, Burroughs se trezește într-o casă victoriană dărăpănată, locuind cu bizară familie a doctorului și împrietenindu-se cu un pedofil care își are reședința în șopronul din spatele casei. Ceea ce urmează este o existența total eliberată de orice reguli, în care pomul de Crăciun rămâne împodobit tot anul, pasti... continue
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Alias Anna : A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood, Greg Dawson EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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The moving true story of how young Ukrainian Jewish piano prodigies Zhanna (alias "Anna") and her sister Frina outplayed their pursuers while hiding in plain sight during the Holocaust. A middle grade nonfiction novel-in-verse by award-winning author Susan Hood with Greg Dawson (Zhanna's son). She wouldn't be Zhanna. She'd use an alias. A for Anna. A for alive. When the Germans invade Ukraine, Zhanna, a young Jewish girl, must leave behind her friends, her freedom, and her promising musical future at the world's top conservatory. With no time to say goodbye, Zhanna, her sister Frina, and their... continue
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America the Beautiful? : One Woman in a Borrowed Prius on the Road Most Traveled by Blythe Roberson EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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The author of How to Date Men When You Hate Men examines Americans' obsession with freedom, travel, and the open road in this funny, entertaining travelogue that blends the humorous observations of Bill Bryson with the piercing cultural commentary of Jia Tolentino. For writer and comedian Blythe Roberson, there are only so many Mary Oliver poems you can read about being free, and only so many times you can listen to Joni Mitchell's travel album Hejira, before you too, are itching to take off. Canonical American travel writers have long celebrated the road trip as the epitome of freedom. But wh... continue
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American Spy by Lauren Wilkinson EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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"[This] unflinching, incendiary debut combines the espionage novels of John le Carré with the racial complexity of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) What if your sense of duty required you to betray the man you love? It's 1986, the heart of the Cold War, and Marie Mitchell is an intelligence officer with the FBI. She's brilliant, but she's also a young black woman working in an old boys' club. Her career has stalled out, she's overlooked for every high-profile squad, and her days are filled with monotonous paperwork. So when she's given the opportunity to join... continue
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Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
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“Stephanie Perkins’s characters fall in love the way we all want to, in real time and for good.” -Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author Anna can’t wait for her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. So she’s less than thrilled when her father unexpectedly ships her off to boarding school in Paris—until she meets Étienne St. Clair, the perfect boy. The only problem? He's taken, and Anna might be, too, if anything comes of her crush back home. Will a year of romantic near-misses end in the French kiss Anna... continue
