Popular North American Historical Fiction Books
Find historical fiction books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (225)
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Daughter of Fire : A Novel by Sofia Robleda EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
For a young woman coming of age in sixteenth-century Guatemala, safeguarding her people's legacy is a dangerous pursuit in a mystical, empowering, and richly imagined historical novel. Catalina de Cerrato is being raised by her widowed father, Don Alonso, in 1551 Guatemala, scarcely thirty years since the Spanish invasion. A ruling member of the oppressive Spanish hierarchy, Don Alonso holds sway over the newly relegated lower class of Indigenous communities. Fiercely independent, Catalina struggles to honor her father and her late mother, a Maya noblewoman to whom Catalina made a vow that onl... continue
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Daughters of the NIght Sky by Aimie K Runyan EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A novel--inspired by the most celebrated regiment in the Red Army--about a woman's sacrifice, courage, and love in a time of war. Russia, 1941. Katya Ivanova is a young pilot in a far-flung military academy in the Ural Mountains. From childhood, she's dreamed of taking to the skies to escape her bleak mountain life. With the Nazis on the march across Europe, she is called on to use her wings to serve her country in its darkest hour. Not even the entreaties of her new husband--a sensitive artist who fears for her safety--can dissuade her from doing her part as a proud daughter of Russia. After ... continue
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De Kaart van Zout en Sterren by Zeyn Joukhadar NL
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Betoverend boek voor fans van ‘De zoon van de verhalenverteller’. Hartverscheurend verhaal van een hedendaags Syrisch meisje en een middeleeuwse avonturier, beide verhalen zijn sterk en meeslepend. ‘De kaart van zout en sterren’ van Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar is een betoverend boek voor liefhebbers van ‘De zoon van de verhalenverteller’. Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar vertelt het hartverscheurende verhaal van een hedendaags Syrisch meisje en een middeleeuwse avonturier, en beide verhaallijnen zijn even sterk en meeslepend. Wanneer Nours vader overlijdt, besluit haar moeder met haar drie dochters ter... continue
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Death Comes for the Archbishop : Introduction by A. S. Byatt by Willa Cather EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Willa Cather’s story of the missionary priest Father Jean Marie Latour and his work of faith in the wilderness of the Southwest is told with a spare but sensuous directness and profound artistry—with an Introduction by A. S. Byatt. When Latour arrives in 1851 in the territory of New Mexico, newly acquired by the United States, what he finds is a vast desert region of red hills and tortured arroyos that is American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. Over the next four decades, Latour works gently and tirelessly to spread his faith and to build a soaring cathedral out of the loc... continue
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Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Don't Cry for Me is a perfect song."--Jesmyn Ward A Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise and penetrating novel of empathy and forgiveness, for fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates, Robert Jones Jr. and Alice Walker As Jacob lies dying, he begins to write a letter to his only son, Isaac. They have not met or spoken in many years, and there are things that Isaac must know. Stories about his ancestral legacy in rural Arkansas that extend back to slavery. Secrets from Jacob's tumultuous relationship with Isaac's mother and the shame he carries from t... continue
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Dream on Monkey Mountain : And Other Plays by Derek Walcott EN
Country: North America / 
St. Lucia
St. Lucia
Description:
On a Caribbean island, the morning after a full moon, Felix Hobain tears through the market in a drunken rage. Taken away to sober up in jail, all that night he is gripped by hallucinations: the impoverished hermit believes he has become a healer, walking from village to village, tending to the sick, waiting for a sign from God. In this dream, his one companion, Moustique, wants to exploit his power. Moustique decides to impersonate a prophet himself, ignoring a coffin-maker who warns him he will die and enraging the people of the island. Hobain, half-awake in his desolate jail cell, terrorize... continue
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Du bon usage des étoiles by Dominique Fortier FR
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Mai 1845, les navires Terror et Erebus, sous le commandement de Sir John Franklin, partent à la conquête du mythique passage du Nord-Ouest avec, à leur bord, cent trente-trois hommes et suffisamment de provisions pour survivre trois ans aux rigueurs de l'Arctique. L'expédition doit permettre à l'Angleterre d'asseoir sa suprématie sur le reste du globe, mais les deux navires se trouvent bientôt prisonniers des glaces. Débute alors un tout autre voyage, immobile celui-là, au coeur de la nuit polaire, dont Francis Crozier, commandant du Terror, rend compte dans son journal. Lui-même, qui se langu... continue
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El infinito en la palma de la mano by Gioconda Belli ES
Country: North America / 
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
El mágico relato de nuestros orígenes es probablemente el que más fascinación ha inspirado en la humanidad a lo largo de los tiempos. Pero, más allá de los cuarenta versículos que la Biblia dedica a Adán y Eva, más allá incluso de la leyenda, ¿cómo sería la vida de aquella inocente, valiente y conmovedora primera pareja? ¿Cómo sería aquel universo primigenio? ¿Cuál fue el impulso que motivó a que Eva tomara la manzana prohibida? ¿Y qué pensamientos le pasaron por la cabeza a ambos una vez que comprendieron las consecuencias de lo que Eva acababa de hacer? Prepárese para adentrar en un mundo fa... continue
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El llano en llamas by Juan Rulfo ES
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
En 1953, dos años antes de " Pedro Páramo " , salió a la luz una recopilación de cuentos con el título de " El Llano en llamas " . Los lectores del momento, como los de ahora, sintieron nacer en su interior las preguntas: ¿Quién es Juan Rulfo? ¿Por qué escribe lo que escribe, tanta desolación, esa prosa tan severa y cargada de dolores, soledad y violencia? Esta edición ofrece el texto definitivo de " El Llano en llamas " corregido por la Fundación Juan Rulfo.
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El país de las mujeres by Gioconda Belli ES
Country: North America / Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Description:
Un hipotetico pais latinoamericano es gobernado por una mujer. Relata la historia del Partido de la Izquierda Erotica (PIE). Un gobierno unico compuesto exclusivamente por mujeres.