Books set in United States of America (610)


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Writers and Lovers : A Novel by Lily King EN

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An extraordinary new novel of art, love and ambition from Lily King, the New York Times-bestselling author of Euphoria, which sold over 400,000 copies in North America. Following the breakout success of her critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Euphoria, Lily King returns with an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman. Blindsided by her mother's sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child gol... continue

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Yellow Wallpaper & Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman EN

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In the Longsellers collection, you will find the most read and loved books of all time.Published in 1892, The Yellow Wallpaper, became a classic whenever we talk about feminist literature.The story, told in the format of a diary, tells the story of a woman confined to a room in a country house, under the pretext of treating a condition of "depression and hysteria. Lonely and having her life closely controlled by her husband, she begins to obsess over the wallpaper in her room.Charlotte Perkins Gilman is regarded as pioneer in American feminism. Also known for the utopian feminist novel Herland... continue

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Yellowface : A Novel by R. F. Kuang EN

Rating: 4 (9 votes)
Country: Asia / China flag China
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So what if June edits Athena's novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? Doesn't this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That's what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree. But June can't get away from Athena's shadow, and emerging evidence threatens to bring June's (stolen) success down around her

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Yo! by Julia Alvarez EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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The American odyssey of Yo, a Dominican woman writer whose family arrived in the U.S. as refugees from a dictatorship. The novel follows her youth, with its energy and optimism, and the setbacks as she grows older, including two divorces.

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You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe EN

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Novelist George Webber is driven from his hometown when his successful autobiographical novel infuriates the family and friends he has depicted in it.

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You Exist Too Much : A Novel by Zaina Arafat EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
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A “provocative and seductive debut” of desire and doubleness that follows the life of a young Palestinian American woman caught between cultural, religious, and sexual identities as she endeavors to lead an authentic life (O, The Oprah Magazine). On a hot day in Bethlehem, a 12–year–old Palestinian–American girl is yelled at by a group of men outside the Church of the Nativity. She has exposed her legs in a biblical city, an act they deem forbidden, and their judgement will echo on through her adolescence. When our narrator finally admits to her mother that she is queer, her mother’s response ... continue

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You Truly Assumed by Laila Sabreen EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
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"You Truly Assumed is a beautiful portrayal of the multitude of ways to be Black and Muslim while navigating our contemporary world. A must-read for everyone."--Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars In this compelling and thought-provoking debut novel, after a terrorist attack rocks the country and anti-Islamic sentiment stirs, three Black Muslim girls create a space where they can shatter assumptions and share truths. Sabriya has her whole summer planned out in color-coded glory, but those plans go out the window after a terrorist attack near her home. When the terrorist is assumed to be ... continue

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Zebras im Schnee : Roman by Florian Wacker DE

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Germany flag Germany
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Bei seinen Recherchen zum 75-jährigen Jubiläum des Bauhaus-nahen Stadtplanungsprogramm Neues Frankfurt kommt der New Yorker Kunsthistoriker und Architekt Richard Kugelman an ein Ende der 1920er-Jahre aufgenommenes Foto seiner Mutter Franziska Goldblum. Fotografin ist eine gewisse Ella Burmeister. Immer tiefer taucht Richard während einer Reise in die Main-Metropole in ihre Lebensgeschichte ein – würde er mehr Material von dieser nach dem Krieg völlig zu Unrecht vergessenen Künstlerin finden, wäre seine geplante Ausstellung nicht weniger als eine Sensati... continue

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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M Pirsig EN

Rating: 4.5 (7 votes)
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One of the most important and influential books written in the past half-century, Robert M. Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a powerful, moving, and penetrating examination of how we live . . . and a breathtaking meditation on how to live better. Here is the book that transformed a generation: an unforgettable narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son. A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental question... continue

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Zorro : A Novel by Isabel Allende EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: South America / Peru flag Peru
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A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego's childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal in... continue