Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (1221)
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Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Intrigued by contemporary reports of a sensational murder trial in 1843 Canada, Atwood has drawn a compelling portrait of what might have been.
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Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
A breathtaking novel of a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life—from the bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments Disturbing, humorous, and compassionate, Cat’s Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of friendship, longing, and betrayal. Elaine must come to terms with her own identity as a daughter, a lover, an ... continue
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Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
War brought them together. Love will tear them apart. Princess Cleo of Mytica confronts violence for the first time in her life when a shocking murder sets her kingdom on a path to collapse. Once a privileged royal, Cleo must now summon the strength to survive in this new world and fight for her rightful place as Queen. The King of Limeros’s son, Magnus, must plan each footstep with shrewd, sharp guile if he is to earn his powerful father’s trust, while his sister, Lucia, discovers a terrifying secret about her heritage that will change everything. Rebellious Jonas lashes out against the force... continue
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Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"From the author of the YA-crossover hit The Marrow Thieves, a propulsive, stunning and sensuous novel inspired by the traditional Métis story of the Rogarou--a werewolf-like creature that haunts the roads and woods of Métis communities. A messed-up, grown-up, Little Red Riding Hood. Broken-hearted Joan has been searching for her husband, Victor, for almost a year--ever since he went missing on the night they had their first serious argument. One terrible, hungover morning in a Walmart parking lot in a little town near Georgian Bay, she is drawn to a revival tent where the local Métis have bee... continue
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A Thousand Nights by E. K. Johnston EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"Lo-Melkhiin killed three hundred girls before he came to my village, looking for a wife."When Lo-Melkhiin - a formidable king - arrives at her desert home, she knows that he will take her beautiful sister for a wife. Desperate to save her sister from certain death, she makes the ultimate sacrifice - leaving home and family behind to live with a fearful man. But it seems that a strange magic flows between her and Lo-Melkhiin, and night after night, she survives. Finding power in storytelling, the words she speaks are given strange life of their own. Little things, at first: a dress from home, ... continue
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Through the Woods by Emily Carroll EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
'It came from the woods. Most strange things do.'Five mysterious, spine-tingling stories follow journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyss.These chilling tales spring from the macabre imagination of acclaimed and award-winning comic creator Emily Carroll.Come take a walk in the woods and see what awaits you there...
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The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
This short novel conjures up the solitary daily life of Bilodo, a postman who shares his Montreal apartment with his goldfish, Bill. As a result of his indiscretion (the steaming open of personal correspondence), Bilodo becomes involved in an exchange of haiku between the woman of his dreams, a Guadeloupean beauty, and Gaston Grandpre, an eccentric intellectual whose mail Bilodo delivers. Around these events, Denis theriault weaves a passionate tragicomic love story full of twists and turns, but also rich in dazzling descriptions of lush, tropical landscapes and subtle evocations of the sober,... continue
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Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
DAY ONE The Georgia Flu explodes over the surface of the earth like a neutron bomb. News reports put the mortality rate at over 99%. WEEK TWO Civilization has crumbled. YEAR TWENTY A band of actors and musicians called the Travelling Symphony move through their territories performing concerts and Shakespeare to the settlements that have grown up there. Twenty years after the pandemic, life feels relatively safe. But now a new danger looms, and he threatens the hopeful world every survivor has tried to rebuild. STATION ELEVEN Moving backwards and forwards in time, from the glittering years just... continue
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Hochverrat: Greatcoats by Sebastien de Castell DE
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
In einem Reich, das durch die Gier der Mächtigen zugrunde gerichtet wurde, kämpft Falcio val Mond, oberster Kantor der Greatcoats, unerschütterlich für Recht und Ordnung. Als ein grausames Verbrechen an einem Duke und seiner Familie verübt wird, nimmt der Krieger die Fährte des Mörders auf. Doch bald muss er erkennen, dass er das Opfer eines schrecklichen Verrats ist: Ein tödliches Gift jagt durch seine Venen. Plötzlich ist jeder Moment im Kampf gegen den Feind kostbarer denn je. Kann Falcio den Bürgerkrieg verhindern, der das Land ins Chaos zu... continue
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town is a sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is Mariposa, a small town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in Orillia, Ontario, Leacock notes: "Mariposa is not a real town. On the contrary, it is about seventy or eighty of them. You may find them all the way from Lake Superior to the sea, with the same square streets and the same maple trees and the same churches a... continue