Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (1210)
151.
Still Life : A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel by Louise Penny EN
Country: North America / 
Canada
Canada
Description:
Read the series that inspired Three Pines on Prime Video. In Still Life, bestselling author Louise Penny introduces Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec. Winner of the New Blood Dagger, Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys awards. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surêté du Québec and his team of investigators are called in to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, just north of the U.S. border, has been found dead in the woods. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident a... continue
152.
HUGE by Brent Butt EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
In comedy, killing is a good thing. From the award-winning screenwriter and International Emmy nominee comes this unexpectedly dark and twisted thriller. It's 1994, and three stand-up comedians have embarked on a tour of smaller communities across a remote stretch of rural Canadian countryside. Dale is a 40-something comic from Chicago who's on the back half of a mediocre career and thinking about quitting the business. Rynn is a 20-something fast-rising comedy star from Dublin with a big break into TV on her horizon. And who is this third guy, the hulking young man added to the bill at the la... continue
153.
The Swan Suit by Katherine Fawcett EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Yearn for a life of celibacy? Why not try sealing each of your orifices one by one with silicon caulk from the hardware store until your randy husband gets the message and turns into a tree? This is a totally reasonable chain of events--if you're a character in one of Katherine Fawcett's dark, quirky stories. Blending banalities of everyday human dilemmas and routines with elements of fairy tales, magic, the macabre or the downright inventive, Fawcett's fiction is anything but predictable. One of the three little pigs launches a line of high-end, easy-to-prepare, wolf broth-based meals. The De... continue
154.
Jonny Appleseed : A Novel by Joshua Whitehead EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
A tour-de-force debut novel about a Two-Spirit Indigiqueer young man and proud NDN glitter princess who must reckon with his past when he returns home to his reservation.
155.
Indian Horse : A Novel by Richard Wagamese EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he's a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he's sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace, and he grudgingly comes to see that he'll find it only through telling his story. With him, readers embark on a journey back through the life he's led as a northern Ojibway, with all its joys and sorrows. With compassion and insight, author Richard Wagamese traces through his fictional characters the decline of a culture and a cultural way. For Saul, taken forcibly from the lan... continue
156.
Take Us to Your Chief : And Other Stories by Drew Hayden Taylor EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
A forgotten Haudenosaunee social song beams into the cosmos like a homing beacon for interstellar visitors. A computer learns to feel sadness and grief from the history of atrocities committed against First Nations. A young Native man discovers the secret to time travel in ancient petroglyphs. Drawing inspiration from science fiction legends like Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, Drew Hayden Taylor frames classic science-fiction tropes in an Aboriginal perspective. The nine stories in this collection span all traditional topics of science fiction--from peaceful aliens to hostile... continue
157.
Moon of the Crusted Snow : A Novel by Waubgeshig Rice EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
With winter looming, a small northern Anishinaabe community goes dark. Cut off, people become passive and confused. Panic builds as the food supply dwindles. While the council and community members struggle to maintain order, an unexpected visitor arrives, escaping the crumbling society to the south. Soon after, others follow. Frustrated by the building chaos, a group of young friends and their families turn to the land and Anishinaabe tradition in hopes of helping their community thrive again. Guided through the chaos by an unlikely leader, they endeavour to restore order while grappling with... continue
158.
The Bradshaw Variations : A Novel by Rachel Cusk EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"Originally published in 2009 by Faber and Faber Limited, Great Britain. Published in the United States in 2010 By Farrar, Strauss and Giroux"--Title page verso.
159.
Sauvagines by Gabrielle Filteau-Chiba FR
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"Pourquoi donc a-t-on tant besoin de posséder la beauté ? Et si on la laissait vivre en paix dans l'espoir de la recroiser un jour ?" Garde-forestière, Raphaëlle vit dans une cabane isolée au coeur de la forêt du Kamouraska. Pour rien au monde elle n'échangerait cette vie loin des hommes. Mais une nuit, sa chienne disparaît. Raphaëlle suspecte rapidement des braconniers et les prend en chasse. Elle ignore que, depuis l'ombre, des yeux la guettent. Dans cette nature aussi belle que féroce, proie et pr&eacut... continue
160.
Taaqtumi : An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories by Aviaq Johnston, Richard Van Camp, Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley, Anguti Johnston, Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley EN
Country: North America / Canada
Canada
Description:
"Taaqtumi" is an Inuktitut word that means "in the dark"--and these spine-tingling horror stories by Northern writers show just how dangerous darkness can be. These chilling tales from award-winning authors Van Camp, Rachel and Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley, Aviaq Johnston, and others will thrill and entertain even the most seasoned horror fan. fan.