Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (1137)
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Love, Anger, Madness : A Haitian Trilogy by Marie Chauvet EN
Country: North America / 
Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Now in English for the first time, this major work of Haitian literature is a powerfully rendered response to life under an oppressive regime Suppressed immediately upon publication in 1968 and finally released in France in 2005, this stunning trilogy, brilliantly introduced by Edwidge Danticat, is a scathing response to the powerful racial, sexual, and class struggles that rule Haiti. InLove, three sisters entangle themselves in each other’s love lives, creating a complicated family dynamic that echoes the growing chaos outside of the house. InAnger, the daughter of a middle-class family terr... continue
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Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year In this deeply personal book, the celebrated Haitian-American writer Edwidge Danticat reflects on art and exile. Inspired by Albert Camus and adapted from her own lectures for Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lecture Series, here Danticat tells stories of artists who create despite (or because of) the horrors that drove them from their homelands. Combining memoir and essay, these moving and eloquent pieces examine what it means to be an artist from a country in crisis. BONUS MATERIAL: This edition includes an excerpt from E... continue
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I Am a Japanese Writer : A Novel by Dany Laferrière EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
A devilishly intelligent new novel by the internationally bestselling author and Prix Mï??dicis winner. A black writer from Montreal has found the perfect title for his next book: I Am a Japanese Writer. His publisher gives him an advance on the strength of the title alone. The problem is, he can't seem to write a word of it. He can scarcely summon the energy to put pen to paper, and so he nurses his writer's block by taking long baths, re-reading the works of Japanese poet Basho and engaging in amorous intrigues with rising pop star Midori and her entourage of vampire girls. For the writer, t... continue
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My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich by Ibi Zoboi EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
National Book Award-finalist Ibi Zoboi makes her middle-grade debut with a moving story of a girl finding her place in a world that's changing at warp speed. Twelve-year-old Ebony-Grace Norfleet has lived with her beloved grandfather Jeremiah in Huntsville, Alabama ever since she was little. As one of the first black engineers to integrate NASA, Jeremiah has nurtured Ebony-Grace’s love for all things outer space and science fiction—especially Star Wars and Star Trek. But in the summer of 1984, when trouble arises with Jeremiah, it’s decided she’ll spend a few weeks with her father in Harlem. H... continue
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Claire de Luz Marina by Edwidge Danticat ES
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
Unos meses antes del nacimiento de Claire de Luz Marina, mientras nadaba en el mar durante una pesca nocturna, su madre mira hacia el cerro Anthère. Ve las luces de sus mansiones brillar, formando racimos a la distancia. En lo alto, un poco más abajo de la loma embrujada Mòn Initil, parpadea el antiguo faro. Avanza entre los peces, partiendo en dos la superficie iluminada del mar, y a su paso las algas centellantes se desvanecen como en un espejismo. Las numerosas chozas de madera frente a la playa, con sus techos de paja y hojalata, completan la vista hacia el pueblo Vill... continue
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Everything Inside : Stories by Edwidge Danticat EN
Country: North America / Haiti
Haiti
Description:
From the bestselling author of Claire of the Sea Light and Brother, I'm Dying comes a long-awaited return to fiction: a gorgeous collection of stories about community, family, and love.
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Senselessness by Horacio Castellanos Moya EN
Country: North America / 
Honduras
Honduras
Description:
A Rainmaker Translation Grant Winner from the Black Mountain Institute: Senselessness, acclaimed Salvadoran author Horacio Castallanos Moya's astounding debut in English, explores horror with hilarity and electrifying panache. A boozing, sex-obsessed writer finds himself employed by the Catholic Church (an institution he loathes) to proofread a 1,100 page report on the army's massacre and torture of thousands of indigenous villagers a decade earlier, including the testimonies of the survivors. The writer's job is to tidy it up: he rants, "that was what my work was all about, cleaning up and gi... continue
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The Young Man That Challenged Death by Santos Chavez EN
Country: North America / Honduras
Honduras
Description:
The reason that made me write this book is the following. I been walking for over 20 years over a dark path in my life. I want to send a messege to all the children that had been abuse around the world. For them to belive on their self because on the end of the path their is a special light for each of them. I also want to explain a bit about all the despites of all our Central American brothers that risk everything to get to the United States. Many adventures many pathways we went through. Mamy mothers cried for what had been there treasures. Dreams that have been impossible. To the friends w... continue
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Complete Works and Other Stories by Augusto Monterroso EN
Country: North America / Honduras
Honduras
Description:
These translations of short stories reveal Monterroso as a foundational author of the new Latin American narrative.