Read Around North America Challenge
Read at least one book by an author from each country in North America.
Best books from North America (1211)
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Slewfoot : A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Set in Colonial New England, Slewfoot is a tale of magic and mystery, of triumph and terror as only dark fantasist Brom can tell it. Connecticut, 1666. An ancient spirit awakens in a dark wood. The wildfolk call him Father, slayer, protector. The colonists call him Slewfoot, demon, devil. To Abitha, a recently widowed outcast, alone and vulnerable in her pious village, he is the only one she can turn to for help. Together, they ignite a battle between pagan and Puritan – one that threatens to destroy the entire village, leaving nothing but ashes and bloodshed in their wake. “If it is a devil y... continue
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
FROM THE MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF EILEEN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Savage, funny, frequently on the verge of teetering into lunacy... My Year of Rest and Relaxationis a non-negotiable in your holiday carry-on this summer' Vogue It's the year 2000 in a city aglitter with wealth and possibility; what could be so terribly wrong? Our narrator has many of the advantages of life- Young, thin, pretty, a recent Columbia graduate, she lives in an apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan paid for, like everything else, by her inheritance. But there is a vacuum at the heart of things, a... continue
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Por Quien Doblan Las Campanas by Ernest Hemingway ES
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
En los tupidos bosques de pinos de una región montañosa española, un grupo de milicianos se dispone a volar un puente esencial para la ofensiva republicana. La acción cortará las comunicaciones por carretera y evitará el contraataque de los sublevados. Robert Jordan, un joven voluntario de las Brigadas Internacionales, es el dinamitero experto que ha vendido a España para volar dicho puente. Allí, en las montañas, descubrirá los peligros y la intensa camaradería de la guerra. Y d escubrirá también a María, una joven rescatada por los milicianos de manos de las fuerzas sublevadas de Franco, de ... continue
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París era una fiesta by Ernest Hemingway ES
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Leí el inolvidable "París era una fiesta" varias veces, siempre con el mismo interés. Es un testimonio donde este genial escritor plasmó su fe inquebrantable en los hombres que tienen el valor para no claudicar. Los que, en medio de la pobreza y el frío de los inviernos sis calefacción, siguieron escribiendo y viviendo intensamente, dando un lugar a la creación por sobre todas las cosas.
Un testimonio de aquel París que yo conocí como científico del Institut Curie, y que ya no conoceremos más.
-Ernesto Sab... continue
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El viejo y el mar by Ernest Hemingway ES
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Escrito por encargo de la revista Life, y más tarde llevada al cine con un magnífico Spencer Tracy, que encarnaba a este viejo pescador falto de suerte, que, como última carta del destino, se juega a vida y muerte en alta mar. El hombre enfrentado a su límite, la tragedia esencial de la obra y la vida de este gran escritor.
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Fifty Words for Rain : A Novel by Asha Lemmie EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick and New York Times Bestseller! From debut author Asha Lemmie, “a lovely, heartrending story about love and loss, prejudice and pain, and the sometimes dangerous, always durable ties that link a family together.” —Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Nightingale Kyoto, Japan, 1948. “Do not question. Do not fight. Do not resist.” Such is eight-year-old Noriko “Nori” Kamiza’s first lesson. She will not question why her mother abandoned her with only these final words. She will not fight her confinement to the attic of her grandparents’ ... continue
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You Can't Go Home Again by Thomas Wolfe EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
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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Don’t Know Tough by Eli Cranor EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD WINNER OF THE PETER LOVESEY FIRST CRIME NOVEL CONTEST Friday Night Lights gone dark with Southern Gothic; Eli Cranor delivers a powerful noir that will appeal to fans of Wiley Cash and Megan Abbott. In Denton, Arkansas, the fate of the high school football team rests on the shoulders of Billy Lowe, a volatile but talented running back. Billy comes from an extremely troubled home: a trailer park where he is terrorized by his mother’s abusive boyfriend. Billy takes out his anger on the field, but when his savagery crosses a line, he faces suspension. Without Billy Lowe,... continue
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare novels that have changed the shape of American literature. For not only does Ralph Ellison's nightmare journey across the racial divide tell unparalleled truths about the nature of bigotry and its effects on the minds of both victims and perpetrators, it gives us an entirely new model of what a novel can be.
As he journeys from the Deep South to the streets and basements of Harlem, from a horrifying "battle royal" where black men are reduced to fighting animals, to a Communist ... continue
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