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BostonPL_Books from the Americas: Recommendations for Winter Reading 2025

Are you looking for a suggestion for the "Book from the Americas" challenge in this year's Winter Reading Challenge? Check out one of our picks for a great read! However, you do NOT have to follow our recommendations—you can read any book that you think fits the theme. Not signed up for Winter Reading yet? No problem! Click the link at the end of the list to learn more about Winter Reading at the Boston Public Library, including information about the challenges, prizes, and how to sign up.

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  • Fiction. Talty is a Penobscot Indian Nation citizen living in Maine.
    BookPortland, Oregon : Tin House, 2024. — FICTION TALTY M
  • Fiction. Garcia Marquez was born in Colombia and later lived in Mexico.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — FICTION GARCIAMA G
  • Fiction. Hokeah is a Cherokee Nation and the Kiowa Tribe member with Mexican heritage. He lives in Oklahoma.
    BookChapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2022. — FICTION HOKEAH O
  • Romance. Guel was born and raised and still lives in Los Angeles, CA.
    BookTallahassee, FL : Bella Books, 2023. — ROMANCE GUEL M
  • Novella. Rulfo was born and raised in Mexico.
    BookDallas, Texas : Deep Vellum Publishing, [2017]. — Rulfo, J.
  • Horror. Moreno-Garcia was born in Mexico.
    BookNew York : Del Rey, [2020]. — FICTION MORENOGA S
  • Black Dove

    Mamá, Mi'jo, and Me

    Castillo, Ana,
    Biography. Castillo is a Mexican American author living in Chicago, IL.
    BookNew York City : The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2016. — PS3553.A8135 Z46 2016
  • Gothic Fiction. Cañas has lived in Mexico and the United States.
    BookNew York : Berkley, 2022. — FICTION CANAS I
  • Graphic Novel. Dash lives in Richmond, VA.
    Graphic NovelNew York : New York Review Comics, 2024. — GRAPHIC BLURRY
  • Science Fiction/Fantasy. Jones is a Blackfeet Native American raised in Texas and now lives in Colorado.
    BookNew York : Tom Doherty Associates, 2017. — Jones, S.
  • Mystery. Piñeiro was born in and still lives In Argentina.
    BookEdinburgh : Charco Press, 2021. — FICTION PINEIRO C
  • Romance. Hoffman lives in Brooklyn, NY.
    BookNew York : The Dial Press, [2024] — ROMANCE HOFFMAN K
  • Horror/ Historical Fiction. Due lives in Washington state.
    BookNew York : Saga Press, 2023. — FICTION DUE T
  • Nonfiction. Quindlen was born in Philadelphia, PA.
    BookNew York : Random House, 2000. — BJ1581.2 .Q56 2000
  • Horror/ Historical Fiction. Katsu lives in Washington, D.C.
    BookNew York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2019. — FICTION KATSU A
  • Historical Fiction. Earling is a member of the Bitterroot Salish tribe and lives in Washington state.
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2023 — FICTION EARLING D
  • Romance. Originally from Florida, Alexander now lives in NYC.
    BookNew York : Emily Bestler Books/Atria, 2023. — ROMANCE ALEXANDE T
  • Taaqtumi

    An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories

    Horror Stories. This anthology features stories from Northern authors from the Canadian Arctic.
    BookIqaluit, Nunavut ; Toronto, Ontario : Inhabit Media, [2019] — FICTION TAAQTUMI
  • Paper Boat

    New and Selected Poems, 1961-2023

    Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
    Poems. Atwood was born in and still lives in Canada.
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — PR9199.3.A8 P37 2024