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The Americas

Books in this genre are set in or about the Americas.

Most Read This Week Tagged "The Americas"

The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature

Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along

Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

Conquistadores: A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest

Fear Is Just a Word: A Missing Daughter, a Violent Cartel, and a Mother's Quest for Vengeance

Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America's First Humanitarian Mission

The Last Emperor of Mexico: The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World

A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South

American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850

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Neither Black Nor White by Carl N. Degler

The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the... by Laird W. Bergad

The Hidden History of Capoeira by Maya Talmon-Chvaicer

The Masters And The Slaves by Gilberto Freyre

Slavery in Brazil - Escravidão no Brasil

48 books — 3 voters

Non US-Centric Science Fiction

83 books — 31 voters

Fur, Fortune, and Empire by Eric Jay Dolin

A Naked View of the Trans-Pacific Partnership by Timothy Barnes

The Archaeology of the North American Fur Trade by Michael S. Nassaney

Trade and Resources

143 books — 13 voters

Escape Across the Wide Sea by Katherine Kirkpatrick

Slavery in the Caribbean in YA & MG Historical Fiction

14 books — 8 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

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151 books — 27 voters

Best Conspiracy Theories Books

22 books — 21 voters

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― Rita Williams-Garcia, One Crazy Summer

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