NORTH AMERICA

Anguilla (non-self-governing territory): Melinda Blanchard and Robert Blanchard: A Trip to the Beach: Living on Island Time in the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda: Jamaica Kincaid: A Small Place
Bahamas: Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe: The Bahama Queen: The Autobiography of Gertrude "Cleo" Lythgoe: Prohibition's Daring Beauty: Including With the Whiskey Smugglers by H. De Winton Wigley
Barbados: Frank Collymore: The Man Who Loved Attending Funerals
Belize: Rosita Arvigo with Nadine Epstein and Marilyn Yaquinto: Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer
Bermuda (non-self-governing territory): Mary Prince, Sara Salih (Editor), et al.: The History of Mary Prince
British Virgin Islands (non-self-governing territory):
Canada: Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale
Costa Rica: Richard Garrigues: The Birds of Costa Rica: A Field Guide
Cuba: Cristina García: Dreaming in Cuban
Dominica: Jean Rhys: The Wide Sargasso Sea
Dominican Republic: Junot Díaz: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
El Salvador: [note: I decided to use Alegría for Nicaragua instead, and will read something by Horacio Castellanos Moya]
Grenada: Richardo Keens-Douglas: The Nutmeg Princess
Guadeloupe (overseas department of France): Gisèle Pineau: The Drifting of Spirits
Guatemala: Popol Vuh: Allen J. Christenson & Anonymous: The Sacred Book of the Maya: The Great Classic of Central American Spirituality, Translated from the Original Maya Text
Haiti: Edwidge Danticat: Breath, Eyes, Memory
Honduras: Elvia Alvarado & Medea Benjamin (Tr., Ed.): Don't Be Afraid, Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart
Jamaica: Michelle Cliff: Claiming an Identity They Taught Me to Despise
Mexico: Laura Esquivel: Like Water for Chocolate
Nicaragua: Claribel Alegría and Carolyn Forche (Tr.): Flowers from the Volcano
Panama: Nancy Mankins: Hostage: The Incredible True Story of the Kidnapping of Three American Missionaries
Puerto Rico (US territory): Esmeralda Santiago: When I Was Puerto Rican
St. Croix (USVI): Florence Lewisohn: Divers Information on the Romantic History of St. Croix: From the Time of Columbus until Today
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Miriam H. Huggins: Miriam Gone Home: The Life of Sister Huggins
Saint Lucia: Derek Walcott: The Prodigal: A Poem
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Vivian Child: City of Arches: Memories of an Island Capital, Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago: Samuel Selvon: A Brighter Sun
Turks and Caicos Islands (non-self-governing territory): Charles Palmer: Living in the Turks & Caicos Islands: From Conchs...to the Florida Lottery
United States: Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness