Below is a general bibliography of books about Brazil in English. Click on the subject headings on the left to display a list of titles. Newer publications appear first.
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 | WILLIAMS, Richard Brazil: Modern Architectures in History Reaktion Books 2009 |
 | LARA, Fernando Luiz The Rise of Popular Modernist Architecture in Brazil University Press of Florida 2008 |
 | PHILIPPOU, Styliane Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence Yale University Press 2008 |
 | SILVA, Roberto New Brazilian Gardens: The Legacy of Burle Marx Thames & Hudson 2006 |
 | WEINTRAUB, Alan Oscar Niemeyer Houses Rizzoli International Publications 2006 |
 | ANDREOLI, Elisabetta Brazil's Modern Architecture Phaidon Press 2004 |
 | SALVAING, Matthieu Oscar Niemeyer Editions Assouline 2002 |
 | DECKKER, Zilah Brazil Built Spon Press 2000 |
 | TURINTA Brazil World Series Road Map Turismo Internacional - Turinta 2008 |
 | TINGAY, Paul Rio de Janeiro Globetrotter Travel Map Globetrotter 2006 |
 | BERNDTSON Brasil Map Berndtson & Berndtson 2005 |
 | HAMMOND Country Maps: Brazil Hammond Incorporated 2005 |
 | GOULDING, M The Smithsonian Atlas of the Amazon Smithsonian Books 2003 |
 | McDONAGH, Francis (Editor) Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings Orbis Books 2009 |
 | BASTIDE, Roger The African Religions of Brazil John Hopkins University Press 2007 |
 | BURDICK, John Blessed Anastacia: Women, Race and Christianity in Brazil Routledge 2007 |
 | BURDICK, John Legacies of Liberation: The Progressive Catholic Church in Brazil Ashgate 2004 |
 | GREENFIELD, Sidney (Editor) Syncretism and Transformation in Africa and the Americas Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2000 |
 | DO NASCIMENTO, Abdias Orishas: Living Gods of Africa in Brazil Temple University Press 1997 |
 | MARSHALL, Oliver Stefan and Lotte Zweig's South American Letters: New York, Argentina and Brazil, 1940-42 Continuum 2010 |
 | MOSER, Benjamin Why this World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector Haus Publishing Limited 2009 |
 | CARDOSO, Fernando Henrique The Accidental President of Brazil Public Affairs 2006 |
 | HILTON, Christopher Ayrton Senna: The Whole Story Haynes Group 2004 |
 | WHITAKER, Robert The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder and Survival in the Amazon Doubleday 2004 |
 | APPLEBY, David Heitor Villa-Lobos: A Life (1887-1959) Scarecrow Press 2002 |
 | ARIAS, Juan Paulo Coelho: Confessions of a Pilgrim Harper Collins 2001 |
 | DA SILVA, Benedita Benedita Da Silva: An Afro-Brazilian Woman's Story of Politics and Love Institute for Food and Development Policy 1997 |
 | MATHEOU, Demetrios The Faber Book of New South American Cinema Faber and Faber 2010 |
 | NAGIB, Lúcia Brazil on Screen: Cinema Novo, New Cinema and Utopia Tauris 2007 |
 | DENNISON, Stephanie Popular Cinema in Brazil Manchester University Press 2004 |
 | NAGIB, Lúcia The New Brazilian Cinema Tauris 2003 |
 | SHAW, Deborah Contemporary Cinema of Latin America Continuum International Publishing 2003 |
 | FOSTER, David William Gender and Society in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema University of Texas Press 1999 |
 | STAM, Robert Tropical Multiculturalism: Comparative History of Race in Brazilian Cinema Duke University Press 1997 |
 | JOHNSON, Randall Brazilian Cinema Columbia University Press 1995 |
 | HEMMING, John Tree of Rivers: The Story of the Amazon Thames and Hudson 2008 |
 | ALLOFS, Theo Pantanal: South America's Wetland Jewel New Holland Publishers Ltd 2007 |
 | CAMPBELL, David A Land of Ghosts Jonathan Cape 2004 |
 | MEE, Margaret Margaret Mee's Amazon: The Diaries of an Artist Explorer Antique Collectors' Club Ltd 2004 |
 | REVKIN, Andrew The Burning Season: The Murder of Chico Mendes and the Fight for the Amazon Rain Forest Shearwater Books 2004 |
 | SLATER, Candace Entangled Edens: Visions of the Amazon University of California Press 2003 |
 | OLIVEIRA, Paulo The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savannah Columbia University Press 2002 |
 | WOOD, Charles Deforestation and Land Use in the Amazon University Press of Florida 2002 |
 | HATOUM, Milton Ashes of the Amazon Bloomsbury Publishing 2008 |
 | MACHADO DE ASSIS, Joaquim Maria A Chapter of Hats and Other Stories Bloomsbury Publishing 2008 |
 | BUARQUE, Chico Budapest Bloomsbury 2004 |
 | COELHO, Paulo Eleven Minutes Thorsons 2004 |
 | AMADO, Jorge Tieta University of Wisconsin Press 2003 |
 | AMADO, Jorge Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Serpent's Tail 1999 |
 | MACHADO DE ASSIS, Joaquim Maria The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas Oxford University Press 1999 |
 | AMADO, Jorge The War of the Saints Dial Press Trade Paperback 1995 |
 | CASTRO ROBERTS, Yara Brazilian Table Gibbs M. Smith 2009 |
 | HAMILTON, Cherie Brazil: A Culinary Journey Hippocrene Books Inc 2005 |
 | BARBOZA PINTO, Carla Brazilian Cooking: Exotic, Tropical Recipes from South America Apple Press 2004 |
 | BEHNKE, Alison Cooking the Brazilian Way Lerner Pub Co 2004 |
 | IDONE, Christopher Brazil: A Cook's Tour Clarkson Potter 1995 |
 | BETHELL, Leslie & MURILO DE CARVALHO, José (Eds.) Joaquim Nabuco, British Abolitionists, and the End of Slavery in Brazil Institute for the Studies of the Americas 2009 |
 | BERGAD, Laird The Comparative Histories of Slavery in Brazil, Cuba, and the United States Cambridge University Press 2007 |
 | MARSHALL, Oliver English, Irish and Irish-American Pioneer Settlers in Nineteenth-century Brazil Centre for Brazilian Studies 2005 |
 | GUENTHER, Louise British Merchants in Nineteenth-Century Brazil Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies 2004 |
 | WILCKEN, Patrick Empire Adrift: The Portuguese Court in Rio de Janeiro (1808-21) Bloomsbury 2004 |
 | FAUSTO, Boris A Concise History of Brazil Cambridge University Press 1999 |
 | BETHELL, Leslie Brazil: Empire and Republic (1822-1930) Cambridge University Press 1989 |
 | BETHELL, Leslie Colonial Brazil Cambridge University Press 1987 |
 | DE QUEIRÓS, Kátia To Be a Slave in Brazil, 1550-1888 Rutgers University Press 1987 |
 | EVERETT, Daniel Don't Sleep There are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle Profile Books 2008 |
 | RABBEN, Linda Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization: The Yanomami and the Kayapo University of Washington Press 2004 |
 | VILLAS BOAS, Orlando & Claudio Xingu: The Indians, Their Myths Souvenir Press 2004 |
 | RAFFLES, Hugh In Amazonia: A Natural History Princeton University Press 2002 |
 | MCINTYRE, Barbara Colloquial Portuguese of Brazil: The Complete Course for Beginners Routledge 2008 |
 | FERREIRA, Fernanda The Everything Learning Brazilian Portuguese Book Adams Media Corporation 2007 |
 | KELLER, Karen Portuguese for Dummies Hungry Minds Inc 2006 |
 | MEANS, Tom Instant Brazilian Portuguese Vocabulary Builder (with CD) Hippocrene Books 2006 |
 | BALLA, Mark Brazilian Portuguese (Lonely Planet Phrasebook) Lonely Planet Publications 2003 |
 | TYSON-WARD, Sue Teach Yourself Brazilian Portuguese (Book and CD) Teach Yourself Publisher 2003 |
 | NITTI, John 501 Portuguese Verbs Barron's Educational Series 1995 |
 | DAVID JACKSON, K Haroldo De Campos: A Dialogue with the Brazilian Concrete Poet Centre for Brazilian Studies 2005 |
 | BETHELL, Leslie Brazil by British and Irish Authors Oxford Centre for Brazilian Studies 2003 |
 | GONZALEZ ECHEVERRIA, Roberto (Editor) The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature: Volume 3, Brazilian Literature Cambridge University Press 1996 |
 | MARTING, Diane Clarice Lispector: A Bio-bibliography Greenwood Press 1993 |
 | CROOK, Larry Brazilian Music: Northeastern Traditions and the Heartbeat of a Modern Nation ABC-CLIO 2005 |
 | VERHAALEN, Marion Camargo Guarnieri, Brazilian Composer Indiana University Press 2005 |
 | CASTRO, Ruy Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World A Cappella Books 2003 |
 | VELOSO, Caetano Tropical Truth: A Story of Music and Revolution in Brazil Bloomsbury 2003 |
 | PERRONE, Charles (Editor) Brazilian Popular Music and Globalization University Press of Florida 2001 |
 | VIANNA, Hermano The Mystery of Samba: Popular Music and National Identity in Brazil University of North Carolina Press 1999 |
 | McGOWAN, Chris The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova and the Popular Music of Brazil Temple University Press 1998 |
 | BOURNE, Richard Lula of Brazil: The Story so far Zed Books Ltd 2008 |
 | KINGSTONE, Peter & POWER, Timothy (Editors) Democratic Brazil Revisited University of Pittsburgh Press 2008 |
 | MONTERO, Alfred Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World Polity Press 2006 |
 | ROBB, Peter A Death in Brazil Picador 2005 |
 | BRANFORD, Sue Lula and the Workers' Party in Brazil New Press 2003 |
 | WAINWRIGHT, Hilary Reclaim the State: Experiments in Popular Democracy Verso Books 2003 |
 | SKIDMORE, Thomas Brazil: Five Centuries of Change Oxford University Press 1999 |
 | HUNTER, Wendy Eroding Military Influence in Brazil: Politicians against Soldiers University of North Carolina Press 1997 |
 | PERLMAN, Janice Favela: Four Decades of Living on the Edge in Rio De Janeiro Oxford University Press 2010 |
 | BURKE, Peter & PALLARES-BURKE, Maria Lucia Gilberto Freyre: Social Theory in the Tropics Peter Lang Ltd 2008 |
 | GAY, Robert Lucia: Testimonies of a Brazilian Drug Dealer's Woman Temple University Press 2005 |
 | JESUS, Carolina Maria Beyond All Pity Souvenir Press 2004 |
 | GOLDSTEIN, Donna Laughter Out of Place: Race, Class, Violence, and Sexuality in a Rio Shantytown University of California Press 2003 |
 | SMALLMAN, Shawn Fear and Memory in the Brazilian Army and Society, 1889-1954 University of North Carolina Press 2002 |
 | LEVINE, Robert (Editor) The Brazil Reader: History, Culture, Politics Latin America Bureau 1999 |
 | SCHEPER-HUGHES, Nancy Death without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil University of California Press 1993 |
 | PELÉ Pelé: The Autobiography Simon & Schuster 2006 |
 | LACEY, Josh God is Brazilian: Charles Miller, The Man who Brought Football to Brazil Tempus Publishing 2005 |
 | CASTRO, Ruy Garrincha: The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero Yellow Jersey Press 2004 |
 | BELLOS, Alex Futebol, The Brazilian Way of Life Bloomsbury 2003 |
 | PALIN, Michael Brazil W & N 2012 |
 | INSIGHT GUIDES Insight Guide to Brazil Insight Guides 2011 |
 | ST LOUIS, Regis Lonely Planet Country Guide: Brazil Lonely Planet Publications 2010 |
 | MARSHALL, Oliver & JENKINS, Dilwyn The Rough Guide to Brazil Rough Guides 2009 |
 | MARSHALL, Oliver & COATES, Robert The Rough Guide to Rio de Janeiro Rough Guides 2009 |
 | GRANN, David The Lost City of Z: A Legendary British Explorer's Deadly Quest to Uncover the Secrets of the Amazon Simon & Schuster Ltd 2009 |
 | ST LOUIS, Regis Lonely Planet City Guide: Rio de Janeiro Lonely Planet Publications 2008 |
 | CHENEY, Glenn Journey on the Estrada Real: Encounters in the Mountains of Brazil Chicago Publishers 2004 |
 | RUIZ, Maximiliano Nuevo Mundo: Latin American Street Art Die Gestalten Verlag 2011 |
 | MEURS, Paul (Editor) Brazil Contemporary: Architecture, Art, Visual Culture and Design NAI Publishers 2009 |