Join us in explore culture and diversity through reading for National Hispanic Heritage Month!
National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated September 15-October 15th. During this month, we take the time to honor Hispanic and Latin Americans through heritage, history and accomplishments. We've pulled an incredible list of books written by Hispanic and Latin American authors that released in 2022 and 2023 to showcase some amazing reads and successes within this community. Everyone can enjoy these books! Plus there's one for every reader type!
best new books for hispanic heritage month
Family Lore: A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
by Elizabeth Acevedo
READER Type: Trendsetter
NATIONAL BESTSELLER | A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! | A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 from: Today.com * Time * Electric Literature * Seattle Times * Telemundo * Washington Post * HipLatina * Harper's Bazaar * Elle * AARP * Shondaland * New York Times * The Millions * LitHub
Longlisted for The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize
Flor has a gift: she can predict, to the day, when someone will die. So when she decides she wants a living wake--a party to bring her family and community together to celebrate the long life she's led--her sisters are surprised. Has Flor foreseen her own death, or someone else's? Does she have other motives? She refuses to tell her sisters, Matilde, Pastora, and Camila.
Tropicália
by Harold Rogers
READER TYPE: BOOKWORM
In the heady days before a New Year's Eve party on the bustling sands of Brazil's Copacabana Beach, a family reckons with a matriarch's long-awaited return, causing old secrets to come to light in this infectiously vibrant debut that explores the heartbreak and hope of what it means to be from two homes, two peoples, and two worlds.
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women
by Sandra Guzman
READER TYPE: LEADING LADY
Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world--from warrior poet Audre Lorde to novelist Edwidge Danticat and performer and author Elizabeth Acevedo and artist/poet Cecilia Vicuña--gathered in one magnificent volume.
The Wind Knows My Name
by Isabel Allende
READER TYPE: TIME TRAVELER
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler is five years old when his father disappears during Kristallnacht--the night his family loses everything.
Arizona, 2019. Eight decades later, Anita Díaz and her mother board another train, fleeing looming danger in El Salvador and seeking refuge in the United States.
Olga Dies Dreaming
by Xochitl Gonzalez
READER TYPE: Trendsetter
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK - WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE - INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Kirkus, Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Vogue, Esquire, Book Riot, Goodreads, EW, Reader's Digest, and more!
It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro "Prieto" Acevedo, are boldfaced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying Latinx neighborhood in Brooklyn, while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's power brokers.
Narcas: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels
by Deborah Bonello
READER TYPE: dissenter
Drug transporters. Money launderers. Killers. Street drug vendors. Weapons traffickers. Kidnappers. Extortionists.
VICE journalist Deborah Bonello reports from the trenches in this first-ever in-depth exploration of the hidden power women wield in Latin American drug cartels
You've heard of Pablo Escobar, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, and Rafael Caro Quintero. Their names conjure ghoulish images of bloody streets, white powder, bundles of weed, and a particular flavor of machismo unique to ruthless druglords. But what of the drugladies, las narcas?
Fitful Sleep of Immigrants
by Orlando Ortega-Medina
READER TYPE: woke up like this
Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal thriller.
Attorney Marc Mendes, the estranged son of a prominent rabbi and a burned-out lawyer with addiction issues, plots his exit from the big city to a more peaceful life in idyllic Napa Valley. But before realizing his dream, the US government summons his Salvadoran life partner Isaac Perez to immigration court, threatening him with deportation.
Silver Nitrate
by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
READER TYPE: Serial reader
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film--and awakens one woman's hidden powers.
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER: The New York Times, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Paste, Lit Hub, CrimeReads
Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she's been in love with him since childhood.
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
by Claire Jimenez
READER TYPE: BEACH READER
A Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by Elle - USA Today - Today.com - People Español
Readers Digest book club pick!
The Ramirez women of Staten Island orbit around absence. When thirteen-year-old middle child Ruthy disappeared after track practice without a trace, it left the family scarred and scrambling. One night, twelve years later, oldest sister Jessica spots a woman on her TV screen in Catfight, a raunchy reality show. She rushes to tell her younger sister, Nina: This woman's hair is dyed red, and she calls herself Ruby, but the beauty mark under her left eye is instantly recognizable. Could it be Ruthy, after all this time?
Alliance with His Stolen Heiress
by Lydia San Andres
READER TYPE: MODERN ROMANTIC
In distancing himself from his nefarious wealthy family, Julian Fuentes has gained a rebellious reputation. Still, he's shocked when heiress Amalia Troncoso hires him to stage her kidnapping! Julian doesn't mind masquerading as a bandit to help Amalia get her inheritance from her tyrannical uncle, or spending time with the bold heiress who's captured his imagination. But will the truth that ties their families together prevent their alliance from becoming more?
Chita: A Memoir
by Chita Rivera
READER TYPE: LEADING LADY
The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chita Rivera--three-time Tony Award-winner, Kennedy Centers honoree, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Haunting of Alejandra
by V Castro
READER TYPE: subject matter expert
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona. Alejandra no longer knows who she is. To her husband, she is a wife, and to her children, a mother. To her own adoptive mother, she is a daughter. But they cannot see who Alejandra has become: a woman struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her.
Vanishing Maps
by Cristina García
READER TYPE: beach reader
From the acclaimed author of Dreaming in Cuban, a follow-up novel that tracks four generations of the del Pino family against the tumultuous backdrops of Cuba, the U.S., Germany, and Russia in the new millennium
Celia del Pino, the matriarch of a far-flung Cuban family, has watched her descendants spread out across the globe, struggling to make sense of their transnational identities and strained relationships with one another. In Berlin, the charismatic yet troubled Ivanito performs on stage as his drag queen persona, while being haunted by the ghost of his mother.
The Shamshine Blind
by Paz Pardo
READER TYPE: dissenter
A beguiling blend of noir detective story and science fiction perfect for fans of Michael Chabon and Emily St. John Mandel, this unputdownable debut imagines a world where emotions have been weaponized, and a small-town law enforcement agent uncovers a conspiracy to take down what's left of American democracy.
Faraway World: Stories
by Patricia Engel
READER TYPE: bookworm
*A New York Times Editors' Choice*
Two Colombian expats meet as strangers on the rainy streets of New York City, both burdened with traumatic pasts. In Cuba, a woman discovers her deceased brother's bones have been stolen, and the love of her life returns from Ecuador for a one-night visit. A cash-strapped couple hustles in Miami, to life-altering ends.
Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino"
by Héctor Tobar
READER TYPE: SPIRITUAL SEEKER
A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about the twenty-first-century Latino experience and identity.
In Our Migrant Souls, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Héctor Tobar delivers a definitive and personal exploration of what it means to be Latino in the United States right now.
First Gen: A Memoir
by Alejandra Campoverdi
READER TYPE: SELF-STARTER
An unflinching memoir about navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina--offering both a riveting personal story and an examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer.
Where Darkness Resides
by Daniel Maldonado
READER TYPE: SERIAL READER
While vacationing at the Regal Isabela resort in Puerto Rico, attorney Daniel Mendoza witnesses what he suspects is an abduction of a hotel guest. He and his private investigator, Pamela Williams, investigate the suspicious activity to determine what really happened.
In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Memoir of Courage
by Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
READER TYPE: MOUNTAIN CLIMBER & GAME DAY HERO
Endless ice. Thin air. The threat of dropping into nothingness thousands of feet below. This is the climb Silvia Vasquez-Lavado braves in her page-turning, pulse-raising memoir chronicling her journey to Mount Everest.
A Latina hero in the elite macho tech world of Silicon Valley, privately, she was hanging by a thread. Deep in the throes of alcoholism, hiding her sexuality from her family, and repressing the abuse she'd suffered as a child, she started climbing.
Urban Folk Tales: Stories
by Y Rodriguez
READER TYPE: SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT
Urban Stories, Urban Lives come together in Urban Folk Tales, a collection of stories infused with elements of magical and spiritual realism.
Dominican Kitchen: Homestyle Recipes That Celebrate the Flavors, Traditions, and Culture of the Dominican Republic
by Vanessa Mota
READER TYPE: WORLD TRAVELER
Learn to make authentic, delicious, and easy Dominican meals with Vanessa Mota, creator of the popular food blog My Dominican Kitchen.
In The Dominican Kitchen, Vanessa Mota, creator of the popular blog My Dominican Kitchen, brings the everyday dishes she grew up with in the Dominican Republic to your busy life.
Throw
by Rubén Degollado
READER TYPE: YOUNG AT HEART
"Llorona was no harmless little pigeon. She was the lechuza, the owl you see just before someone is about to die, the one that haunts you in your dreams and you never want to see in real life because it means you are about to lose someone you love."
True Blue at Heart
by Tori Hernandez
READER TYPE: MODERN ROMANTIC
For her thirtieth birthday, Nina Esquivel impulsively jets off to Australia. As a drone pilot, this should be the trip of a lifetime, but after suffering a terrible accident, she finds herself battered, penniless, homeless, and without a single friend in the Outback. Literally grounded due to the tidal wave of the pandemic, she feels the onslaught of homesickness as her entire life sits across the Pacific Ocean in California.
Familia: 125 Foolproof Mexican Recipes to Feed Your People
by Marcela Valladolid
READER TYPE: COOL MOM/DAD
Foolproof Mexican recipes for families of all kinds, to preserve old traditions and create new ones, from star chef Marcela Valladolid
Hola familia!
This book is what happened when I stopped writing recipes to meet someone else's expectations and started cooking just for myself and my familia.
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories
by Agustina Bazterrica - Sarah Moses
READER TYPE: WORLD TRAVELER
A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh.
From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica's vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected ways--often unsettling, sometimes thrilling, and always profound.
Cuba: A Brief History
by Sergio Guerra Vilaboy - Oscar Loyola Vega - Mary Todd
READER TYPE: LIFELONG LEARNER
A concise, readable and thoroughly revised overview of Cuba written by Cubans for anyone interested in quickly understanding the island country's turbulent history.
My Teacher Has Tattoos
by Darren Lopez - Bhagya Madanasinghe
READER TYPE: COOL MOM/DAD
In Xavier's neighborhood, tattoos represent gang membership. After Xavier catches an unexpected glimpse of his new teacher's tattoos, he learns that there's more than meets the eye when it comes to the cultural significance of tattoos.
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