Books To Read for Latine & Hispanic Heritage Month

Updated September 12, 2025
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Archive of unknown universes : a novel
Reyes, Ruben, Jr.
Paper Book
From the critically acclaimed author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven, a piercing debut novel following two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war--a stunning exploration of the mechanisms of fate, the gravity of the past, and the endurance of love. "Beautiful...
The bewitching
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. "In Silvia Moreno-Garcia's sure hands, every uncovered secret is...
Catalina : a novel
Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD * A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the...
Family lore : a novel
Acevedo, Elizabeth
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! Winner of the NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize From National Book Award-winning author Elizabeth Acevedo comes the story...
The friend
Nunez, Sigrid
Paper Book
When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatised by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and...
The great divide : a novel
Henríquez, Cristina
Paper Book
A TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club Pick! A powerful novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived, loved, and labored there It is said that the canal will be the greatest feat of engineering in history. But first, it must be built...
Hombrecito
Sanchez, Santiago Jose
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUNG LIONS FICTION AWARD NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND KIRKUS REVIEWS A novel by a brilliant new voice, Hombrecito is a queer coming-of-age story about a young immigrant's complex relationships with his mother...
The house on Mango Street
Cisneros, Sandra
Paper Book
The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero, a young Latina girl growing up in Chicago, inventing for herself who and what she will become. Told in a series of vignettes-sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous-Sandra Cisneros' masterpiece is a classic story...
How to love better : the path to deeper connection through growth, kindness, and compassion
Yung Pueblo (Writer)
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The beloved author of Lighter offers a blueprint for deepening your compassion, kindness, and gratitude so you can truly grow in harmony with another person and build stronger connections in all your relationships. "A beautiful offering from...
In the time of the butterflies
Alvarez, Julia
Paper Book
Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2024, internationally bestselling author and literary icon Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies is "beautiful, heartbreaking and alive ... a lyrical work of historical fiction based on the story of the Mirabal sisters,...
My Mexican kitchen : 100 recipes rich with tradition, flavor, and spice
Longoria, Eva
Paper Book
A celebration of Mexican ingredients and traditions--plus 100 favorite recipes--from Eva Longoria While hosting Searching for Mexico on CNN, Eva Longoria reconnected with her Mexican roots and tasted iconic Mexican dishes like meat-stuffed Chiles en Nogada draped in...
My name is Emilia del Valle : a novel
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * In this "stunning" (People), "riveting" (Entertainment Weekly) historical novel, a young writer journeys to South America to uncover the truth about her father--and herself. "All of Allende's books, My Name Is Emilia del Valle...
Olga dies dreaming
Gonzalez, Xochitl
CD
"All three narrators are Puerto Rican-born and deliver the Spanish passages with musical grace, thereby enhancing an already fine novel." --The Washington Post A blazing new talent debuts with the story of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her absent mother, her...
Oye: A Novel (Large Print)
Mogollon, Melissa
Paper Book
The possession of Alba Di?az
Can?as, Isabel
Paper Book
When a demonic presence awakens deep in a Mexican silver mine, the young woman it seizes must turn to the one man she shouldn't trust...from bestselling author Isabel Cañas. In 1765, plague sweeps through Zacatecas. Alba flees with her wealthy merchant parents and fiancé, Carlos,...
The self-made widow
Nicieza, Fabian
Paper Book
From the cocreator of Deadpool and author of Suburban Dicks comes a diabolically funny murder mystery that features two unlikely sleuths investigating a murder that reveals the dark underbelly of suburban marriage.     After mother of five and...
Solito
Zamora, Javier
Paper Book
Ganador del Alex Award en 2022 Ganador del Christopher Isherwood Prize en 2022 BESTSELLER DEL NEW YORK TIMES * RECOMENDADO POR JENNA BUSH EN SU CLUB DE LECTURA DEL TODAY SHOW Y EN SU PODCAST READ WITH JENNA Entre los 100 libros más notables del 2022,...
Trust
Díaz, Hernán
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 BOOKER PRIZE "Buzzy and...
Until August
García Márquez, Gabriel
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude--a moving tale of female desire and abandon   Sitting alone beside the languorous blue...
Victim : a novel
Boryga, Andrew
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE * AN NPR, BBC, AND DEBUTIFUL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR * There's a fine line between bending the truth and telling bold-faced lies, and Javier Perez is willing to cross it. Victim is a fearless satire about a hustler from the Bronx who sees through the...
When Javi dumped Mari : a novel
Sosa, Mia
Paper Book
AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER A Most Anticipated Book of 2025 NPR * People * Bustle * Paste Magazine * Latinx in Publishing * BookBub One engagement. Two best friends. Three's a crowd. On the...
The wind knows my name : a novel
Allende, Isabel
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * "The lives of a Jewish boy escaping Nazi-occupied Europe and a mother and daughter fleeing twenty-first-century El Salvador intersect in this ambitious, intricate novel about war and immigration" (People), from the author of A Long Petal of the Sea and...

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