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Anita de Monte laughs last
Gonzalez, Xochitl
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * New York Times bestselling author Xochitl Gonzalez delivers a mesmerizing novel about a first-generation Ivy League student who uncovers the genius work of a female artist decades after her suspicious death A Most Anticipated Book of...
The cemetery of untold stories : a novel
Alvarez, Julia
Paper Book
" Literary icon Julia Alvarez, the international bestselling author of In the Time of the Butterflies, returns with an inventive and emotional novel about storytelling that will be an instant classic. Alma Cruz, the celebrated writer at the heart...
Familia
Rico, Lauren E.
Paper Book
"A masterfully woven tale of mystery, reconciliation, and familial love." -Abby Jimenez, New York Times Bestselling Author Readers of Olga Dies Dreaming and fans of Julia Alvarez will be captivated by this spellbinding story told from multiple perspectives and spanning...
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 Great Divide
Henriquez, 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...
The haunting of Alejandra : a novel
Castro, V.
Paper Book
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this "utterly terrifying and wholly immersive . . . story about generational trauma, colonization, systemic oppression, and the horror at the heart of motherhood" (Library Journal, starred review). "Castro is...
High-Risk Homosexual A Memoir
Gomez, Edgar.
Audiobook
House of Bone and Rain
Iglesias, Gabino
Ebook
In this "stunningly visceral" (New York Times Book Review) novel, a group of young men seek vengeance after one of their mothers is murdered in a Puerto Rican slum; STAND BY ME with a haunted, obsidian-dark heart.  For childhood friends Gabe, Xavier, Tavo, Paul,...
How not to drown in a glass of water
Cruz, Angie
Paper Book
How we named the stars : a novel
Ordorica, Andraes N.
Paper Book
When Daniel de La Luna arrives as a scholarship student at an elite East Coast university, he bears the weight of his family's hopes and dreams, and the burden of sharing his late uncle's name. Daniel flounders at first--but then Sam, his roommate, changes everything. As their relationship...
The hurting kind : poems
Limo?n, Ada
Ebook
An astonishing collection about interconnectedness--between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves--from National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ada Limón. "I have always been too sensitive, a weeper /...
Illegally yours : a memoir
Agustin, Rafael
Paper Book
Now in paperback, a funny and poignant memoir about how as a teenager, TV writer Rafael Agustin (Jane The Virgin) accidentally discovered he was undocumented and how that revelation turned everything he thought he knew about himself and his family upside down.
Into the light
Oshiro, Mark
Paper Book
When you're like me, you have to lie. It's been one year since Manny was cast out of his family and driven into the wilderness of the American Southwest. Since then, Manny lives by self-taught rules that keep him moving--and keep him alive. Now, he's taking a chance on a...
Isabel and the rogue
De la Rosa, Liana
Paper Book
When a Mexican heiress defies Victorian society to protect her country a British war hero makes it his new mission to protect her... Isabel Luna Valdés has long since resigned herself to being the "forgotten" Luna sister. But thanks to familial connections to the Mexican...
Like happiness
Villarreal-Moura, Ursula
Paper Book
Named an Indie Next pick, and a Most Anticipated Book by Today.com, ELLE, Electric Literature, Them, HipLatina, LGBT Reads, Debutiful, LA Daily News, NPR, and more. A Best Book of 2024 (so far) from Elle, Bookshop, and Libby A searing debut about the...
Las madres : a novel
Santiago, Esmeralda
Paper Book
From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, a powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together They refer...
Malas
Fuentes, Marcela (Fiction writer)
Paper Book
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK   "A vivacious, page-turning novel of rebellion and rebirth." --Xochitl Gonzalez, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies Dreaming and Anita de Monte Laughs Last A story full of...
My broken language : a memoir
Hudes, Quiara Alegría
Paper Book
Quiara Alegría Hudes was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced in her grandmother's North Philly kitchen. She was awed but haunted by the secrets of the family and the untold stories of the barrio - even as she tried to find her own voice in the sea of language around her,...
Neruda on the park : a novel
Natera, Cleyvis
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE * An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification "Strikes all the right notes--captivating characters, lyrical language,...
Olga dies dreaming
Gonzalez, Xochitl
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · WINNER OF THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PRIZE * INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARD FINALIST A blazing talent debuts with the tale of a status-driven wedding planner grappling with her social...
Raiders of the lost heart
Segura, Jo
Paper Book
An Indie Next and LibraryReads Pick! Rival archaeologists must team up on a secret Aztec expedition, or it could leave their careers--and hearts--in ruins. Archaeologist Dr. Socorro "Corrie" Mejía has a bone to pick. Literally.  It's been Corrie's...
Sia Martinez and the moonlit beginning of everything
Vasquez Gilliland, Raquel
Paper Book
"In a world where we are so often dividing ourselves into us and them, this book feels like a kind of magic, celebrating all beliefs, ethnicities, and unknowns." --The New York Times Book Review Aristotle & Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets Roswell...
Silver nitrate
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From the 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. ...
Solito : a memoir
Zamora, Javier
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller * Read With Jenna Book Club Pick as seen on Today * Winner of the Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiography * Winner of the American Library Association Alex Award A young poet tells the inspiring story of his ...
Trejo : my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood
Trejo, Danny
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "If you're a fan like I am this is definitely the book for you." --Pete Davidson, actor, producer, and cast member on Saturday Night Live "Danny's incredible life story shows that even though we may fall down...
Vampires of El Norte
Cañas, Isabel
Paper Book
As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters - her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead....
Where there was fire
Arias, John Manuel
Paper Book
A lush and atmospheric novel about three generations of a Costa Rican family wrestling with a deadly secret, from rising literary star John Manuel Arias "An exciting new voice with a prowess for lyricism." ―Publishers Weekly NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A...

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