Fiction - Hispanic & Latino

LONGLISTED for the 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION An urgent, essential collection of stories about immigration, broken dreams, Los Angeles gang members, Latin American families, and other tales of high stakes journeys, from the MacArthur "genius" and award-winning author of War by Candlelight...

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2024Also available in audio featuring narration by Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, and Michael Cera."Instantly fascinating, brimming with twisting narratives and unforgettable endings... The Last Dream stands alone as a major literary talent's virtuosic debut." --Kaveh Akbar, New York...

Instant New York Times bestseller One of Bustle's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020 "The perfect riveting summer read!"--BookBub In 1935 three women are forever changed when one of the most powerful hurricanes in history barrels toward the Florida Keys. For the tourists traveling...

*Winner of the inaugural DAG Prize for Literature**Winner of the Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction**A Heartland Booksellers Award Nominee**An NPR Best Book of the Year**A BookPage Best Book of the Year**A Library Journal Best Winter/Spring Debut of 2020**A Most Anticipated Book of...

"This captivating story is an ode to book lovers!"--Woman's World A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day unites three women--and their secrets--in this unforgettable novel from New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton....

"This captivating story is an ode to book lovers!"--Woman's World A mysterious book with a legacy spanning from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day unites three women--and their secrets--in this unforgettable novel from New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton....

A plucky librarian and an archaeologist on the run fake an engagement to save their lives, leading them into the labyrinth of their own desires. Daniela Guiterrez has been in love with her brother's best friend for as long as she can remember--until he...

Named one of 2021's Most Anticipated Historical Novels and Best Beach Reads by Entertainment Weekly ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ Travel + Leisure ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ Bustle ∙ SheReads ∙ Brit + Co and more! "An exciting and inspiring read that...

An immersive, historical novel based on true events: In 1938, Orson Welles's legendary radio dramatization of H.G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds terrified Americans into believing Martians were invading. Eleven years later, an Ecuadorian radio station adapted the show--with catastrophic consequences. Now,...

A young queer man finds love at a magical clothing shop-and the courage to stand up to the homophobic cops. A witch who makes custom nightmares wonders why all her victims are connected to the Black Panthers-and who she's really working for. A soon-to-be...

A twisty, genre-bending metafictional mystery set in Cuba past and present about a writer returning to her long-lost hometown to seek the buried truth about two suspicious deaths at her Havana high school, perfect for fans of Chanel Cleeton and Jean Hanff Korelitz 2020:...

"Gripping and passionate . . . keenly recounted . . . full of poetry."--New York TimesNow in a beautiful new edition, the spellbinding classic tale of man and nature, honor, and adventure, in which the peaceful life of an aging, book-loving widower in the...

Author: Alejandro MurguíaPublisher: Not AvailPublished: 09/30/2025Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60dISBN: 9798893750249Review Citation(s): Booklist 09/01/2025Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2025About the AuthorALEJANDRO MURGUÍA, the San Francisco Poet Laureate from 2013-2017, is the author of a poetry collection, Stray Poems (City Lights Books, 2014);...

Two-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated author, V. Castro dims the lights in a collection where you might devour your next lover or meet your next meal.Readers are invited to The Pink Agave Motel, where brutality and intimacy ooze across the pages, exploring the depths of...

"One of the wittiest, most playful, and . . . most alive and ageless books ever written." --Dave Eggers, The New Yorker A revelatory new translation of the playful, incomparable masterpiece of one of the greatest Black authors in the Americas A Penguin Classic...

A "sublime and gripping novel ... about hope: that within the world's messy pain there is still room for transformation and healing" (Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe), from the acclaimed author of Cantoras. "In the president's excruciating (and sometimes humorous)...

A dying woman's attempt to recount the story of her life reveals the fragility of memory and the illusion of identity. Author: Silvina OcampoPublisher: City Lights BooksPublished: 11/05/2019Pages: 120Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.50dISBN: 9780872867710Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 07/08/2019Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2019...

"The Rain God is a lost masterpiece that helped launch a legion of writers. Its return, in times like these, is a plot twist that perhaps only Arturo Islas himself could have conjured. May it win many new readers." -- Luis Alberto Urrea, bestselling...

Author: Natalia TreviñoPublisher: Not AvailPublished: 03/31/2026Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.76lbsSize: 8.08h x 6.15w x 0.75dISBN: 9798893750294Review Citation(s): Booklist 04/01/2026About the AuthorNATALIA TREVIÑO has won several awards for her poetry and fiction, including the 2004 Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Award, the 2008 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg...

A threatened mother and a relentless detective collide when a series of murders awaken something long buried in the New Mexican desert in this mesmerizing novel of literary horror, perfect for fans of Carmen Maria Machado and Stephen Graham Jones. "A marvelously strange story...