Hi everyone! I am looking for books both fiction and nonfiction that emphasize Latino voices, culture, and experiences. I see a serious lack of this stuff in media. I would like them to reflect some issues that Latinos face with job, immigration, racism, all kinds of things. Maybe something on par with The Hate You Give but Latino. And also maybe not YA but I won’t turn down good YA.
Thank you
by AXS_Writing
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So many great books! Cristina Henriquez’s The Book of Unknown Americans is wonderful. Silvia Moreno-Garcia has been awesome. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter is a YA novel that packs a punch. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega is YA and a novel I wish I had had when I was 16 years old.
These are all fiction, but seem to fit and I liked them.
* Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
* I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika Sánchez
* The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
My favorite atm is Alejandro Zambria and the short story collections of Mariana Enriquez. I also enjoyed the House of Spirits by Isabelle Allende, but I’ve only that novel. Also love Jose Saramago, but he’s Portuguese.The Inheretince of Orquedia Divinia was really enjoyable, and Yesterday by Juan Veram has some great moments. And Machado, In the Dream House is really compelling.
I’ve heard excellent things about The Undocumented Americans.
The Poet X is amazing.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Latinoland by Marie Arana
The Prince of Los Cocuyos by Richard Blanco
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Harvest of Empire by Juan Gonzalez
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
The Shape of the Ruins by Juan Gabriel Vasquez
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera
My Time Among the Whites by Jennine Capo Crucet
Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Children of the Land by Marcella Hernandez Castillo
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno Garcia
The Dream of My Return by Horacio Castellanos Moya
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernandez
The Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela
Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capo Crucet
Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera