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• The Other Moctezuma Girls

  a Novel

  Robleda, Sofia,

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  "Tenochtitlan, 1551. Thirty years after the Spanish Conquest destroyed everything she loved, the last Aztec empress has passed and left behind a pristine yet tenuous legacy for her children. As her last will and testament is read out, her daughter…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Anatomy of Magic

  Cervantes, J. C,

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  "Lilian Estrada seemingly has it all: an ob-gyn star on the rise, a master at balancing work with whirlwind romances and part of a family of fiercely loyal and exceptional women, all bound together by an extraordinary secret. The Estrada women each…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Sons of El Rey

  a Novel

  Espinoza, Alex, 1971-

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  "Ernesto Vega has lived many lives, from pig farmer to construction worker to famed luchador El Rey Coyote, yet he has always worn a mask. He was discovered by a local lucha libre trainer at a time when luchadores—Mexican wrestlers donning…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

  Cleeton, Chanel,

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  "London, 2024: American expat Margo Reynolds is renowned for her talent at sourcing rare antiques for her clients, but she’s never had a request quite like this one. She’s been hired to find a mysterious book published over a century ago. With a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Name Is Emilia Del Valle

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel,

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  "In 1800s San Francisco, young writer Emilia, daughter of an Irish nun and a Chilean aristocrat, journeys to South America with talented reporter Eric to uncover the truth about her father--and herself."

• False War

  a Novel

  Álvarez, Carlos Manuel, 1989-

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  "In this multivoiced novel, employing a dazzling range of narrative styles from noir to autofiction, Carlos Manuel Álvarez brings together the stories of many people from all walks of life through a series of interconnected daisy chains. From Havana…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Catalina

  a Novel

  Cornejo Villavicencio, Karla,

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  "When Catalina is admitted to Harvard, it feels like the fulfillment of destiny: a miracle child escapes death in Latin America, moves to Queens to be raised by her undocumented grandparents, and becomes one of the chosen. But nothing is simple for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Familia

  Rico, Lauren E,

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  "As the fact checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco believes in absolute, verifiable Truths—until they throw the facts of her own life into question. The genealogy test she took as research for an article has yielded a baffling result: Gabby…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Malas

  a Novel

  Fuentes, Marcela (Fiction writer),

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  "A novel with alternating timelines in which the consequences of one old woman's questionable curse reverberate through the generations of a Tejano family"-publisher

• The Cemetery of Untold Stories

  a Novel

  Alvarez, Julia,

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  Alma Cruz, a celebrated writer, inherits land in the Dominican Republic and creates a cemetery to bury her unfinished manuscripts and failed characters, but the characters, still restless, turn the graveyard into a mysterious sanctuary for their…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bullet Swallower

  a Novel

  Gonzalez James, Elizabeth, 1982-

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  The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James is a magical realism western that spans two generations of a family. In 1895, Antonio Sonoro, a legendary bandido known as El Tragabalas, is desperate to support his family in Dorado, Mexico. In 1964,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven

  Stories

  Reyes, Ruben, Jr,

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  There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven: Stories is Ruben Reyes Jr.’s debut collection that explores Central American identity through surreal worlds and strange happenings. One story features a man who wakes up as a famous reggaetón star, while another…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Latino Poetry

  the Library of America Anthology

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  This landmark Latinx poetry collection features over 180 poets from the 17th century to today, showcasing poems in both Spanish and English, celebrating the passions and diversity of a people redefining what it means to be American.

• A Ballad of Love and Glory

  a Novel

  Grande, Reyna,

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  "A Long Petal of the Sea meets Luis Alberto Urrea's The House of Broken Angels in this epic historical romance about a Mexican woman and an Irish-American soldier who fall in love in the thick of the Mexican-American War"--publisher

• Silver Nitrate

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  The latest gothic horror novel from Mexican Gothic author Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a must-read. Set in 1990s Mexico City, the story follows Montserrat, an overlooked sound editor, and her best friend, Tristán, a faded soap opera star. When they cross…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chicano Frankenstein

  Olivas, Daniel A,

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  In this modern Latinx retelling of Mary Shelley's classic, a paralegal is controversially brought back to life and must navigate a near-future world that doesn’t know how to deal with him. As the U.S. President denounces reanimation and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Reclaim the Stars

  17 Tales Across Realms & Space

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  Proving that stories are truly universal, this brilliant collection that features contributions from best-selling and acclaimed authors, as well as two new voices, takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world. This…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vampires of El Norte

  Canas, Isabel,

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  When the US attacks Mexico in 1846, Nena, a healer striving to prove her worth, and Néstor, a member of the auxiliary cavalry of ranchers and vaqueros, find their reunion overshadowed by the appearance of a nightmare made flesh. This title is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Divide

  a Novel

  Henríquez, Cristina, 1977-

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  A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Alejandra

  Castro, V,

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  Struggling with a darkness that threatens to consume her, Alejandra discovers she, like the women in her family before her, is being haunted by La Llorona, the vengeful and murderous mother of Mexican Legend, and must summon everything she's…Read moreRead more of this annotation