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A Reading List of New Books to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
Every year in the U.S., we observe National Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15 through October 15. And this is the perfect time to add some fantastic new books from Latino/a/x authors to your to-be-read pile!
We asked the nonprofit organization Latinx in Publishing, a network of book publishing professionals committed to promoting literature by, for, and about Latino/a/x people, to help us create a reading list to mark the celebration. To learn more about Latinx in Publishing, visit latinxinpublishing.com. You can also follow them on Instagram at @latinxpublishing.
Scroll over the covers below to learn more about each book, and be sure to add the books that pique your interest to your Want to Read shelf!
We asked the nonprofit organization Latinx in Publishing, a network of book publishing professionals committed to promoting literature by, for, and about Latino/a/x people, to help us create a reading list to mark the celebration. To learn more about Latinx in Publishing, visit latinxinpublishing.com. You can also follow them on Instagram at @latinxpublishing.
Scroll over the covers below to learn more about each book, and be sure to add the books that pique your interest to your Want to Read shelf!
Goodreads: Who are some of your favorite new Latinx authors?
Latinx in Publishing: There are so many new Latinx authors to celebrate right now, including Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez, Roy G. Guzmán, Jasminne Mendez, Juliana Delgado Lopera, Melissa Rivero, Melissa Lozada-Oliva, Claudia Hernández, Naima Coster, Debbie Rigaud, Claribel A. Ortega, Tami Charles, Olivia Abtahi, and so many others!
GR: When looking specifically at genres, who are some new voices to check out?
Latinx in Publishing: Some new voices to check out when it comes to genres like romance, horror, and speculative fiction are Ann Davila Cardinal, Priscilla Olivares, Mia Sosa, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Maya Motayne, Goldy Moldavsky, Diana Rodriguez Wallach, Alexis Daria, and Mark Oshiro.
GR: What are some of your all-time-favorite books written by Latinx authors?
Latinx in Publishing: All-time-favorite books include:
Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older
The Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor
Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester
Knitting the Fog by Claudia D. Hernández
GR: And tell us what upcoming books are you most excited about?
Latinx in Publishing: We’re most excited about:
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges by Prisca Dorcas Mojia Rodriguez
Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed edited by Saraciea J. Fennell
I’m Not Hungry But I Could Eat by Christopher Gonzalez
Dreaming of You by Melissa Lozado-Oliva
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
Scroll through this reading list created by Latinx in Publishing to discover new books that include literary fiction, romance, poetry, short story collections, and young adult novels. Be sure to add your favorites to your Want to Read shelf so you can easily find them later!
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Have a reading recommendation for National Hispanic Heritage Month? Share it with your fellow readers in the comments below!
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Such warm people, I love Latino stories.
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I haven't even heard of some of these! Added them to my TBR!
Thank you, Goodreads, for continually making my tbr pile bigger and bigger! So many good books, so little time...(that's not sarcasm - I really do enjoy adding books to my tbr). Although, I would've liked the list to be sorted by genre, to more easily find what I like (or avoid what I dislike). I'd especially like to read magical realism.
I recently read The Five Wounds and it was really moving. One of those novels that, at first, it's hard to like or sympathize with the characters, but that's because they are so deeply flawed and HUMAN, that my heart ended up being totally in it.
A nice selection of books to start Hispanic Heritage Month!! I've added a few to My TBR -:)
Joy wrote: "Thank you, Goodreads, for continually making my tbr pile bigger and bigger! So many good books, so little time...(that's not sarcasm - I really do enjoy adding books to my tbr). Although, I would'v..."Agreed, could have been sorted by genre
Monica wrote: "I recently read The Five Wounds and it was really moving. One of those novels that, at first, it's hard to like or sympathize with the characters, but that's because they are so deeply flawed and H..."Monica, I too recently finished The Five Wounds and agree with your assessment of the book!
LOVE the multi-layered list.HOPE we can get to the place where we stop making note of these differences and White People start accepting that 1) they are not actually White, and 2) if White People spent less time hating and whining and more time being decent the world would be much better.
I can't wait to read a few of these..
Jim wrote: "LOVE the multi-layered list.HOPE we can get to the place where we stop making note of these differences and White People start accepting that 1) they are not actually White, and 2) if White People..." unfortunately, it has been since forever..insecurities plays a big part. Us Puerto Ricans are mix.. we carry European, African and Taino Blood and if people look at my family forget it LOL..I learned discrimination when I moved to United States.. but I am immuned now
I loved the following:- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Asylum (Vagabond, 2020), a collection of poetry and short memoir. Pushcart Prize nominated selections in both poetry and prose. Author is the Chicago poet, NOT the cultural anthropologist.
I definitely added a few of them to my TBR list. I can't wait to start!
Dana Al-Basha wrote: "Such warm people, I love Latino stories."Heya, allow me to hijack your comment to clarify something I think is very important. These are AMERICAN-Latino stories. Hispanic Heritage Month is an American celebration of Hispanic people ***in America***.
I think this is very important to clarify because, as a Latina not in America (United States of) it used to really bother me how they'd "celebrate" Hispanic heritage only focusing on Central and northern South America. In my opinion, forgetting the Southern Cone is a prevalent theme in media that claims to be Latino or Hispanic.
Out of ego I hope I'm not the only slow one who took some time to realize Hispanic Heritage means American-Hispanic Heritage.
Turning the table around, if you wanna read a book about the impact of Americans in South America, I highly recommend Vargas Llosa's "Fierce Times" and "The Feast of the Goat".
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month gringolatinos!
