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Under This Forgetful Sky by Lauren YeroPerfect Chemistry by Simone ElkelesRules of Attraction by Simone ElkelesChain Reaction by Simone ElkelesAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Latinx Characters and Themes in YA
201 books — 224 voters
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaClap When You Land by Elizabeth AcevedoWith the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoThe Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoCemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Popsugar 2022 #6 - A Book By a Latinx Author
249 books — 216 voters

The Collected Poems by Langston HughesThe Complete Collected Poems by Maya AngelouThe Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo NerudaSelected Poems by Gwendolyn BrooksThe Collected Poems of Audre Lorde by Audre Lorde
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelSend More Idiots by Tony Perez-GiesePrayers for the Stolen by Jennifer ClementThe Highlander by Zoe SaadiaMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Books Set in Mexico
442 books — 173 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
Best Multi-Ethnic American Literature
296 books — 141 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinZami by Audre LordeAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzSister Outsider by Audre Lorde
Books by LGBTQ People of Color
502 books — 141 voters

The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaWoman Hollering Creek and Other Stories by Sandra CisnerosThis Bridge Called My Back by Cherríe L. MoragaBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Chicano Chicana Chicanx
161 books — 101 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Hispanic Fiction
263 books — 92 voters

The Kaleidoscope by Adrian MendozaEl Teatro de los Monstruos by Viviana CorderoPedro Páramo by Juan RulfoThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosMemories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez
Hispanic Lit
62 books — 45 voters
Alphabet Amigos by Angel M. AlvarezHarvesting Hope by Kathleen KrullToo Many Tamales by Gary SotoTomás and the Library Lady by Pat MoraGathering the Sun by Alma Flor Ada
Latino Picture Books
194 books — 45 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaThe Library Book by Susan OrleanCity of Quartz by Mike DavisWater to the Angels by Les Standiford
Los Angeles (nonfiction)
110 books — 36 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinMirrored in Evergreen by B. PigeonWorm in a Jar by B. Pigeon
QTPOC in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
102 books — 33 voters

The Secret Man by Bob WoodwardThe Road to Jonestown by Jeff GuinnStayin’ Alive by Jefferson R. CowieGame, Set, Match by Susan WareThe Heebie-Jeebies at CBGB's by Steven Lee Beeber
The 1970s in the United States (nonfiction)
228 books — 21 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellReservation Blues by Sherman AlexieThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Books Banned in Arizona 2012
45 books — 18 voters

The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Tempest by William ShakespeareA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBorderlands/La Frontera, the 1st Edition by Gloria E. AnzaldúaVoices of a People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Arizona Banned Books List
85 books — 17 voters
Welcome to Crash by Lina LangleyShadowhouse Fall by Daniel José OlderThe Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-GarciaHer Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria MachadoThe Tiger’s Daughter by K. Arsenault Rivera
2017 Latinx/Latin American SFF
16 books — 17 voters

All of Us with Wings by Michelle Ruiz KeilThe Storm Runner by J.C. CervantesFlirting with Fate by J.C. CervantesThe Lightning Queen by Laura ResauI Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
Mexicans & Mexican-Americans in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
153 books — 8 voters
The Power of the Socratic Classroom by Charles Ames FischerTo the Survivors by Robert UttaroPedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo FreireAdvanced Grammar in Use With answers by Martin HewingsDecolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith
The books that made me teach
23 books — 5 voters

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