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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
202 books — 225 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 — 219 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
The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée AhdiehThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. JemisinKindred by Octavia E. ButlerWho Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Fantasy Novels by Women of Color
263 books — 195 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPrayers for the Stolen by Jennifer ClementSend More Idiots by Tony Perez-GieseAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Books Set in Mexico
479 books — 188 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
511 books — 146 voters

Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanThe Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoI Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. SánchezWith the Fire on High by Elizabeth AcevedoGhosts by Raina Telgemeier
Latina Leads in YA and Middle Grade Fiction
324 books — 124 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

Population by Elizabeth StephensBlanche on the Lam by Barbara NeelyFramed For Murder by Marla A. WhiteHollywood Homicide by Kellye GarrettThe Cutting Season by Attica Locke
Mystery & Detective Novels by Women of Color
141 books — 80 voters
Run to You by Rachel GibsonSugar Daddy by Lisa KleypasPerfect Chemistry by Simone ElkelesBlock Shot by Kennedy RyanHis Perfect Partner by Priscilla Oliveras
Latina/Hispanic Heroines in Romance Novels
165 books — 68 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
63 books — 46 voters
Ash by Malinda LoJuliet Takes a Breath by Gabby RiveraBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Queer Female Authors of Color
86 books — 43 voters

Set the Night on Fire by Mike DavisA Place at the Nayarit by Natalia MolinaThe Library Book by Susan OrleanWater to the Angels by Les StandifordCity of Quartz by Mike Davis
Los Angeles (nonfiction)
114 books — 39 voters
Borderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaJuliet Takes a Breath by Gabby RiveraChicana Lesbians by Carla TrujilloGulf Dreams by Emma PérezThe Last Generation by Cherríe L. Moraga
Chicana/Latina Lesbian Books
87 books — 36 voters

Binti by Nnedi OkoraforThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky ChambersMirrored in Evergreen by B. PigeonWorm in a Jar by B. Pigeon
QTPOC in Sci-Fi and Fantasy
104 books — 35 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
157 books — 12 voters
Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home by Ana CastilloCaramelo by Sandra CisnerosBlack Dove by Ana CastilloThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosGoddess of the Americas / La Diosa de Las Americas by Ana Castillo
Chicana Authors
12 books — 2 voters

Massacre of the Dreamers by Ana CastilloMy Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra CisnerosThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosBorderlands/La Frontera by Gloria E. AnzaldúaLoose Woman by Sandra Cisneros
Xicanisma
7 books — 1 voter

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