Last week, we shared V. Castro’s recommended reads for Hispanic Heritage Month. I wanted to add my own list of books, spanning genres and ages, to round out your reading. Consider it not just a list for the month, but every month — between our lists, you’ll have more than enough to keep reading Latinx authors all year long!
Among Strange Victims by Daniel Saldaña París
Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago
Las cartas de Alain by Enrique Pérez Díaz and Francisco Solé (Illustrator)
Afterlife with Archie Vol. 1: Escape from Riverdale by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Writer), Francesco Francavilla (Illustrator), and Jack Morelli (Letterer)
rekt by Alex Gonzales
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Poems, Protest, and a Dream: Selected Writings by Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz
Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration by Alejandra Oliva
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Díaz
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa
In the Distance by Hernan Diaz
¡Hola Papi!: How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by John Paul Brammer
The Five Wounds by Kirstin Valdez Quade
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Sonora Taylor is the author of several books and short stories. She owns an adorable corgi/husky mix that steals hearts with one look.
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