September 15th to October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month here in the United States. It’s a time to recognize all of the valuable contributions and influences Hispanic Americans have made to the history and culture of the country. To celebrate we’ve curated ten books by Hispanic American authors you need on your reading list this month and beyond! From mysteries to magic to memoirs, this list has something for everyone! Disfruta! (Enjoy)
How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents By Julia Alvarez
It’s 1960s New York and the Garcia family has just fled the Dominican Republic after an attempt to overthrow the country’s dictator was discovered. Now the Garcia sisters–Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia–must learn to navigate life in this new land that is very different from the Caribbean life they left behind. The girls struggle to find acceptance from their peers and, in order to fit in, straighten their hair and hide their accents. From award-winning author Julia Alvarez, How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents is a poignant tale of love, loss, and rediscovery that speaks to the Hispanic immigrant experience like no other.
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Practically Ever After by Isabel Bandeira
Grace Correa has everything she could ever want. She’s been accepted into her top-choice university, is part of her high school’s elite, and has an awesome girlfriend. Everything is going perfectly to plan… until it isn’t. As her senior year comes to a close everything starts to come apart at the seams. Amidst a massive fight with her girlfriend, a disastrous design project, and frivolous friends, Grace begins to wonder if the perfect plan is overrated.
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First Gen: A Memoir: Alejandra Campoverdi
Alejandra Campoverdi is a nationally recognized women’s health advocate, founder, producer, and former White House aide to President Obama. In First Gen: A Memoir, Campoverdi shares a powerful testimony of what it’s like growing up as a “First and Only” in America and shines a light on the American dream as experienced by immigrants and their children.
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Lightlark by Alex Aster
The island of Lightlark appears every 100 years to host the Centennial. This deadly game is an opportunity for the rulers of six realms to break the centuries-long curses that plagued their people but the cost will be high. Isla Crown is the youngest ruler in the competition and she is anything but naive. As the game continues Isla’s every instinct will be tested as she learns that everything is not as it seems. Award-winning author Alex Astor spins an enchanting tale of competition, intrigue, and the cost of true love.
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Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana Suarez
Written in diary format, Ana Veciana Suarez recounts the harsh reality many Cubans faced through the eyes of young Yara Garcia. The year is 1967 and Communist ruler Fidel Castro initiates the Sovietization of Cuba causing Yara and her family to flee from their home in Havana via a Freedom Flight to Miami. Now in America, Yara must deal with new customs and rising family tension all while learning the true meaning and value of freedom.
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A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey
Soon to be a major motion picture, A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow follows 17-year-old baker, Lila Reyes. After a series of massive personal losses, She is sent to Hampshire, England for the summer to visit her Tiá Cate and recuperate. At first, Lila is unimpressed by all England has to offer and is determined to get back to her life in Miami. But when she befriends Remy and Jules and meets tea-shop-worker Orian Maxwell her desires begin to change. Orian becomes her unofficial England tour guide and Lila begins to open herself up to the beauty of England and all that it has to offer.
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Never Look Back By Lilliam Rivera
Never Look Back is a modern retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Pheus is a lighthearted bachata singer in the Bronx. Eury is visiting her Aunt for the summer and she is haunted by the loss of her father and the tragedy of Hurricane Maria. When they meet, sparks fly and they can almost forget their troubles amidst the glow of first love. But things are never as they seem and as supernatural forces work to tear them apart Pheus and Eury must fight for their love.
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Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Daisy Jones and The Six meets old Hollywood Noir in this romantic mystery. Mexico in the 70s was a land fraught with danger and dissidents. Maite is a romance-novel-loving secretary oblivious to the political unrest around her. Elvis is a lonely rock n’ roll-loving thug. The two couldn’t be more different but fate pulls them together when Maite’s neighbor Lenora goes missing and Elvis is hired to find her. Fueled by curiosity and desire they are pulled into a world of radials, intrigue, hitmen, and Russian agents, in order to uncover the truth about Lenora and her past.
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The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton
In 1934, the SS Morro Castles leaves its port in New York and heads to Havana Cuba. On board are two women: New York heiress Catherine Dohan and Elena Palacio, a woman believed to be dead. Catherine’s riches are a lie and Elena is out for revenge. What follows is a page-turning fight for survival as tensions rise, secrets come to light and all will be risked to see that justice is served. This historical thriller is inspired by the true story of the SS Morro Castle and will have you on the edge of your seat.
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Mango, Mambo, and Murder by Raquel V. Reyes
Fans of cozy mysteries, this one’s for you! Miriam Quinones-Smith has recently moved to Coral Shores Miami with her husband and son. Her friend Alma got her a part-time job as a Carribean food expert on a Spanish cooking show. The next thing she knows a socialite and a news anchor are dead “never to nibble again.” Detective Pullman enlists Miriam’s help in the case and she’s pulled into a world of mango, mambo, and murder.
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