Chola Salvation
By: Estella Gonzalez
3.92
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In the title story of this collection, Isabela is minding her family's restaurant, drinking her dad…
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1. Monday's Not Coming
By: Tiffany D. Jackson
4.25
Format: 448 pages, ebook
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been in… read more
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"...Dandelions are nothing but pretty weeds."-Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming
"And dandelions are nothing but pretty weeds. - Claudia"-Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming
"Well, sometimes the people we love the most can hurt us the most."-Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming
"Kids tend to forget their roots. But roots are always the first to carry you back home."-Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming
2. Puddin' (Dumplin', #2)
By: Julie Murphy
3.75
Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition
It is a companion novel to Dumplin', which follows supporting characters from the first book in the… read more
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3. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents
By: Julia Alvarez
3.63
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Uprooted from their family home in the Dominican Republic, the four Garcia sisters - Carla, Sandra,… read more
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4. Big Chicas Don't Cry
By: Annette Chavez Macias
4.22
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Four cousins navigate love, loss, and the meaning of family over the course of one memorable year i… read more
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5. The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)
By: Stephen Graham Jones
4.21
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
The final installment in the most lauded trilogy in the history of horror literature It’s been f… read more
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"I used to be all about the final girl standing on top of a pile of the dead at the end of the movie, her face dripping blood, her chest heaving, her eyes fierce. Now I’m all about holding the door of…"-Stephen Graham Jones, The Angel of Indian Lake (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #3)
6. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)
By: Stephen Graham Jones
4.07
Format: 457 pages, Hardcover
Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more
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7. Monstrilio
By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A literary horror debut about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man,… read more
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"The world was scary. Worse, I was scary in it."-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
"I wanted him to snap, to finally and absolutely lose it. To break. He was withering. To wither is not the same as to break; to break is to have pieces to put back together, and to wither is to dry up…"-Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Monstrilio
8. The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
By: Zoraida Córdova
3.93
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry n… read more
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"When she’d met Orquidea Montoya, she saw a whisper of a girl who wanted to become a scream."-Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
"People think they know about misfortune and bad luck. But there was being unlucky-like when you tripped over your shoelaces or dropped a five-dollar bill in the subway or ran into your ex when you we…"-Zoraida Córdova, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina
9. My Darkest Prayer
By: S.A. Cosby
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby’s debut novel My Darkest Prayer is rep… read more
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10. Vampires of El Norte
By: Isabel Cañas
3.90
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border in this supernatural western from the aut… read more
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11. Silver Nitrate
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.61
Format: 323 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic come… read more
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12. Piñata
By: Leopoldo Gout
3.67
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
A Head Full of Ghosts meets Hereditary in Piñata, a terrifying possession tale by author and artist… read more
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13. Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution
By: Elie Mystal
4.59
Format: 270 pages, Hardcover
According to commentator and lawyer Elie Mystal, Republicans are wrong when they tell you the First… read more
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14. Too Soon for Adiós
By: Annette Chavez Macias
4.26
Format: 297 pages, Kindle Edition
From author Annette Chavez Macias comes a heartfelt novel about a woman who embarks on an emotional… read more
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15. You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
By: Julissa Arce
4.28
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Nationally bestselling author Julissa Arce beautifully interweaves her own experiences with cultura… read more
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"White supremacy is persistent, but so are we."-Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
"We cannot make ourselves or allow others to make us small so we can fit in the minds and hearts of white people. America might never love us back, so we must love ourselves."-Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
"I learned the language, at the expense of my Spanish, only to find that in English I didn't exist. I read the American history textbooks in school that erased any trace of the deep Mexican roots in t…"-Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
"We learn that the United States is the pinnacle of democracy in the world, but how can freedom be made perfect when it was built upon the genocide of Indigenous people, the enslavement of Black peopl…"-Julissa Arce, You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
16. The Tiger Came to the Mountains
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.83
Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition
Mexico, 1917. On a farm during the violent tumult of revolution, a more immediate threat prowls in … read more
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- fiction
17. Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)
By: Guillermo del Toro
3.56
Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition
A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in … read more
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- fiction
"It can all end in a moment. Take for yourself now what tomorrow might not give you."-Guillermo del Toro, Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)
18. Chicano Frankenstein
By: Daniel A. Olivas
3.61
Format: 222 pages, Paperback
A modern retelling of the Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley classic that addresses issues of belonging an… read more
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19. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
By: Samra Habib
4.16
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
CANADA READS 2020 WINNER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION NA… read more
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"Being surrounded by people who fuel you is intentional."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"For me, a wedding was an act of necessity, not a fairy tale."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"The joy of discovery is one of the biggest pleasures you'll ever know."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"Closure, for me, would mean accepting my circumstances rather than trying to alter them to serve me best."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
20. Lovers at the Museum
By: Isabel Allende
3.48
Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wind Knows My Name comes a mesmerizing tale of tw… read more
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21. You Dreamed of Empires
By: Álvaro Enrigue
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
From a visionary Mexican author, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story that reimagine… read more
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22. Sabrina & Corina
By: Kali Fajardo-Anstine
4.20
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A haunting debut story collection on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the deep-rooted truths … read more
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- fiction
"Age has nothing to do with sadness."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina
"And that is our story of everything."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina
"That poor girl. How the world just ate her up."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina
"Thanks, but we'll try some home remedies first."-Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sabrina & Corina
23. Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
By: Crystal Maldonado
3.98
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Coming of age as a Fat brown girl in a white Connecticut suburb is hard. Harder when your whole lif… read more
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"Right! You see me as superhuman! That’s some serious pressure."-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
"Just—promise me girls you won't devalue yourselves for anyone. And I mean anyone. You can't. You have to really be kind to yourself and look out for yourself because the world can be cold and cruel. …"-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
"Sometimes I didn't get it [jokes] at all, but that didn't stop him from going out of his way to make me laugh. He was always just trying his best, and that's what I loved. I know I will never replace…"-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
"You need to believe in your value for you, even if you’re not some flawless ethereal being, even if not everyone will see what makes you special, even if your story is a little chaotic. We’re all mes…"-Crystal Maldonado, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega
24. Signal to Noise
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
3.75
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A beautiful new edition of Moreno-Garcia's stunning debut, featuring an illustrated cover by legend… read more
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"In Mexico City everything returns. The rains and the past and everything in between."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
"You don’t get to rewind your life like a tape and splice it back together, pretending it never knotted and tore, when it did and you know it did."-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
"When you looked at Meche the first impression was that she was going to punch you in the face; she was made of such strong angles. However, if you looked long enough there was a delicate softness ben…"-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
"He sat back, his head against the door of the building. Meche, in turn, rested her head against his shoulder. For others, it might have been an intimate gesture. Maybe it was, but not in the way most…"-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Signal to Noise
25. The Haunting of Alejandra
By: V. Castro
3.65
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her fam… read more
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"It occurred to Frances that perhaps everyone wore another set of clothing beneath their human skin, stitched together with all the things they hated about themselves and tried to hide."-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
"There are many times in life we feel there are no choices. Sometimes that is true. But I feel perhaps the true answers to the choices we must make find our way to us. Sometimes it is right away and a…"-V. Castro, The Haunting of Alejandra
26. Oye
By: Melissa Mogollon
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A coming-of-age comedy. A telenovela-worthy drama. A moving family saga. All in a phone call you wo… read more
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27. Music to My Years: A Mixtape-Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up
By: Cristela Alonzo
4.33
Format: 304 pages, Unknown Binding
This memoir is “an emotional journey that will make you laugh, cry, and everything in between” (Wan… read more
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28. Look in the Mirror
By: Catherine Steadman
3.65
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
🎧Listening Length 8 hours, 13 minutes Nina, still grieving from the loss of her father, discove… read more
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"She reassures herself: sometimes the only way out is through. She knows this fact as implicitly as she knows how to stand and walk and run as fast as she possibly can. She learned it young. Sometimes…"-Catherine Steadman, Look in the Mirror
29. Daughters of the Stone
By: Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa
4.15
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
The 10th Anniversary Trade Paperback edition of Daughters of the Stone, includes a special note fro… read more
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"We all have stories. Sometimes the pain lies so heavily inside us that it can only be whispered. Sometimes it can't be spoken out loud at all. So you think you're different? There are many silences. …"-Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, Daughters of the Stone
30. Daughter of Fire
By: Sofia Robleda
3.97
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
For a young woman coming of age in sixteenth-century Guatemala, safeguarding her people’s legacy is… read more
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31. Chola Salvation
By: Estella Gonzalez
3.92
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In the title story of this collection, Isabela is minding her family's restaurant, drinking her dad… read more
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