
Creating this list
I have been wanting to put together a Latino book list of books that I have read and books that are on my TBR list. I always get excited when I see books by Latino authors and books with Latino characters. It makes me so happy to see my culture represented in stories! I am trying to read them more often and am making a list for myself to keep track and to share with others. There’s an overwhelming number of books on the TBR list. I’m really guilty of buying more books than I can possibly read. Most of the books on my list are YA with female protagonists, but I want to add more male protagonists and adult fiction to my TBR. I hope you come across some that interest you!
In my list, I am going to include the cover, title info, link to Goodreads, and link to my review (if there is one). Again, this is not an exhaustive list of what’s out there. Just what I have in my own collection of books. 🙂
Books I’ve read and liked





With Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo – Goodreads
Furia by Yamile Saied Mendez – Goodreads – my review
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo – Goodreads – my review
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Goodreads – my review
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera – Goodreads – my review






Burn Baby Burn by Med Medina – Goodreads – my review
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez – Goodreads – my review
Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp – Goodreads – my review
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera – Goodreads – my review
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya – Goodreads – my review
The Poet X – Elizabeth Acevedo – Goodreads – my review
On my TBR list







Gods of Jade and Shadow By Silvi Moreno-Garcia – Goodreads
Indivisible by Daniel Aleman – Goodreads
The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea – Goodreads
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado – Goodreads
Once Upon a Quincenera by Monica Gomez-Hira – Goodreads
We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez – Goodreads







Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas – Goodreads
They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera – Goodreads
The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia – Goodreads
Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo – Goodreads
Brownsville: Stories by Oscar Casares – Goodreads
Serafina’s Stories by Rudolfo Anaya – Goodreads
West Side Love Story by Priscilla Oliveras – Goodreads
Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora edited by Saraciea J. Fennell – Goodreads
Awesome post! Thank you for this, I just added a bunch to my TBR! 🥰
You’re welcome! I hope you enjoy them!
Great post!! I’m half Latinx myself and I’m always on the lookout for Latinx books!! I’ve read and loved a lot of these (Elizabeth Acevedo is amazing), but I hadn’t heard of The Murmur of Bees before, it looks great!! Thanks for putting it on my radar 🙂
I really love Elizabeth Acevedo’s books too!! Her characters are so amazing.
I have Mexican gothic, gods of Jade and shadow and need to read them asap! I’m adding cemetery boys to my list now!
I just saw the other day that Silvia Moreno García has a new book coming out! The Daughter of Doctor Moreau. It looks soooo good! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667987/the-daughter-of-doctor-moreau-by-silvia-moreno-garcia/
OMG! This sounds amazing! Although, I would honestly just buy it for the cover!
I know right! Her book covers are all so captivating. 😍
I absolutely LOVED Cemetery Boys!
I’ve heard a lot of good things about it!!