Hispanic Heritage Month 2024: Recent Fiction for Adults
Hispanic Heritage Month honors the contributions and influence of Hispanic and Latine Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States, and is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 annually. Check out these recent releases from authors of Hispanic or Latine background! Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed. (Created September 2024)
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There Is A Rio Grande in Heaven
A debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present and future worlds to reveal what happens when your life is no longer your own.
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Familia
A fact-checker for a popular magazine, Gabby DiMarco, takes a DNA test and discovers she has a sister in Puerto Rico who has been desperately trying to find her for 25 years, despite her parents saying it is impossible.
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Hombrecito
Wracked by his mother's abandonment and navigating his queer identity, a Colombian American man seeks healing in New York and Colombia, confronting his father and past to discover his mother's hidden truths and the true definition of home.
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Raiders of the Lost Heart
Forced to co-lead an expedition deep into the Mexican jungle with her nemesis, archaeologist Dr. Corrie MejÃa realizes they must work together to deal with greedy artifact smugglers, the Mexican authorities and the lies between them before everything they've worked hard for ends in ruin.
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I'm A Fool to Want You
These dazzling stories from the internationally acclaimed author of Bad Girls erase the fine line between fantasy and reality, and establish her as an impressive literary voice.
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Through the Night Like A Snake
In ten chilling stories from an ensemble cast of contemporary Latin American writers, including Mariana Enriquez (tr. Megan McDowell), Camila Sosa Villlada (tr. Kit Maude), Claudia Hernández (tr. by Julia Sanches and Johanna Warren) and Mónica Ojeda (tr. Sarah Booker and Noelle de la Paz), horror infiltrates the unexpected, taboo regions of the present-day psyche.
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Pink Slime
An evocative elegy for a safe, clean world, Pink Slime is buoyed by humor and its narrator's resiliency. This unforgettable novel explores the place where love, responsibility, and self-preservation converge, and the beauty and fragility of our most intimate relationships.
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Nothing's Ever the Same
Itzel's 13th birthday party starts in just about the unluckiest way possible--with her dad having a heart attack. In those frantic moments, the piñata and the frosted sheetcake and the Styrofoam cups of orange soda are forgotten; the day's highlights end up being CPR, an ambulance ride, and angioplasty. But when her father gets home from the hospital, his problems are far from over--and Itzel's are just getting started.
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Like Happiness
Explores the complexities of gender, power, race and fame, told through the story of a young woman's destructive relationship with a legendary writer.
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