Hispanic Heritage Month 2025: Recent Fiction for AdultsLike this list

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• The Unworthy

  a Novel

  Bazterrica, Agustina María, 1974-

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  Bazterrica’s absorbing feminist literary horror novel (previously available only in Spanish) stars an unnamed narrator who documents her deplorable situation in an illicit diary as a survivor living in a converted monastery. (Booklist)

• VHS

  Campanioni, Chris

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  While collecting the scattered stories of his parents’ entangled passages to the United States, the narrator begins to record the material onto videocassettes through a series of cutting and grafting, splicing footage of his present dislocation and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Possession of Alba Díaz

  Cañas, Isabel

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  This chilling gothic horror novel from bestseller Cañas transports readers to 18th-century Mexico, where a plague outbreak in Zacatecas forces Alba Diaz and her devout Catholic family to flee the city. (Publishers Weekly)

• The Anatomy of Magic

  Cervantes, J. C. (Jennifer C.)

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  After a traumatic event shakes her confidence and magical abilities, gifted OB/GYN Lilian Estrada retreats to her ancestral home in Mexico, where she confronts her unpredictable powers and unresolved feelings for Sam, the first love who reenters her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• ¡Pónk!

  Clayton, Marcus

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  This punk-rock anti-memoir follows Moose, an alienated academic and lead guitarist for Pipebomb!, as he navigates through spaces in and out of South East Los Angeles: punk clubs, college classrooms, family gatherings, street protests and euphoric…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Along Came Amor

  a Novel

  Daria, Alexis

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  A one-night stand leads to a long-term relationship for a schoolteacher and a hotel owner. (Kirkus)

• Bochica

  a Novel

  Flórez-Cerchiaro, Carolina

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  A real-life Latin American haunted mansion. A murky labyrinth of family secrets. A young, aristocratic woman desperate to escape her past. This haunting debut gothic horror novel is perfect for fans of Mexican Gothic and The Shining.

• My Train Leaves at Three

  a Novel

  Guerrero, Natalie

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  An aspiring Afro-Latina actress in New York City tries to reboot her life after her sister’s sudden death. (Kirkus)

• Loca

  a Novel

  Heredia, Alejandro, 1994-

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  In 1999 in New York, when book-loving science nerd Sal finds love at a gay club one night, life for him and his best friend, young mother Charo, unexpectedly opens to a vibrant social circle that pushes them to consider what they owe to themselves…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life Drawing

  Hernandez, Jaime

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  The exhilarating latest entry in Hernandez’s sprawling Locas saga, first serialized in Love and Rockets, meditates on old regrets and new beginnings. (Publishers Weekly)

• The Witches of El Paso

  Jaramillo, Luis

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  A middle-aged woman comes to terms with the magic harnessed by her great-aunt in this spirited gothic debut novel from Jaramillo. (Publishers Weekly)

• When the Tides Held the Moon

  Kelley, Venessa Vida

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  When a young Puerto Rican immigrant begins to fall for the merman he helped capture, he risks losing his career, community, and life. (Library Journal)

• Los Muertos

  Day of the Dead Fiction

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  Observed in Mexico and parts of the United States, El Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebratory holiday. Los Muertos is the first anthology of fiction relating to or inspired by this bicultural tradition.

• Dengue Boy

  a Novel

  Nieva, Michel, 1988-

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  A dystopian cyberpunk coming-of-age novel about a mutant mosquito-kid set in 2272 Argentina when all the ice caps have melted and mega-conglomerates rule the world with their virofinance.

• Dominoes, Danzón, and Death

  Reyes, Raquel V.

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  It’s been three years since food anthropologist and cooking show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith had her last brush with death. Her Spanglish culinary show, Abuela Approved, is topping the charts. Her parents are back in Miami and living with her in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Archive of Unknown Universes

  a Novel

  Reyes, Ruben, Jr

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  An intergenerational chronicle of family and romance in the face of El Salvador’s devastating civil war. (Kirkus)

• Death Takes Me

  a Novel

  Rivera Garza, Cristina, 1964-

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  A poetry-obsessed serial killer mutilates men in this unforgettable literary puzzle from Rivera Garza. (Publishers Weekly)

• Beasts of Carnaval

  Rodrigo, Rosália

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  Rodrigo debuts with this historical fantasy featuring a Puerto Rico-inspired setting and Taíno history and mythology. (Library Journal)

• No Place to Bury the Dead

  a Novel

  Sainz Borgo, Karina, 1982-

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  In an unnamed Latin American country, a mysterious plague quickly spreads, erasing the memory of anyone infected. Angustias Romero flees with her family, but their flight is tragically cut short when she loses both her children.

• The Only Sound Is the Wind

  Sotolongo, Pascha

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  A captivating debut collection exploring longing, loneliness, and connection, in stories that feature Cuban American characters and uncanny, speculative twists.