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Hispanic Heritage Month 2023—Book Recommendations

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To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and highlight the contributions by the Latinx community, we asked our people to share their favorite books by Latinx/Hispanic authors. From literary classics to contemporary romance, young adult fantasy to lyrical memoirs, and everything in between, below is the full list of our people's recommendations. 

  • Olga Dies Dreaming by Xochitl Gonzalez
  • Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
  • My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes
  • Once I Was You by Maria Hinojosa
  • Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
  • Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
  • In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
  • Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
  • The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
  • Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez
  • Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  • Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
  • Trust by Hernan Diaz
  • The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
  • The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
  • Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Violeta by Isabel Allende
  • The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
  • L.A. Weather by María Amparo Escandón
  • The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
  • Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez
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