After she receives a letter from her cousin claiming her husband is trying to kill her, she heads to her family’s house in the Mexican countryside to provide protection and seek answers-only to ask more questions than she had when she arrived. Noemí Taboada’s journey in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s highly acclaimed novel Mexican Gothicis one that will stay with you even after the ending.
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Photo: Del Rey She made history when she won the Carnegie Medal for The Poet X becoming the first woman of color to receive the prestigious British honor.
While originally written for teens, the book is an empowering read for anyone struggling to find and embrace their own voice. But when her overly religious mother discovers Xiomara’s journal and her romance with a boy in her class, the two women are forced to confront their relationship and complex love for one another. One of the most celebrated young adult books of 2018, The Poet X by Dominican American author Elizabeth Acevedo follows Xiomara, a 15-year-old Dominican American girl growing up in Harlem who joins her school’s slam poetry club and finds her passion for - and voice in - poetry. The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Photo: Quill Tree Books Read on for 15 modern books by Latinx authors that have already become classic novels and must-reads. While this is not an exhaustive list of those reads, it’s a good starting place to get new stories on your shelf and celebrate the books that have changed us all. So many books like these have become classics in the community.
You may know books like 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez and The House of the Spiritsby Isabel Allende but what about contemporary books? Just within the last couple of decades, there have been so many books by Latinx authors that have brought more nuanced representation, told a new kind of Latinx story, and impacted readers of all backgrounds all over the world. In celebration of Latino Books Month this May, we’re excited to look back and celebrate books by Latinx authors that have shifted the narrative and changed the landscape of Latinx literature.
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