The Las Comadres & Friends
Book Club’s 10th Annual Summer Reading List includes something for everyone in a
variety of genres. The List includes a 40-year-old classical novel; a
Pulitzer Prize winner; a celebrity memoir; a dazzling anthology with
intergenerational voices of Latine women; mysteries; historical fiction; young
adult books; adorable children’s book, a mouth-watering cookbook and a
gardening craft book.
1. A DELICATE MARRIAGE by Margarita Barresi (Atmosphere Press) – fiction
2. A
HAUNTING IN HIALEAH GARDENS by Raul Palma (Dutton) – suspense
3. AN
AMERICAN IMMIGRANT by Johanna Rojas Vann (WaterBrook) – fiction
4. ARRIBADA
by Estela González (Cynren Press) – fiction, LGBTQ+
5. DAUGHTERS OF LATIN AMERICA: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF
WRITING BY LATINE WOMEN edited by Sandra Guzmán (Amistad) – anthology
6. DEATH’S
COUNTRY by R.M. Romero (Peachtree Teen) – young adult, LGBTQ+
7. FAMILY
LORE by Elizabeth Acevedo (Ecco) – fiction
8. I’LL
GIVE YOU A REASON by Annell López (The Feminist Press/CUNY) -- fiction
9. IN
MY EYES, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL by David Unger (Mosaic Press) – fiction
10. LEGENDARIOS: WRATH OF THE RAIN GOD by Karla
Arenas Valenti (Aladdin) –
children’s books
11. LILIANA’S INVINCIBLE SUMMER: A SISTER’S
SEARCH FOR JUSTICE by
Cristina Rivera Garza (Hogarth) –
Pulitzer Prize winner, non-fiction
12. RELENTLESS:
MY STORY OF THE LATINO SPIRIT THAT IS TRANSFORMING
AMERICA by Luis A. Miranda Jr.
(Hachette Books) – biography
13. SYLVIA’S SECOND ACT by Hillary Yablon (Pamela
Dorman Books) – fiction
14. THE
DOMINICAN KITCHEN by Vanessa Mota (Rock Point) -- cookbook
15. THE
HOUSE ON MANGO STREET by Sandra Cisneros (Vintage) – classic, fiction
16. THE
PRINCE AND THE COYOTE by David Bowles (Levine Querido) – young adult
17. THE
ROARING DAYS OF ZORA LILY by Noelle Salazar (MIRA) – historical fiction
18. THESE HOLLOWED BONES: POEMS by Amelia Díaz Ettinger (Sea Crow Press) -- poetry
19. ¡VERDURA! LIVING A GARDEN LIFE by Perla Sofía Curbelo-Santiago
(Cool Springs Press) – craft, gardening
20. WILD
DREAMERS by Margarita Engle (Atheneum Books for Young Readers) –
young adult, fiction
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Some photos of our Summer Reading List
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