11TH ANNUAL SUMMER READING LIST FROM LAS COMADRES & FRIENDS NATIONAL LATINO BOOK CLUB

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

CONTACT:  Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager  

tmtobin.lcbookclub@gmail.com

 

 

New York, NY (June 20, 2025)  —  Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is pleased to announce the release of its 11th annual Summer Reading List on this the first day of the summer.

 “Reading is most rewarding when you feel a connection to the story,” says Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager. “Our Summer Reading List has something special for everyone. The voices of our talented Latine writers bring fresh perspectives and meaningful connections. And for the first time, upon our readers' request, we have added a book in Spanish. So, settle in, turn the page, and let these stories take you somewhere new. Enjoy the journey!”

The Summer Reading List includes 20 books in a variety of genres.  It includes a golden classic novel written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, a children’s picture book to share with kids and grandkids, and our first ever Spanish language book.  Stories are set in Cuba, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico and across the United States.   We encourage readers of all ages to purchase our selections and add them to their TBR piles, give copies to family and friends, donate copies to neighborhood libraries, and enjoy Reading Latino Lit.

  

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club

2025 Summer Reading List

 

1.       A SIMPLE HABANA MELODY by Oscar Hijuelos (Grand Central Publishing) – fiction, classical

2.       A STORY OF STORIES: THE TEXAS BORDER BARRIO LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DOÑA RAMONA GONZÁLEZ by Cristina Devereaux Ramírez (Tinta Books) – biography

3.       +El Último Hombre Blanco / THE LAST WHITE MAN by Nuria Labari (Random House) – fiction

4.       FOR A GOD TO REST: A CARTEL MARIACHI ROMANCE by Tamaya Cruz (Tamaya Cruz Books) – romance

5.       *GLORIA by Andrés Felipe Solano (Counterpoint) – fiction

6.       I TRUST MY INNER VOICE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SELF-BELIEF, MANIFESTATION AND MINDSET TRANSFORMATION by Ana Parra Vivas (Hasmark Publishing International) – self-help

7.       LATINO FIRSTS: TRAILBLAZERS AND MILESTONES IN UNITED STATES HISTORY by Nicolás Kanellos (Visible Ink Press) – biographies

8.       LUCHA OF THE NIGHT FOREST by Tehlor Kay Mejia (Make Me A World) – fiction, young adult

9.       *MAMIACHI & ME: MY MAMI’S MARIACHI BAND by Jolene and Dakota Gutiérrez (Harry N. Abrams) – children’s picture book

10.   #ON THE TIP OF YOUR MOTHER’S TONGUE by JP Infante (Thirty West Publishing House) – poetry and prose

11.   RAIN REVOLUTIONS by Bessie F. Zaldívar (Long Day Press) – fiction, short stories

12.   *REINBOU by Pedro Cabiya (Astra House) – fiction

13.   RESERVOIR BITCHES by Dahlia de la Cerda (The Feminist Press at CUNY) – fiction, short stories

14.   TELL IT TO ME SINGING by Tita Ramirez (Simon & Schuster) – fiction

15.   THE INFLUENCERS by Anna-Marie McLemore (The Dial Press) – fiction, mystery

16.   *THE LATINA ANTI-DIET: A DIETITIAN’S GUIDE TO AUTHENTIC HEALTH THAT CELEBRATES CULTURE AND FULL-FLAVOR LIVING by Dalina Soto (Ballantine Books) – self-help

17.   THE PINK AGAVE MOTEL & OTHER STORIES by V. Castro (CLASH Books) – science fiction

18.   THE SONS OF EL REY by Alex Espinoza (Simon & Schuster) – fiction, LGBTQ+

19.   THE WAVES TAKE YOU HOME by María Alejandra Barrios Vélez (Lake Union Publishing) – fiction, magical realism

20.   WE WILL BE JAGUARS: A MEMOIR OF MY PEOPLE by Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson (Abrams Press) – environmental & naturalist biography

 *book available in Spanish      +book available in English     

#dual language (English-Spanish)

 

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club was founded in 2006 and is currently in 12 cities, with more cities to follow.  All books are in English, written by Latine authors. Membership is free and open to all readers, Latinos and non-Latinos, women and men.  Each month, Las Comadres & Friends Book Club features a Book of the Month selection and one or two additional “Conversations with” books.  At the end of the month, there is a LIVE zoom teleconference with the author(s), plus a simultaneous X-Chat on @ReadLatinoLit.  The interviews are recorded and uploaded to the Las Comadres YouTube Channel (@LasComadresParaLasAmericas).

For more information on Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club, to register for the monthly teleconference, and to submit your book for consideration, visit www.latinolit.com.

For more information on the 2025 Summer Reading List, email Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager, at tmtobin.lcbookclub@gmail.com.

 

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club

www.latinolit.com

X: @ReadLatinoLit

YouTube: @LasComadresParaLasAmericas

Hashtags:  #ReadLatinoLit, #LasComadres, #LCBC

  

Leadership Team

Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager

Maria C. Ferrer, Nydia Marsella, Dora M. Abreu, Karen D. Gonzales and Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock

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LAS COMADRES & FRIENDS NATIONAL LATINO BOOK CLUB RELEASES 10TH ANNUAL SUMMER READING LIST

  

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

 

Join the book club here:  https://latinolit.com/join-book-club/

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Some photos of our Summer Reading List

LAS COMADRES & FRIENDS NATIONAL LATINO BOOK CLUB RELEASES 9TH ANNUAL SUMMER READING LIST

 

** Connecting Readers All Over The World

Through Latino Literature **

 

9^th ANNUAL

SUMMER READING LIST

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE --  JUNE 21, 2023 

CONTACT:  Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager 

tmtobin.lcbookclub@gmail.com

 

 

New York, NY—Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club is pleased to announce the release of its ninth annual Summer Reading List on this the first day of the summer.

 The Las Comadres & Friends Book Club is celebrating its Sweet Sixteen, and they have selected 16 books in commemoration.  The Summer Reading List includes a new Pulitzer Prize Winner; a celebrity memoir; a self-help book from the Boogie Down Bronx and a career guide for Latino Leadership; two wonderful children’s books; a poetry collection; two short stories collections; mysteries and thrillers; and a classic novel with a “masterful translation.”

 “Did you know,” asks Las Comadres National / International Founder Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, “reading helps put your consciousness on another plane? It helps you move into a fictional world, easing tension and helping you relax. Our readers will have a hard time selecting which book to read first because all 16 books are delicious and enticing.”

 We encourage readers of all ages to purchase our Summer Reading List selections and add them to their TBR piles, give copies to family and friends, donate copies to neighborhood libraries, and enjoy Reading Latino Lit.

 Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club

2023 Summer Reading List

 

1.     ALBORADA (DAWN): A Cross-Cultural Memoir in Poetry by Nylda Dieppa (Orange Blossom Publishing) - poetry

2.    CALL ME CASSANDRA by Marcial Gala (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) – 

       LGBTQ+ fiction

3.    *CHITA: A MEMOIR by Chita Rivera (HarperOne) - biography

4.    DULCINEA by Ana Veciana-Suarez (Blackstone Publishing) – 

       historical fiction

5.    *FRIZZY by Claribel A. Ortega (First Second) – children’s fiction

6.    GOOD NIGHT, IRENE by Luis Alberto Urrea (Little, Brown & Co.) – 

        historical fiction

7.     HOLLOW BEASTS by Alisa Lynn Valdés (Thomas & Mercer) - thriller

8.     LOTERÍA by Cynthia Pelayo (Agora Books) – short stories

9.     THE LUIS ORTEGA SURVIVAL CLUB by Sonora Reyes (Balzer & Bray) – 

        young adult fiction

10.   MR. PRESIDENT by Miguel Ángel Asturias, translated by David Unger 

        (Penguin Classics) - fiction

11.   NINE STRAY SHOTS by Jesús Miguel Soto (Disaster Books) – 

        short stories

12.   OUR OTHERNESS IS OUR STRENGTH: Wisdom from the Boogie Down 

        Bronx by Andrea Navedo (Broadleaf Books) – motivational self-help

13.   PLÁTANOS ARE LOVE by Alyssa Reynoso-Morris (Atheneum Books 

        for Young Readers) – bilingual, children’s fiction

14.   THE POWER OF LATINO LEADERSHIP: Culture, Inclusion, and 

        Contribution by Juana Bordas (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2^nd edition) – 

        career guide

15.   RED QUEEN by Juan Gómez-Jurado (Minotaur Books) – mystery

16.   *TRUST by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books) – fiction, 

          2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner

*Book also available in Spanish.

   

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club started in 2007 and is currently in 15 cities, with more cities to follow.  All books are in English, written by Latino authors. Membership is free and open to all readers.  Each month, Las Comadres & Friends Book Club features a Book of the Month selection and one or two additional “Conversations with” books.  At the end of the month, there is a LIVE zoom teleconference with the author(s), plus a simultaneous TwitterChat on @ReadLatinoLit. Registration is free and open to all readers.  The interviews are recorded and uploaded to the Las Comadres YouTube Channel (@LasComadresParaLasAmericas).

 For more information on Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club, to register for the monthly teleconference, and to submit your book for consideration, visit www.latinolit.com.

 For more information on the 2023 Summer Reading List, email Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager, at tmtobin.lcbookclub@gmail.com. 

 

Las Comadres & Friends National Latino Book Club

www.latinolit.com

Twitter: @ReadLatinoLit

YouTube: @LasComadresParaLasAmericas

Hashtags:  #ReadLatinoLit, #LasComadres, #LCBC

  

Leadership Team

Maria C. Ferrer, Executive Director

Teresa M. Tobin, Project Manager

Dora M. Abreu, Social Media Coordinator

Karen D. Gonzales, Assistant Coordinator

 and

Dr. Nora de Hoyos Comstock, National / International Founder

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HAPPY READING 

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