Hispanic Heritage Month Booklist
September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month! Help us celebrate the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans to the history, culture, and achievements of the United States with these books by Latinx authors!
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Children's Picture Books
Across the Bay by Carlos Aponte
Alma y cómo obtuvo su nombre by Juana Martinez-Neal
Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
Lola by Junot Díaz
Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy
Mi papi tiene una moto by Isabel Quintero
Quizás algo hermoso: cómo el arte transformó un barrio by F. Isabel Campoy
Rudas: Nino’s Horrendous Hermanitas by Yuyi Morales
Children's Picture Books About Important Latinx People
¡Bravo! : Poemas sobre hispanos extraordinarios by Margarita Engle
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Katherine Krull
My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez by Monica Brown
Out of the Ballpark by Alex Rodriguez
Oye, Celia!: A Song for Celia Cruz by Katie Sciurba
Pasando páginas: la historia de mi vida by Sonia Sotomayor
Pelé, King of Soccer by Monica Brown
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré by Anika Denise
Children's and Preteen Chapter Books
A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano
The Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older
The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya
The First Rule of Punk by Celia Pérez
Ghost Squad by Claribel Ortega
Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
Maximilian and the Lucha Libre Club by Xavier Garza
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina
The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz
Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Teen and Young Adult Fiction
All of Us With Wings by Michelle Ruiz Keil
Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez
Fat Chance, Charlie Vega by Crystal Maldonado
The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Ericka L. Sanchez
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
Lobizona by Romina Garber
The Mirror Season by Anna-Marie McLemore
The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves
One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older
This Train is Being Held by Ismée Williams
We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Adult Fiction
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
What’s Mine and Yours by Naima Coster
¡Yo! by Julia Alvarez
Adult Fiction in Spanish
Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Cuando te hablen de amor by Mónica Lavín
De donde venimos by Oscar Cásares
El tonaya no perdona by Edson Lechuga
Los crímenes de Alicia by Guillermo Martínez
Los hijos de La Diosa Huracán by Daína Chaviano
Más allá del invierno by Isabel Allende