90 Book Recommendations for the Latinx Book Bingo

Hi everyone, I’m so excited to finally be posting this! Last week was the official announcement of the Latinx Book Bingo, which I’m co-hosting, and since then so many people on twitter have been asking for recommendations for the different squares of the bingo and, today, I’m delivering SO MANY RECS in this post! I have worked really hard for a long time to have a wide selection of books on this list, because I want this to be useful for as many people as possible.

But before getting into the list, I wanted to make some clarifications about it:

1. I haven’t read every book on this list, but I read #ownvoices reviews for almost every single one of these books to make sure the Latinx rep was good. Nonetheless, if you know the rep in one of the books is not good, please let me know!
2. When I mention a book is #ownvoices, this means is #ownvoices for latinx rep. I wish I had the time to especify if other kinds of rep are also #ownvoices, but I honestly didn’t have the time.
3. Next to the title and author, there’s a parentheses (), in which I added information like the genre of the books and the kind of rep they have, so you could know if it works for more than one square.

With that out of the way, here are the recommendations:

Latinx Bisexual Main Character

• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova (#ownvoices- YA Fantasy – F/F romance)
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (#ownvoices – YA Magical Realism)

Sci-Fi/ Fantasy with Latinx Characters

• Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-García (#ownvoices- YA Fantasy – Mexican rep)
• Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno García (#ownvoices – Adult Paranormal- Mexican Rep)
• Latin Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction & Fantasy (#ownvoices – Adult)
• Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (#ownvoices- Short stories- Queer rep)
• The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Fantasy- Mexican Rep)
• Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda (#ownvoices – YA Horror/ Sci-fi)

Latinx Main Character with Mental Illness

• When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary-Depression)
• The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- Depression)
• They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- OCD & Anxiety Rep- Gay Rep – Puerto Rican and Cuban- American Rep)

On Cover Representation

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary – afrolatinx mc)
• Acting on Impulse by Mia Sosa (#ownvoices- Adult Romance-Puerto Rican mc)
• Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (#ownvoices- YA Urban Fantasy- Puerto Rican mc)
• The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez (#ownvoices- Middle Grade Contemporary)
• Lucky Luna by Diana Lopez (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Contemporary)

Historical Fiction with latinx main characters

• Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (#ownvoices – Adult- Colombian rep)
• How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez (#ownvoices- YA – Dominican rep)
• In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (#ownvoices – Adult- Dominican rep)
• Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina (#ownvoices – YA)
• The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano by Sonia Manzano (#ownvoices – YA- Puerto Rican rep)
• My Year in the Middle by Lila Quintero Weaver (#ownvoices – Middle Grade)

Female/Female Relationship

• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary)
• Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary – Cuban Rep)

• America, Vol. 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez by Gabby Rivera (#ownvoices- YA Graphic Novel)

Contemporary/Romance with Latinx Main Character

• The Victoria in my Head by Janelle Milanes (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary)
• Delicious Temptation by Sabrina Sol (#ownvoices- Adult Romance- Mexican Rep)
• I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary- Mexican rep)
• His Perfect Partner by Priscilla Oliveras (#ownvoices- Adult Romance- Puerto Rican & Mexican-American Rep)
• Analee, in Real Life by Janelle Milanes (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary – Coming out: September 18th)
• Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia by Jenny Torres Sanchez (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• Stripped by Zoey Castile (#ownvoices- Adult Romance)

Refugee/Immigrant Story

• The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez (#ownvoices- Contemporary- Mexican & Panamanian Rep)
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – Afrolatinx mc- Haitian Rep)
• The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea (#ownvoices – Adult Literary Fiction- Mexican-Americna Rep)
• The Only Road by Alexandra Diaz (#ownvoices -Middle Grade Contemporary – Guatemalan Rep)
• Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan (#ownvoices – YA Historical Fiction – Mexican Rep)
• I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Historical Fiction- Chilean Rep)

Latinx Neurodiverse Main Character

• Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• Me, Who Dove Into the Heart of the World by Sabina Berman (#ownvoices – Contemporary)

Non Fiction

• In The Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero (#ownvoices – Adult Memoir- Colombian rep)
• Born Both: An Intersex Life by Hida Viloria (#ownvoices – Adult Memoir- intersex rep)
• Buterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa by Rigoberto González (#ownvoices – Adult Memoir- Gay rep – Mexican rep)
• Borderlands/ La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa (#ownvoices – Adult- Mexican rep)
• The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande (#ownvoices – Adult Memoir- Immigrant story- Mexican rep)
• The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara (#ownvoices – Adult Memoir-Argentine rep)

Male/Male Relationship

• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- Puerto Rican Rep)
• Chulito by Charles Rice- González (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• A Tiny Piece of Something Greater by Jude Sierra (#ownvoices – Adult Romance-Brazilian rep)

Magical Realism with Latinx Main Characters

• When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (#ownvoices – YA)
• The Weight of Feather by Ana-Marie McLemore (#ownvoices – YA)
• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (#ownvoices – Adult – Classic- Mexican rep)
• The Girl Who Could Silence the Wind by Meg Medina (#ownvoices – YA)
• The Head of the Saint by Socorro Acioli (#ownvoices – YA- Brazilian Rep)

Fat Representation

• Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss (Romance -Fat Puerto Rican Lesbian mc )
• Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary – Depression & Eating Disorder representation)
• Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Fantasy- On cover rep- afrolatinx rep)

Afrolatinx main character

• Show and Prove by Sofia Quintero (#ownvoices – YA Historical Fiction)
• The Education of Margot Sánchez by Lliliam Rivera (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – On Cover Rep)
• Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson (#ownvoices – YA Paranormal)
• Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Contemporary)

Classic Latinx Authors

• The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (#ownvoices – Adult Magical Realism-Chilean Rep)
• One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (#ownvoices – Adult Magical Realism -Colombian Rep- Nobel Prize for Literature)
• Love in the Time of Colera by Gabriel García Márquez (#ownvoices – Adult Historical Fiction- Colombian rep)
• Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar (#ownvoices – Adult-Argentine Rep)
• Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho (#ownvoices – Adult contemporary-Brazilian rep)
• The Time of The Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa (#ownvoices – Adult Historical Fiction- Peruvian rep)

Transgender /Gender Queer Latinx Main Character

• Mariposa Gown by Rigoberto González (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- Trans rep)

Poetry

• My Wicked Wicked Ways by Sandra Cisneros (#ownvoices)
• Have You Seen Marie? by Sandra Cisneros (#ownvoices)
• Beast Girl and Other Origin Myths by Elizabeth Acevedo (#ownvoices)
• Peluda by Melissa Lozada- Oliva (#ownvoices)

Disabled/Chronic Pain Main Character

• Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar (#ownvoices – Middle Grade- Cuban Rep)
• The Storm Runner by Jennifer Cervantes (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Fantasy – coming out: September 18th)

Indigenous Main Character

• Broad and Alien is the World by Ciro Alegría (Adult Historical Fiction- Peruvian Rep)
• Men of Maize by Miguel Ángel Asturias (Adult Magical Realism- Guatemalan Rep – Nobel Prize for Literature)

Free Space

• North of Happy by Adi Alsaid (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- Mexican Rep)
• The Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez (#ownvoices – Adult Short Stories- Argentine rep)
• The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• Because of the Sun by Jenny Torres Sánchez (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• The Infamous Miss Rodriguez by Lydia San Andres (#ownvoices – Adult Historical Romance -afrolatinx mc)
• A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano (#ownvoices- Middle Grade Fantasy-Mexican Rep)
• Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes (#ownvoices- Middle Grade Mystery- Mexican rep)
• The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora by Pablo Cartaya (#ownvoices- Middle Grade Contemporary)
• The Tequila Worm by Viola Canales (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary-
• Mexican rep)

Are you participating in the Latinx Book Bingo? Are you reading any of the books on this list? or have you read already any of the books on this list? Let me know!

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