100 Book Recommendations for the Latinx Book Bingo| Latinx Heritage Month 2019

Hi everyone! Today I bring you a post I have been working on for a long time and I’m super excited to finally share it with you. In this post, there are recommendations for the Latinx Book Bingo 2019, which I’m hosting again this year.  Before getting into the recs, here are some things you should know about them:

• In each category, the recommendations are organized depending on age group: First, you’ll find YA books, then Middle Grade books and finally Adult books.
• Click on the title and it will take you to the Goodreads page for the book.
• I haven’t read every book on this list, but I read #ownvoices reviews for almost every single one of them 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!
• 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.
• If you can’t find a book that intests you and fits one of the categories on this list and need more options, here’s the list I made for the bingo last year: 90 Book Recommendations for the Latinx Book Bingo. Maybe you’ll find what you’re looking for there!

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

Any book by a Latinx author

• Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera (#owvoices -YA Dystopia)
• Blanca & Roja by Anna-Marie McLemore  (#ownvoices – YA Magical Realism)
• Nocturna by Maya Motayne (#ownvoices – YA Fantasy)
• Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal (#ownvoices – YA Horror – Puerto Rican Rep)
• The Truth Is by NoNieqa Ramos (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- Puerto Rican Rep – Release date: September 3rd 2019)
• Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez (YA Contemporary- there’s Mexican American Rep and the author is  Uruguayan American)
• Water in May by Ismée Amiel Williams (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• Secrets of the Casa Rosada by Alex Temblador (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – Mexican rep)
• They Could Have Named Her Anything by Stephanie Jimenez (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – Ecuadorian rep & Puerto Rican Rep)
• The Wind Called My Namy by Mary Louise Sanchez (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Historical Fiction)
• The Other Half of Happy by Rebecca Balcárcel (Middel Grade Contemporary- Guatemalan rep)
• The Moon Within by Aida Salazar (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Contemporary)
• Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez (#ownvoices – MG Fantasy)
• Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno- Garcia (#ownvoices – Adult Fantasy – Mexican rep)
• Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester (Adult Magical Realism- there’s Mexican Rep and the author is Peruvian)
• Love War Stories by Ivelisse Rodriguez (#ownvoices – Short Story Collection – Puerto Rican Rep)
• Dominicana by Angie Cruz (#ownvoices – Adult Historical Fiction – Dominican rep- Release date: September 3rd 2019)
• The Affair of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivera (#ownvoices – Adult Contemporary-  Peruvian Rep)
• Mouthful of Birds by Samantha Schweblin (#ownvoices – Adult Horror Short Story Collection – Argentinan Rep)

Intersectional main character (mc)

• The Resolutions by Mia Garcia (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary-  gay mixed Asian-Latino mc and an Afrolatina mc)
• Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore (#ownvoices – YA Magical Realism – Bisexual mc)
• When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary-Depression Rep)
• They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- OCD & Anxiety Rep- Gay Rep – Puerto Rican and Cuban- American Rep)
• History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – Gay Rep)
• More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- Gay Rep – Puerto Rican Rep)
• Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary- Neurodiverse mc)
• Me, Who Dove Into the Heart of the World by Sabina Berman (#ownvoices – Contemporary- Neurodiverse mc)
• Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia by Jenny Torres Sanchez (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – Depression Rep)
• The Fall of Innocence by Jenny Torres Sanchez (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary – Mental Illness Rep)
• The Storm Runner by Jennifer Cervantes (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Fantasy – Disability rep)
• Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (#ownvoices – Short Stories- Indigenous Rep)
• Tentacle by Rita Indiana (#ownvoices -Adult Sci-fi – Dominican Rep- Trans mc)
• Ripped Pages by M- Hollis (#ownvoices – Adult Fantasy Novella – f/f relationship)
• Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (#ownvoices- Short stories- Queer rep)

Afrolatinx main character

• With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (YA Contemporary – Puerto Rican rep – Dominican author)
• Pride by Ibi Zoboi (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – Haitian-Dominican Rep)
• American Street by Ibi Zoboi (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – Haitian Rep)
• Iron Cast by Destiny Soria (#ownvoices – YA Fantasy )
• Definitely Daphne by Tami Charles (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Contemporary-  Puerto Rican Rep)
• Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Contemporary- Cuban Rep)
• The Infamous Miss Rodriguez by Lydia San Andres (#ownvoices – Adult Historical Romance)

On Cover Representation

• The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary – afrolatinx mc)
• Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older (#ownvoices- YA Urban Fantasy- Puerto Rican mc)
• The Education of Margot Sánchez by Lliliam Rivera (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – On Cover Rep)
• Lety Out Loud by Angela Cervantes (#ownvoices – MG contemporary – Mexican rep)
• Acting on Impulse by Mia Sosa (#ownvoices- Adult Romance-Puerto Rican mc)
• American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera (#ownvoices – Adult Romance – Afro Latinx mc – Gay mc)
• American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera (#ownvoices – Adult Romance – Gay mc)

Fat Representation 

• Analee, in Real Life by Janelle Milanes (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary- Social Anxiety Rep – Cuban Rep)
• 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)
• You Have the Right to Remain Fat by Virgie Tovar  (#ownvocies – Adult memoir)

Backlist Title

• Out of Darkness by Ashely Hope Perez (#ownvoices – YA Historical Fiction – Mexican Rep)
• The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary – Mental Illness rep)
• Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Sosa (#ownvoices latinx rep- YA Fantasy – Brazilian author)
• The Victoria in my Head by Janelle Milanes (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary)
• Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda (#ownvoices – YA Horror/ Sci-fi)
• Hollywood Witch Hunter by Valerie Tejada (#ownvoices – YA Paranormal)
• #TheRealCinderella by Yesenia Vargas (#ownvoices – YA Contemporary)
• A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano (#ownvoices- Middle Grade Fantasy-Mexican Rep)
• Stef Soto, Taco Queen by Jennifer Torres (#ownvoices – Middle Grade Contemporary)
• The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez (#ownvoices- Contemporary- Mexican & Panamanian Rep)
• The Assimilated Cuban’s Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez (#ownvoices- short stores- Cuban Rep)
• Oye What I’m Gonna Tell You by Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes ( #ownvoices -Short Story Collection – Cuban Rep)
• Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (#ownvoices – Adult Sci-fi – Mexican Rep)
• Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin (#ownvoices – Adult Horror – Argentinan Rep)
• The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel Vasquez (#ownvoices – Adult Historical Fiction – Colombian Rep)
• Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno García (#ownvoices – Adult Paranormal- Mexican Rep)
• Delicious Temptation by Sabrina Sol (#ownvoices- Adult Romance- Mexican Rep)
• His Perfect Partner by Priscilla Oliveras (#ownvoices- Adult Romance- Puerto Rican & Mexican-American Rep)
• Stripped by Zoey Castile (#ownvoices- Adult Romance)

Non-Traditional format

• America, Vol. 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez by Gabby Rivera (#ownvoices- YA Graphic Novel)
• City of Clowns by Daniel Alarcon (#ownvoices-  Graphic Novel – Peruvian Rep)
• The Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago (#ownvoices – Puerto Rican Rep – Graphic Novel)
• Lowrides in Space by Cathy Camper & Raul Gonzalez III (#ownvoices – Graphic Novel)
• Palabras in Each Fist by Rebecca Balcárcel  (#ownvoices – Poetry collection)
• Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros (#ownvoices – Poetry collection)
• Lima: Limón by Natalie Scenters- Zapico (#ownvoices – Poetry collection)
• The Verging Cities by Natalie Scenters- Zapico (#ownvoices – Poetry collection)
• When I Walk Through that Door, I Am: An Immigrant Mother’s Quest by Jimmy Santiago Baca (Poetry, Salvadorian mc, author of Apache and Chicano descent)
• while they sleep (under the bed is another country) by Raquel Salas Rivera (#ownvoices, Poetry, Puerto Rican Author)
• Lessons on Expulsion by Erika L. Sanchez (#ownvoices – Poetry)
• Scar On/ Scar Off by Jennifer Maritza McCauley (#ownvoices – Poetry)
• love, and you by Gretchen Gomez (#ownvoices – Poetry – Puerto Rican author)

Recommended by a Latinx Reader  (My recs for you!)

• Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno (#ownvoices – Cuban American rep – YA Contemporary – bisexual mc)
• We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia (#ownvoices – YA Fantasy – f/f romance)
• When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore (#ownvoices – YA Magical Realism)
• Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova (#ownvoices- YA Fantasy – f/f romance)
• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera (#ownvoices- YA Contemporary – Queer mc)

Non Fiction

• In The Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero (#ownvoices – Adult Memoir- Colombian rep)
• American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera (#ownvoices – Adult Memoir- Honduran Rep)
• Clandestine in Chile: The Adventures of Miguel Littín by Gabriel García Márquez (Reportage – Chilean rep – Colombian author)
• News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez (#ownvoices- reportage- Colombian rep)
• The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo  (#ownvoices- Adult Memoir- Mexican Rep)
• Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano (#ownvoices- History non fiction)
• Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family by Annika Fajardo (#owvoices- Adult memoir – Colombina rep)
• Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Díaz (#ownvoices- adult memoir- Puerto Rican Rep)
• Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions by Valeria Luiselli (Essay Collention -Mexican Author)

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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