170 Book Recommendations for the Latinx Book Bingo | Latinx Heritage Month 2020

Latinx book bingo

Hi everyone! Today I bring you a post that I have put a lot of work into and that I hope you find useful. I’m excited to share recommendations for the Latinx Book Bingo 2020, which I’m co-hosting again this year and it’s taking place from September 15th to October 15th!

Before getting into the recs, here are some things you should know:

All the books included on this list are written by Latinx authors
I haven’t read every book on this list, but I tried to read #ownvoices reviews 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!
Besides the title and author, 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 prompt in the bingo board.
Click on the title and it will take you to the Goodreads page for the book.
The amazon links in this post are affiliate links, so if you use it I may get a small commission, that doesn’t affect the price of your book but it helps me out and it compensates the work I put into this list!
If you are not buying a book, but would like to support me or compensate the work I put into this list (it’s not necessary or expected, but if you want to), you could buy me a Ko-fi.
If you can’t find a book that interests you and fits one of the categories on this list and need more options, here are the lists I made for the bingo the past two years: 90 Book Recommendations for the Latinx Book Bingo + 100 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:

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Afro-Latinx Main Character

Note: all these books are by Afro-Latinx authors!

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika & Maritza Moulite: YA Contemporary – Haitian rep- mostly set in Haiti – on cover rep. (Amazon)
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo: YA Contemporary – Puerto Rican rep- on cover rep (Amazon)
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo: YA Contemporary – Dominican rep – on cover rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Pride by Ibi Zoboi: YA Contemporary – Haitian-Dominican Rep-backlist. (Amazon)
Definitely Daphne by Tami Charles: Middle Grade Contemporary – Puerto Rican Rep- backlist. (Amazon)
Undead Girl Gang by Lily Anderson YA Paranormal – Mexican rep – Fat rep – Afro-Latinx mc & author- backlist.. (Amazon)
Swing Batter Swing by Zaida Polanco: Adult Romance- Dominican rep- backlist. (Amazon)

Lighthearted story

A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos: Adult romance – Dominican rep – 2020 release. (Amazon)
The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa: Adult romance – Brazilian rep – 2020 release. (Amazon)
Island Affair by Priscilla Oliveras: Adult romance – Cuban rep – 2020 release. (Amazon)
Finding Joy by Adriana Herrera: Adult romance – Afro-Latinx mc & author- Dominican rep – gay rep – 2020 release. (Amazon)
Here to Stay by Adriana Herrera: Adult Romance – Dominican-Puerto Rican Rep- coming out August 25th. (Amazon)
Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera: Adult Romance – Dominican Rep – f/f relationship – 2020 release. (Amazon)
The Victoria in my Head by Janelle Milanes :YA Contemporary – Cuban rep – backlist. (Amazon)
The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez: Middle Grade Contemporary – Mexican Rep – backlist. (Amazon)

Set in/main character from LATAM

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo: YA Contemporary – Afrolatinx mc & author- mostly set in Domican Republic- 2020 release. (Amazon)
Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal: YA Horror – Puerto Rican Rep- set in Puerto Rico. (Amazon)
Where We Go From Here by Lucas Rocha: YA Contemporary – Gay rep – set in Brazil. (Amazon)
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno García: Adult Paranormal- Mexican Rep- set in Mexico – backlist. (Amazon)
The Air You Breath by Frances de Pontes Peebles: Adult Historical Fiction – Brazilian Rep- set mostly in Brazil. (Amazon)
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel : Adult Classic – Mexican rep – set in Mexico- – backlist. (Amazon)
Mouthful of Birds by Samantha Schweblin Adult Horror – Short Story Collection – Argentinan Rep – set in Argentina. (Amazon)
Love War Stories by Ivelisse Rodriguez: Short Story Collection – Puerto Rican Rep- Some of the stories are set in Puerto Rico- backlist. (Amazon)
City of Clowns by Daniel Alarcon Graphic Novel – Peruvian Rep – Set in Perú – backlist. (Amazon)

Any book by Latinx Author

The Weight of Feathers by Ana-Marie McLemore: YA Magical Realism- backlist. (Amazon)
Dealing in Dreams by Lilliam Rivera: YA Dystopia. (Amazon)
Nocturna by Maya Motayne: YA Fantasy – Dominican inspired. (Amazon)
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova: YA Urban Fantasy – Ecuadorian Rep- f/f romance- backlist. (Amazon)
The Grief Keeper by Alexandra Villasante: YA Contemporary – Salvadorian Rep – Lesbian rep. (Amazon)
Salty, Bitter, Sweet by Mayra Cuevas: YA Contemporary – Cuban rep- 2020 release. (Amazon)
They Could Have Named Her Anything by Stephanie Jimenez: YA Contemporary – Ecuadorian rep & Puerto Rican Rep. (Amazon)
Barely Missing Everything by Matt Mendez: YA Contemporary- Mexican Rep. (Amazon)
Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez: YA Fantasy – Bolivian Rep. (Amazon)
The Moon Within by Aida Salazar Middle Grade Contemporary – Mexican Rep. (Amazon)
What if A Fish by Anika Fajardo: Middle Grade Magical Realism – Colombian rep – 2020 release. (Amazon)
The Smoking Mirror by David Bowles: Middle Grade Fantasy- Mexican Rep- backlist. (Amazon)
The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext: Poetry anthology by multiple Latinx authors – Intersecional – 2020 release. (Amazon)
Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras: Adult Literary Fiction- Colombian rep– backlist. (Amazon)
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez: Adult Sci-Fi – Queer Rep- 2020 release. (Amazon)

Backlist Title

Beneath the Citadel by Destiny Sosa: YA Fantasy- backlist. (Amazon)
Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro: YA Contemporary – Afro-Latinx mc- backlist. (Amazon)
Pitch Dark by Courtney Alameda: YA Horror/ Sci-fi – – backlist. (Amazon)
The Last 8 by Laura Pohl: YA Sci-Fi – Mexican rep. (Amazon)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez: YA Historical Fiction – Dominican rep– backlist. (Amazon)
Delicious Temptation by Sabrina Sol: Adult Romance- Mexican Rep- backlist. (Amazon)
Kulti by Mariana Zapata: Adult Romance – Argentinian Mexican Rep- backlist. (Amazon)
Stripped by Zoey Castile: Adult Romance – Ecuadorian-Peruvian rep – backlist. (Amazon)
The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende: Adult Magical Realism-Chilean Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Hopscotch by Julio Cortázar: Adult literay fiction -Argentine Rep – set in Argentina – backlist. (Amazon)
The Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez: Adult Short Stories- Argentine rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester: Adult Magical Realism- Mexican Rep. (Amazon)
The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea Adult Literary Fiction- Mexican Rep- backlist. (Amazon)
Have You Seen Marie? by Sandra Cisneros: Poetry – backlist. (Amazon)
Beast Girl and Other Origin Myths by Elizabeth Acevedo: Poetry – backlist.
Peluda by Melissa Lozada- Oliva: Poetry – backlist. (Amazon)
Palabras in Each Fist by Rebecca Balcárcel: Poetry – backlist. (Amazon)

Non-Fiction

The Beast: Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail by Oscar Martinez: Guatemalan, Salvadorian, Hondurian & Mexican Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria Machado Adult Memoir – Cuban Rep. (Amazon)
American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera: Adult Memoir- Honduran Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
In The Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero: Adult Memoir- Colombian rep – Depression rep – intersectional mc – immigrant story – backlist. (Amazon)
¡Cuéntamelo!: Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants by Juliana Delgado Lopera: Anthology – Puerto Rican Rep – Cuban Rep – Queer Rep – Intersectional – Immigrant story – Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Anthology – backlist. (Amazon)
You Don’t Have to Like Me by Alida Nugent: Essays – Puerto Rican Rep – includes discussion about being biracial and struggling with bulimia. (Amazon)
News of a Kidnapping by Gabriel García Márquez: Colombian rep – backlist. (Amazon)
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo Adult Memoir- Mexican Rep -backlist.
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano: History – backlist. (Amazon)
A History of Violence: Living and Dying in Central America by Oscar Martinez: Guatemalan, Salvadorian, Hondurian Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family by Annika Fajardo: Adult memoir – Colombina rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Born Both: An Intersex Life by Hida Viloria: Adult Memoir- Colombian and Venezuelan Rep – intersex rep – backlist. (Amazon)
AOC: The Fearless Rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and What It Means for America by Lynda Lopez (editor): Adult Nonfiction – Puerto Rican Rep. (Amazon)

On Cover Representation

Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older: YA Urban Fantasy- Puerto Rican Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
The Education of Margot Sánchez by Lilliam Rivera: YA Contemporary – Puerto Rican Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno: YA Contemporary – Cuban Rep – bisexual rep. (Amazon)
Iron Cast by Destiny Soria: YA Fantasy – backlist. (Amazon)
Merci Suárez Changes Gears by Meg Medina: Middle Grade Contemporary- Cuban Rep – Newbery Medal – backlist. (Amazon)

Awards Winning

Note: for this prompt, if a book was shortlisted for an awards it counts

On These Magic Shores by Yamile Saied Méndez: Middle Grade Fantasy – Argentinian rep – New Visions Award Honor. (Amazon)
Dominicana by Angie Cruz: Adult Historical Fiction – Dominican rep- ALA/YALSA Alex Award in fiction – shortlisted for The Women’s Prize. (Amazon)
The Disturbed Girl’s Dictionary by NoNieqa Ramos: YA Contemporary – Mental Illness rep – 2018 New York Public Library Best Book for Teens – 2019 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection – backlist. (Amazon)
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria: Adult Romance – Puerto Rican Rep- RITA Award by Romance Writers of America for Best First Book – backlist. (Amazon)
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Short stories- Queer rep – Shirley Jackson Award Winner – backlist. (Amazon)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez: Adult Magical Realism -Colombian Rep- Nobel Prize for Literature – backlist. (Amazon)
The House of Impossible Beauties by Josseph Cassara: Adult Literary Fiction – Queer Rep – Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Gay Fiction. (Amazon)
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica: Adult Horror – Argentinian Rep – Set in Argentina – Premio Clarín 2017 (Clarín award). (Amazon)
The Other Half of Happy by Rebecca Balcárcel: Middle Grade Contemporary- Guatemalan rep – 2020 Pura Belpré Honor Book. (Amazon)

Group Book

By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery : YA Contemporary- Brazilian rep – Afro-latinx mc & author. (Amazon)

2020 release

Diamond City by Francesca Flores: YA Fantasy (Amazon)
This Train is Being Held by Ismée Amiel Williams: YA Contemporary – Dominican Rep. (Amazon)
Incendiary by Zoraida Cordova: YA Fantasy (Amazon)
Historically Inaccurate by Shay Bravo: YA Contemporary – Mexican Rep. (Amazon)
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From by Jennifer De Leon: YA Contemporary – Guatemalan Rep- Salvadorian Rep. (Amazon)
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes: YA Sci-Fi – Cuban Rep (Amazon)
Tigers, Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry: YA Magical Realism. (Amazon)
We Didn’t Ask for This by Adi Alsaid: YA Contemporary – Queer Rep. (Amazon)
The New David Espinoza by Fred Aceves: YA Contemporary – Mexican Rep. (Amazon)
The Dream Weaver by Reina Luz Alegre: Middle Grade Contemporary – Cuban Rep (Amazon)
Paola Santiago and the River of Tears by Tehlor Kay Mejia Middle Grade Fantasy. (Amazon)
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas Middle Grade Fantasy – Cuban Rep. (Amazon)
The Way to Rio Luna by Zoraida Córdova Middle Grade Fantasy. (Amazon)
Muse Squad by Chantel Acevedo: Middle Grade Fantasy – Cuban Rep. (Amazon)
Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera: Middle Grade Contemporary – Mexican Chinese Rep – 2020 release. (Amazon)
Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros: Middle Grade Contemporary – Mexican Rep. (Amazon)
With a Star in My Hand: Rubén Darío, Poetry Hero by Margarita Engle: YA Historical Fiction – Nicaraguan Rep – 2020 release. (Amazon)
Into the Tall, Tall Grass by Loriel Ryon: Middle Grade Fantasy 2020 release. (Amazon)
Untamed Shores by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: Adult Literary Noir – Mexican Rep. (Amazon)
Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo: Adult Memoir – Mexican Rep. (Amazon)
Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera: Adult Literary Fiction – Colombian Rep – f/f relationship. (Amazon)
Each of Us a Desert by Mark Oshiro YA Fantasy- f/f relationship – coming out September 15th. (Amazon)
Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore YA Magical Realism – Fat Rep – coming out September 22nd. (Amazon)
Blazewrath Games by Amparo Ortiz YA Fantasy – Puerto Rican rep – coming out October 6th. (Amazon)
Furia by Yamile Saied Méndez YA contemporary – Argentinian rep – coming out September 15th. (Amazon)
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey YA Contemporary – Cuban Rep – coming out October 6th. (Amazon)

Queer rep

Dark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemore: YA Magical Realism – Trans Rep – 2020 release (Amazon)
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera: YA Fantasy – Puerto Rican Rep- Gay Rep – 2020 release. (Amazon)
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore: YA Magical Realism – Bisexual main character – backlist. (Amazon)
When the Moon was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore: A Magical Realism- Trans main character – backlist. (Amazon)
History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera: YA Contemporary – Gay Rep – OCD Rep – Intersectionl mc – backlist. (Amazon)
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera: YA Contemporary- Gay Rep – Puerto Rican Rep – Intersectional mc- backlist. (Amazon)
Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera: YA Contemporary – Puerto Rican Rep – Lesbian rep -Intersectional mc – backlist. (Amazon)
We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia: YA Fantasy – f/f romance. (Amazon)
Tentacle by Rita Indiana Adult Sci-fi – Dominican Rep- Trans mc. (Amazon)
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas: YA fantasy – Trans Rep – m/m relationship- coming out September 1st 2020. (Amazon)

Immigrant Story

Lobizona by Romina Garber: YA Fantasy – Argentinian Rep – Immigrant Story – 2020 release (Amazon)
We Are Not From Here by Jenny Torres Sanchez: YA Contemporary, Guatemalan Rep – Immigrant story – 2020 release. (Amazon)
The Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar Middle Grade Contemporary – Mexican rep – Immigrant story- coming out September 15th. (Amazon)
Sanctuary by Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher: YA Dystopia- Mexican Rep -Immigrant Story – 2020 release. (Amazon)
The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez: Contemporary- Mexican & Panamanian Rep – Immigrant story – backlist. (Amazon)
Santiago’s Road Home by Alexandra Diaz: Middle Grade Contemporary – Mexican Rep – 2020 release- immigrant story. (Amazon)
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez: Adult Literary Fiction – Dominican Rep – Immigrant story – 2020 releae. (Amazon)
The Affair of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivera: Adult Contemporary- Peruvian Rep. (Amazon)
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: Adult nonfiction – Mexican rep – Immigrant story – 2020 release. (Amazon)
The Distance Between Us by Reyna Grande: Adult Memoir- Immigrant story- Mexican rep – backlist. (Amazon)

Intersectional Main Character

The Resolutions by Mia Garcia: YA Contemporary- Asian-Latino Rep – Afrolatinx Rep- Gay Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez YA Contemporary- Depression Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork YA Contemporary- Neurodiverse Rep- Mexican Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Me, Who Dove Into the Heart of the World by Sabina Berman: YA Contemporary- Mexican Rep- Neurodiverse Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Death, Dickinson, and the Demented Life of Frenchie Garcia by Jenny Torres Sanchez: YA Contemporary – Depression Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
The Fall of Innocence by Jenny Torres Sanchez: YA Contemporary – Mental Illness Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
The Storm Runner by Jennifer Cervantes: Middle Grade Fantasy – Disability rep. (Amazon)
Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine: Short Stories- Indigenous Rep. (Amazon)
Analee, in Real Life by Janelle Milanes YA Contemporary- Cuban Rep – Social Anxiety Rep – backlist. (Amazon)
Gabi, A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero YA Contemporary – Mexican Rep – Fat rep. (Amazon)
B.B. Free by Gabby Rivera: Graphic Novel – Sci-Fi – Queer Rep – On Cover Rep. (Amazon)
The Memory of Light by Francisco X. Stork YA Contemporary- Depression – backlist. (Amazon)

Cover with Latinx Flag Colors

Note: These are not all the flags!! But like you can see below there are a lot of flags that share the same colors, so for this post I chose the flags that fit into 3 big groups. You can choose any of the Latinx flags even if they are not included in this post!

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