Latino Book Review's 2017 Reading Challenge
Inspire your world with the 33 reading suggestions provided by our platform. These readings are aimed to expose you to the Latin American experience: its identity, customs and traditions, vast heritage, dichotomies, desires, underground history, reflections, debates, struggles, joys, among others.
January (borders, Latino identity)
February (love, passion, desire)
March (immigration, Borderlands, social justice)
April (childhood and adolescent experiences, remembrance, joy, Latin American identity)
May (customs and traditions, story-telling, remembrance, love, family)
June (artistic/poetic destiny or journey, reflection)
July (Immigration, South Texas, Mexican-Americans)
August (immigration, identity struggles, underground history, populations at risk)
September (Mexican heritage, Latin American heritage)
October (Hispanic heritage, Caribbean identity, historical figures of Latin America)
November (Day of the Death, Mexican Revolution, Mexico's current struggles)
December (Wisdom, reflection, sacredness, science versus religion)
January (borders, Latino identity)
- Non-fiction: Reframing the Latino Immigration Debate: Towards a Humanistic Paradigm by Álvaro Huerta
- Fiction: Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
- Poetry, anthology: The Border Crossed Us by Mark Lipman
February (love, passion, desire)
- Poetry, single author: Versos para no dormir solos by Leticia Sandoval
- Fiction: El sótano del caracol by Elvia Ardalani
- Poetry, single author: La noche de los cuerpos by Silvia Favaretto
March (immigration, Borderlands, social justice)
- Poetry, anthology: Antología 2016 by Rossy Evelin Lima and Eréndira Santillana
- Poetry, single author: Arcana de los dominios imaginantes by Antonieta Villamil
- Poetry, single author: Aguacamino/Waterpath by Rossy Evelin Lima
April (childhood and adolescent experiences, remembrance, joy, Latin American identity)
- Poetry, single author: Laughing Out Loud, I Fly by Juan Felipe Herrera, U.S. Poet Laureate
- Children's Literature: El torneo de trabalenguas/The Tongue Twister Tournament by Nicolás Kanellos
May (customs and traditions, story-telling, remembrance, love, family)
- Poetry, single author: Palabras de mediodía/Noon Words by Lucha Corpi
- Poetry, single author: Twice Told Over by Adela Najarro
- Poetry, single author: Tengo un cielo en la cocina by Laura Carnovale
June (artistic/poetic destiny or journey, reflection)
- Poetry, single author: Cumplimiento de la voluntad by Nadia Contreras
- Fiction: White Light by Vanessa Garcia
- Poetry, single author: Papeles robados al más allá by Daniel Montoly
July (Immigration, South Texas, Mexican-Americans)
- Young adult: Bloodline by Joe Jiménez
- Fiction: Road to Llorona Park by Christopher Carmona
August (immigration, identity struggles, underground history, populations at risk)
- Poetry, single author: Trascendental Train Yard by Norma Elia Cantú
- Fiction: The Dead Will Rise and Save Us by Paul Pedroza
- Poetry, single author: Exhumaciones by Samuel Trigueros
September (Mexican heritage, Latin American heritage)
- Children's literature: Noyolkanyolkej / Animals of My Land /Animales de mi tierra by Gerald Padilla and Rossy Evelin Lima
- Non-fiction: Latino Americans by Ray Suárez
October (Hispanic heritage, Caribbean identity, historical figures of Latin America)
- Non-fiction: Estados Unidos Hispano by Luis Alberto Ambroggio
- Poetry, single author: Poemas en blanco y negro by Leonardo Nin
- Fiction: El viejo y el man by Carlos Aguasaco
November (Day of the Death, Mexican Revolution, Mexico's current struggles)
- Children's Literature: Remembering the Day by Pat Mora
- Fiction: La casa de los secretos by María De Lourdes Victoria
- Poetry, single author: Balacera by Armando Alanís Pulido
December (Wisdom, reflection, sacredness, science versus religion)
- Fiction: El hombre de dicha perenne by Eligio Coronado
- Poetry, single author: Stone Poems by Don Cellini (honorary Latino)
- Fiction: El dios de Darwin by Sabina Berman
Eréndira Santillana
1/4/2017
1/4/2017
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