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)

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)