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• Promises of Gold

  Olivarez, José

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  *Longlisted for the National Book Award in Poetry 2023* *NPR Books We Love 2023* "A groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love-self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural-is birthed, shaped, and complicated by the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blackouts

  a Novel

  Torres, Justin, 1980-

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  *Winner of the National Book Award in Fiction 2023* *One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2023* *NPR Books We Love 2023* *One of Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023* *Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2023* From the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Family Lore

  a Novel

  Acevedo, Elizabeth

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  *A Good Morning America Book Club Pick!* *Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2023 First Novel Prize* *NPR Books We Love 2023* *One of Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023* *Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2023* Told with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Liliana's Invincible Summer

  a Sister's Search for Justice

  Rivera Garza, Cristina, 1964-

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  *Finalist for the National Book Award in Nonfiction 2023* *One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2023* *A New Yorker Best Book of 2023* *One of Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023* *NPR Books We Love 2023* A memoir decades in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Share of Night

  a Novel

  Enriquez, Mariana

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  *A Time Magazine Top 10 Best Fiction Book of 2023* *One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2023* *NPR Books We Love 2023* *Washington Post 50 Notable Works of Fiction 2023* In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Our Migrant Souls

  a Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of "Latino"

  Tobar, Héctor, 1963-

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  *Winner of the Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction 2023* *One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2023* *One of Time Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2023* *NPR Books We Love 2023* A new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer about the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Words That Remain

  Gardel, Stênio

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  *Winner of the National Book Award in Translated Literature* The Words That Remain explores the universal power of the written word and language, and how they affect all our relationships. [Bibliocommons]

• The Wind Knows My Name

  a Novel

  Allende, Isabel

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  *NPR Books We Love 2023* This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silver Nitrate

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

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  *An NYT Best Horror Book of 2023**A Washington Post Top 10 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel* A meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film--and awakens one woman's hidden…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Retrospective

  Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-

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  *A New Yorker Best Book of 2023* VERDICT Here, truth really is stranger than fiction..[ Lawrence Olszewski Copyright 2023 Library Journal] Juan Gabriel Vásquez's previous books include the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Abyss

  Quintana, Pilar, 1972-

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  *Finalist for the National Book Award in Translated Literature 2023* Pilar Quintana is a widely respected Colombian author. In 2007, Hay Festival selectedher as one of the most promising young authors of Latin America. Her previousnovel, The Bitch,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is Not Miami

  Melchor, Fernanda, 1982-

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  *Longlisted for the National Book Award in Translated Literature 2023* Set in and around the Mexican city of Veracruz, This Is Not Miami delivers a series of devastating stories-spiraling from real events-that bleed together reportage and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Devil of the Provinces

  Cardenas, Juan

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  *Longlisted for the National Book Award in Translated Literature 2023* After a series of failures, a biologist returns to his hometown to live with his grieving mother. But in this gripping crime novel that upends the genre's conventions, strange…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Alejandra

  a Novel

  Castro, V.

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  *One of Popsugar's 91 Best New Fantasy Books of 2023* A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona as she unravels the dark secrets of her family history in this ravishing and provocative horror novel. [Bibliocommons]

• Huizache Women

  Gonzalez, Estella

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  *LOCAL AUTHOR* This saga offers a spellbinding look at love conquered and lost, love freely given and purchased, working-class Mexican and Chicano communities and their love-hate relationship with American assimilation—all set to the popular music…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Alebrijes

  Higuera, Donna Barba

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  This gorgeously written post-apocalyptic novel is a must for every library.—Shelley M. Diaz Copyright 2023 School Library Journal... Donna is the author of El Cucuy Is Scared, Too!;The Yellow Handkerchief; Lupe Wong Won’t Dance, winner of a Pura…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Vulnerables

  Nunez, Sigrid

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  *NPR Books We Love 2023* Sigrid Nunez is the author of the novels A Feather on the Breath of God, The Last of Her Kind, The Friend, and What Are You Going Through, among others. She is also the author of Sempre Susan: A Memoir of Susan Sontag. She…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• At Grande and Congress

  Herreras, Mari

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  *LOCAL AUTHOR* As a fifth-generation Tucsonan, Mari Herreras always embraced what she describes as "this gravel-lot town's ugly, weird, and beautiful," during her decade as a staff writer and editor at the Tucson Weekly. Her poetry, like her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Vampires of El Norte

  Canas, Isabel

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  *NPR Books We Love 2023* As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters--her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Remembering

  González, Xelena

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  *LOCAL AUTHOR* *A School Library Journal Best Picture Book 2023* On Día de los Muertos, a family prepares an ofrenda for their favorite furry family member, remembering all the ways that their beloved pet brought love and comfort to their live.…Read moreRead more of this annotation