Latine Authors

The Last Cuentista

By: Donna Barba Higuera

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the John Newbery MedalWinner of the Pura Belpré AwardA Junior Library Guild SelectionHabía una vez …A girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.But Petra’s world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children—among them Petra and her... Read more

Blackouts

By: Justin Torres

Narrated by: Ozzie Rodriguez & Torian Brackett

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction

A Best Book of the Year: The Washington Post, Time, BookPage

A Must-Read: The New York Times, Time, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Guardian, Boston Herald, Literary Hub, The Rumpus, The Bay Area Reporter, Datebook, Electric Literature, The Stacks, Them, Publishers Weekly

“Sweeping, ingenious .... Read more

The Hacienda

By: Isabel Cañas

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal & Lee Osorio

Length: 11 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...

During the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father was executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo... Read more

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal

By: Adriana Herrera

Narrated by: Nneka Okoye

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER!

"Adriana Herrera is once again here to upend any outdated notions of historical romance." —Entertainment Weekly

One last summer. 
For Manuela del Carmen Caceres Galvan, the invitation to show her paintings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle came at the perfect time. Soon to be trapped in a loveless marriage, Manuela has... Read more

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Narrated by: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Length: 7 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Now a major motion picture starring Max Pelayo, Reese Gonzales, and Eva Longoria!
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)

Dive into the award-winning, internationally renowned book that is a “tender, honest exploration of identity” (Publishers Weekly) and distills lyrical truths about family and friendship—featuring images from the film!

Aristotle... Read more

The House in the Pines

By: Ana Reyes

Narrated by: Marisol Ramirez

Length: 8 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

An instant New York Times bestseller!

“This is an absolute, can’t-put-it-down thriller. . . . It’s truly a wild ride that had me flying through chapter after chapter—which I think is the perfect way to kick off your year of reading.”—Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club Pick January 2023)

Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago... Read more

Cemetery Boys

By: Aiden Thomas

Narrated by: Avi Roque

Length: 13 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.

A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas's paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys, described by Entertainment Weekly as "groundbreaking."

Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him.

When... Read more

Like Happiness

By: Ursula Villarreal-Moura

Narrated by: Marisa Blake

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

A searing debut about the complexities of gender, power, and fame, told through the story of a young woman’s destructive relationship with a legendary writer.

It’s 2015, and Tatum Vega feels that her life is finally falling into place. Living in sunny Chile with her partner, Vera, she spends her days surrounded by art at the museum where she... Read more

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Narrated by: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST AUDIOBOOK, NARRATION, AND STORYTELLING RECORDING
2022 BEST MALE NARRATOR AUDIE AWARD WINNER!

A #1 New York Times bestseller
Four starred reviews!
“Messily human and sincerely insightful.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning novel Aristotle... Read more

Monstrilio

By: Gerardo Sámano Córdova

Narrated by: Victoria Villarreal & Johnny Rey Diaz

Length: 7 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A "genuinely scary" horror debut written in "prose so beautiful you won't want to rush" about a boy who transforms into a monster, a monster who tries to be a man, and the people who love him in every form he takes (Ana Reyes)

Grieving mother Magos cuts out a piece of her deceased eleven-year-old son Santiago's lung. Acting on fierce maternal... Read more

One Hundred Years of Solitude

By: Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by: John Lee

Length: 14 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Coming soon to Netflix as a highly anticipated series adaptation starring Claudio Cataño, Jerónimo Barón, and Marco GonzálezOne of the twentieth century’s enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career.The novel tells... Read more

Creep

By: Myriam Gurba

Narrated by: Myriam Gurba

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE FINALIST
A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST

“Quite simply one of the best books of the decade.” —Los Angeles Review of Books * “The mother of intersectional Latinx identity.” —Cosmopolitan * “Brilliant…a hopeful book…rooted in the steadfast belief other worlds are possible.” —The New York Observer * “Witty,... Read more

The Poet X

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Don't miss this acclaimed audiobook, read by the author—winner of an Odyssey Honor and an AudioFile Earphones Award winner!The Poet X is also the winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpré Award.Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for... Read more

The House of Broken Angels

By: Luis Alberto Urrea

Narrated by: Luis Alberto Urrea

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend.

"All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death."

In his... Read more

Our Last Days in Barcelona

By: Chanel Cleeton

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra, Elena Rey & Victoria Villarreal

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

An NPR Best Book of 2022
 
“A master class in family and political drama, in star-crossed love stories and in capturing the enormity of what home is.”—NPR

When Isabel Perez travels to Barcelona to save her sister Beatriz, she discovers a shocking family secret in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton’s new novel.
 
Barcelona, 1964.... Read more

A Long Petal of the Sea

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The House of the Spirits, this epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents follows two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.

“One of the most richly imagined portrayals of the Spanish Civil War to date, and one of the strongest and... Read more

The Male Gazed

By: Manuel Betancourt

Narrated by: Manuel Betancourt

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

Manuel Betancourt has long lustfully coveted masculinity—in part because he so lacked it. As a child in Bogotá, Colombia, he grew up with the social pressure to appear strong, manly, and, ultimately, straight. And yet in the films and television he avidly watched, Betancourt saw glimmers of different possibilities. From the stars of telenovelas... Read more

Along Came Amor

By: Alexis Daria

Narrated by: TBD

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Along Came Amor has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher. Read more

You Had Me at Hola

By: Alexis Daria

Narrated by: Seraphine Valentine

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

""I could not get enough of Jasmine and Ashton! I adored Jasmine--her ambition, her confidence, her attacks of self-doubt, and especially her hilarious, snarky, and loving cousins. She and Ashton have such a steamy, swoony, love story that I didn't want the book to end!""--Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author
RITA® Award Winning... Read more

Calling for a Blanket Dance

By: Oscar Hokeah

Narrated by: Oscar Hokeah & Rainy Fields

Length: 6 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

A moving and deeply engaging novel about a young Native American man as he learns to find strength in his familial identity. 

Told in a series of voices, Calling for a Blanket Dance takes us into the life of Ever Geimausaddle through the multigenerational perspectives of his family as they face myriad obstacles. His father’s injury at the hands... Read more

Her Body and Other Parties

By: Carmen Maria Machado

Narrated by: Amy Landon

Length: 8 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders between psychological realism and science fiction, comedy and horror, fantasy and fabulism. While her work has earned her comparisons to Karen Russell and Kelly Link, she has a voice that is all her own. In this electric and provocative debut, Machado... Read more

Bindle Punk Bruja

By: Desideria Mesa

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 14 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Boardwalk Empire meets The Vanishing Half with a touch of earth magic in this sexy and action-packed historical fantasy set in the luminous Golden Twenties from debut author Desideria Mesa, where a part-time reporter and club owner takes on crooked city councilmen, mysterious and deadly mobsters, and society’s deeply rooted sexism and racism,... Read more

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

By: Zoraida Córdova

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Perfect for fans of Alice Hoffman, Isabel Allende, and Sarah Addison Allen, a family searches for the truth hidden in their past in this “expertly woven tale of family power, threaded with as much mystery as magic” (V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author).

The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They... Read more

The Sum of Our Days

By: Isabel Allende

Narrated by: Isabel Allende & Blair Brown

Length: 11 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor and wisdom, The Sum of Our Days is a portrait of a contemporary family, tied together by the love, strong will, and stubborn determination of a beloved matriarch, the indomitable New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. ""An inspiring and thought-provoking... Read more