Latine Authors

The Cuban Heiress

By: Chanel Cleeton

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo & Rachel L. Jacobs

Length: 7 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

An NPR Books We Love selection for 2023

"An unforgettable read that should be at the top of every TBR list."—NPR

In 1934, a luxury cruise becomes a fight for survival as two women’s pasts collide on a round-trip voyage from New York to Havana in New York Times bestselling author Chanel Cleeton's page-turning new novel inspired by the true story of... Read more

Viva Lola Espinoza

By: Ella Cerón

Narrated by: Ana Osorio

Length: 10 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

A debut young adult novel that’s Pride & Prejudice with a dash of magic, about a booksmart teen who spends the summer in Mexico City, meets two very cute boys, attempts to learn Spanish, and uncovers a family secret that changes her life forever.

Lola Espinoza is cursed in love. Well, maybe not actually cursed — magic isn't real, is it? When... Read more

Wealth Warrior

By: Linda Garcia

Narrated by: Linda Garcia

Length: 7 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

This much-needed conversational guide to the stock market by a financial expert empowers you to heal money wounds, establish financial literacy, and make your money work for you.
 
 Financial educator Linda García breaks down one of the most elusive yet effective financial systems in existence. A single mother at a young age, Linda struggled to... Read more

Carmen and Grace

By: Melissa Coss Aquino

Narrated by: Almarie Guerra & Melanie Mendez

Length: 15 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE “I was crying like I lost my best friend as I finished. . . . This book is an act of love . . . It will break you apart and remind you that we can all be put back together again, stronger, and wiser than before.” — XOCHITL GONZALEZ, New York Times bestselling author of Olga Dies DreamingAn... Read more

The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto

By: Adrianna Cuevas

Narrated by: Anthony Rey Perez

Length: 5 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Rafa would rather live in the world of The Forgotten Age, his favorite role-playing game, than face his father’s increasing restrictions and his mother’s fading presence. But when Rafa and his friends decide to take the game out into the real world and steal their school cafeteria's slushie machine, his dad concocts a punishment Rafa never... Read more

Ana María and The Fox

By: Liana De la Rosa

Narrated by: Ruby Hunt

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"Pleasingly subversive."--New York Times Book Review

“A perfect mix of slow-burn romance, geopolitical maneuvering and sisterly antics.”—The Washington Post

One of Library Journal's Best Romances of 2023!
A BookList Editor's Pick of 2023!

A forbidden love between a Mexican heiress and a shrewd British politician makes for a tantalizing Victorian... Read more

Saints of the Household

By: Ari Tison

Narrated by: Timothy Pabon & Alejandro Ruiz

Length: 4 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Saints of the Household is a haunting contemporary YA about an act of violence in a small-town--beautifully told by a debut Indigenous Costa Rican-American writer--that will take your breath away.
Max and Jay have always depended on one another for their survival. Growing up with a physically abusive father, the two Bribri American brothers have... Read more

Take the Lead

By: Alexis Daria

Narrated by: Seraphina Valentine

Length: 11 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From Alexis Daria, author of the international bestseller You Had Me at Hola, comes a fun, sexy romance set against a reality dance show.

Gina Morales wants to make it big. In her four seasons on The Dance Off, she's never even made it to the finals. But her latest partner, the sexy star of an Alaskan wilderness show, could be her chance. Who... Read more

The Hurting Kind

By: Ada Limón

Narrated by: Ada Limón

Length: 1 hour 41 minutes

Abridged: No

An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves—from National Book Critics Circle Award winner, National Book Award finalist and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.“I have always been too sensitive, a weeper / from a long line of weepers,” writes Limón. “I am the hurting kind.” What does it... Read more

Into the Light

By: Mark Oshiro

Narrated by: Alejandro Ruiz

Length: 12 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

Award-winning author Mark Oshiro (Anger is a Gift) returns with a new contemporary coming-of-age novel laced with a twisty, dark mystery you’ll have to read to believe.Hidden Secrets Always Come to Light.
Manny lives by the rules—the rules that have kept him moving, kept him alive, and have helped him survive being thrust into adulthood long... Read more

Lucha of the Night Forest

By: Tehlor Kay Mejia

Narrated by: Elena Rey

Length: 10 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

An edge-of-your-seat fantasy about a girl who will do anything to protect her sister—even if it means striking a dangerous bargain. Dark forces, forgotten magic, and a heart-stopping queer romance make this young adult novel a must-read.

A scorned god.
A mysterious acolyte.
A forgetting drug.
A dangerous forest.

One girl caught between the freedom... Read more

Ana Takes Manhattan

By: Lissette Decos

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Fans of Abby Jimenez and Alexis Daria will love this novel about one New York City woman skilled in producing swoon‑worthy reality TV shows but whose own life is a mess, with nothing ever going according to plan.

As a reality TV producer, Ana Karina orchestrates extravagant marriage proposals that always (well, mostly) go as planned. When they... Read more

Promises of Gold

By: José Olivarez

Narrated by: José Olivarez

Length: 5 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

"Listeners are privy to Olivarez framing each poem with rays of insight, to interspersed live recordings and selections recorded only for the audio....Olivarez gifts listeners gems of healing in this poetic affirmation of community and love." - Booklist

"A portion of the audiobook is performed in front of a live audience, which is such a smart... Read more

The Shamshine Blind

By: Paz Pardo

Narrated by: Aida Reluzco

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

A beguiling blend of noir detective story and science fiction perfect for fans of Michael Chabon and Emily St. John Mandel, “this fiercely intelligent and utterly original debut” (Anna North, New York Times bestselling author) imagines a world where emotions have been weaponized, and a small-town law enforcement agent uncovers a conspiracy to... Read more

When Trying to Return Home

By: Jennifer Maritza McCauley

Narrated by: Psalm Morant & Andréa Agosto

Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

Profoundly moving and powerful, the stories in this collection dig deeply into the question of belonging. A young woman is torn between overwhelming love for her mother and the need to break free from her damaging influence during a desperate and disastrous attempt to rescue her brother from foster care. A man, his wife, and his mistress each... Read more

The Faraway World

By: Patricia Engel

Narrated by: Gisela Chipé, Frankie Corzo, Inés del Castillo,...

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times Editors’ Choice * One of The Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Fiction of 2023 * One of Chicago Public Library’s Favorite Books of the Year * A LitHub Best Book of 2023

From the author of Infinite Country—a New York Times bestseller and a Reese’s Book Club pick—comes a “rich and compelling” (The Washington Post) collection... Read more

La última cuentista

By: Donna Barbra Higuera

Narrated by: Ana Osorio

Length: 10 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

Había una vez …Una niña llamada Petra Peña que no quería otra cosa que ser cuentista, como su abuelita.Pero el mundo de Petra está llegando a su fin. La Tierra ha sido destruida por un cometa, y solounos pocos científicos y sus hijos—entre ellos, Petra y su familia—han sido elegidos para viajar a un nuevo planeta. Cientos de años después, Petra... Read more

That Dangerous Energy

By: Aya De León

Narrated by: Carmen Jewel Jones

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Coming from a troubled youth, Morgan Faraday grabs every opportunity to up-level her life. So she definitely plans to keep oil-company heir Sebastian Reid interested...all the way to the altar. He’s brilliant and supportive and is turning his billion-dollar company green to make up for his ancestors’ exploitation. With him, Morgan can have love,... Read more

Sincerely Sicily

By: Tamika Burgess

Narrated by: Jade Wheeler

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

From debut author Tamika Burgess comes the captivating and empowering story of Sicily Jordan—a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride—who learns to use her voice and take pride in who she is while confronting prejudice in the most unexpected of places.Sicily Jordan’s worst nightmare has come true! She’s been enrolled in a... Read more

The Valentine's Hate

By: Sidney Halston

Narrated by: Karla Serrato & Sean Crisden

Length: 6 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

A delightful enemy to lovers/fake engagement rom-com themed around Valentine’s Day! Jennifer Lopez’s new movie Marry Me meets Erin Sterling’s holiday themed The Ex Hex.Cupid only strikes once. At least that’s what Lissette Alonso believes. Ever since the Most Disastrous Valentine’s Day of All Time™ she has hated all things V-day. But Lizzie’s... Read more

The Death of My Father the Pope

By: Obed Silva

Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez

Length: 8 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

A man mourning his alcoholic father faces a choice: whether to pay tribute, lay scorn upon him, or pour a drink. A wrenching, dazzling, revelatory debut.Weaving between preparations for his father’s funeral and memories of life on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border, Obed Silva chronicles his father’s alcoholism—a lifelong love that ended only... Read more

The Real Odessa

By: Uki Goñi

Narrated by: Pat Grimes

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

As Russian forces closed in on Berlin and Hitler’s premiership drew to a close, many Nazi officials fled Germany. In this startling, meticulously researched account, acclaimed journalist Uki Goñi unravels the complex network that led them to Argentina. Relying on international support—in Scandinavia, Switzerland, and Italy—and the enthusiasm of... Read more

Calypso, Corpses, and Cooking

By: Raquel V. Reyes

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Fall festivities are underway in Coral Shores, Miami. Cuban-American cooking-show star Miriam Quiñones-Smith wakes up to find a corpse in her front yard. The body by the fake tombstone is the woman that was kicked out of the school's Fall Festival the day before. Miriam's luck does not improve. Her passive-aggressive mother-in-law puts her in... Read more

A Touch of Moonlight

By: Yaffa S. Santos

Narrated by: Diana Pou

Length: 7 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

""A delicious culinary romance."" —BooklistFrom the author of A Taste of Sage comes another charming and engrossing novel in which a young woman must navigate her family’s expectations, the demands of her job, a new love, and a secret about her magical identity.Larimar Cintrón works hard at three things: her job as brand manager for Beacon Café,... Read more