Audiobooks by Latinx Authors
Listen to audiobooks by authors of Latinx and Hispanic descent.
Mexican Gothic
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Narrated by: Frankie Corzo
Length: 10 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “It’s Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird.”—The Guardian
IN DEVELOPMENT AS A HULU ORIGINAL LIMITED SERIES PRODUCED BY KELLY RIPA AND MARK CONSUELOS • NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker... Read more »
Clap When You Land
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo & Melania-Luisa Marte
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times-bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.
Don't miss the audiobook, read by Elizabeth Acevedo, the beloved author and narrator of The... Read more »
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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 »
The Undocumented Americans
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Narrated by: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation.
“Karla’s book sheds light on people’s personal experiences and allows their stories to be told and their voices to be... Read more »
With the Fire on High
By: Elizabeth Acevedo
Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
2020 Audie Awards® WINNER - Narration by Author
2020 Audie Awards® Finalist - Young Adult
From the New York Times bestselling author of the National Book Award-winning title The Poet X comes a dazzling novel in prose about a girl with talent, pride, and a drive to feed the soul that keeps her fire burning bright.
Don't miss the audiobook, read by... Read more »
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Lost Children Archive
By: Valeria Luiselli
Narrated by: Valeria Luiselli, Kivlighan de Montebello, William DeMeritt & Maia Enrigue Luiselli
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight . . . Everyone should read this book."--Tommy Orange
From the two-time NBCC Finalist, an emotionally resonant, fiercely imaginative new novel about a family whose road trip across America collides with an immigration crisis at the southwestern border--an indelible journey told with breathtaking... Read more »
Fruit of the Drunken Tree
By: Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Narrated by: Marisol Ramirez, Almarie Guerra & Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Length: 12 hours 25 minutes
Abridged: No
“One of the most dazzling and devastating novels I’ve read in a long time...Readers of Fruit of the Drunken Tree will surely be transformed.”
--San Francisco Chronicle
“Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende...Listen to this new author’s voice — she has something powerful to say.”
--Entertainment Weekly
A mesmerizing... Read more »
Once I Was You
By: Maria Hinojosa
Narrated by: Maria Hinojosa
Length: 12 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
NPR’s Best Books of 2020
BookPage’s Best Books of 2020
Real Simple’s Best Books of 2020
Boston.com readers voted one of Best Books of 2020
“Anyone striving to understand and improve this country should read her story.” —Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road
The Emmy Award–winning journalist and anchor of NPR’s Latino USA tells the story... 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 »
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The House on Mango Street
By: Sandra Cisneros
Narrated by: Sandra Cisneros
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes
Abridged: No
In hardcover for the first time--on the tenth anniversary of its initial publication--the greatly admired and bestselling book about a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, this novel depicts a new American landscape through its multiple characters. Read more »
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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 »
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Paula
By: Isabel Allende
Narrated by: Cynthia Farrell & Isabel Allende
Length: 14 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
“Beautiful and heartrending. . . . Memoir, autobiography, epicedium, perhaps even some fiction: they are all here, and they are all quite wonderful.”—Los Angeles Times
In this literary classic, New York Times bestselling author Isabel Allende recalls the story of her beloved daughter and her remarkable family’s past.
When her daughter, Paula,... Read more »
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Furia
By: Yamile Saied Méndez
Narrated by: Sol Madariaga
Length: 8 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
A powerful, #ownvoices contemporary YA for fans of The Poet X and I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter set in Argentina, about a rising soccer star who must put everything on the line—even her blooming love story—to follow her dreams.
In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life.
At home, she is a careful daughter, living within... Read more »
The Infinite Plan
By: Isabel Allende
Narrated by: Luis Moreno & Isabel Allende
Length: 16 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: No
“Allende is one of the most important novelists to emerge from Latin America in the past decade.”—Boston Globe
An enthralling tale of one man's search for love and his struggle to contend with the pain and deprivation that shaped him.
Born in the Hispanic barrio of Los Angeles, Gregory Reeves grew up in poverty, survived the killing fields of... Read more »
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We Set the Dark on Fire
By: Tehlor Kay Mejia
Narrated by: Kyla Garcia
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
“We Set the Dark on Fire burns bright. It will light the way for a new generation of rebels and lovers.” —NPR
“Mejia pens a compelling, gripping story that mirrors real world issues of immigration and equality.” —Buzzfeed
Five starred reviews!!
In this daring and romantic fantasy debut perfect for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale and Latinx authors... Read more »
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We Are Not From Here
By: Jenny Tores Sanchez
Narrated by: Marisa Blake
Length: 9 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And these three teens have one another. But none of them have illusions about the town they've grown up in and the dangers that surround them. Even with the love of family, threats lurk around every corner. And when those threats become all too real, the trio knows they have no... Read more »
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Lobizona
By: Romina Garber
Narrated by: Sol Madariaga
Length: 12 hours 33 minutes
Abridged: No
"Garber’s gorgeous novel combines the wonder of a Hogwarts-style magic school with the Twilight-esque dynamics of a hidden magical species that has strict rules about interacting with the human world." -- BOOKLIST (Starred Review)
Some people ARE illegal.
Lobizonas do NOT exist.
Both of these statements are false.
Manuela Azul has been crammed... Read more »
The Lost Book of Adana Moreau
By: Michael Zapata
Narrated by: Coral Peña
Length: 9 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
*Winner of the Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction*
A Heartland Booksellers Award Nominee
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A BookPage Best Book of the Year
A Library Journal Best Winter/Spring Debut of 2020
A Most Anticipated Book of 2020 from the Boston Globe and The Millions
A Best Book of February 2020 at Salon, The Millions, LitHub and Vol 1.... Read more »
Afterlife
By: Julia Alvarez
Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
Length: 6 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
The author of In the Time of the Butterflies, with more than one million copies in print, is back with a tour de force. Antonia Vega, the immigrant writer at the center of Afterlife, has had the rug pulled out from under her. She has just retired from the college where she taught English when her beloved husband, Sam, suddenly dies. And then... Read more »
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Dominicana
By: Angie Cruz
Narrated by: Coral Peña
Length: 10 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA COVER TO COVER BOOK CLUB PICK
This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.
Named a Most Anticipated Book by The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, O Magazine, Time, Real Simple, Chicago Review of Books, Kirkus Reviews, Nylon, BuzzFeed, Lit Hub, The Millions, Instyle, Bustle,... Read more »
American Dreamer
By: Adriana Herrera
Narrated by: Sean Crisden
Length: 8 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
“A fresh and vital new voice in romance.”—Entertainment Weekly
From award-winning author Adriana Herrera comes a novel hailed as one of Entertainment Weekly’s 10 Best Romance Novels of 2019 and a TODAY Show Hot Summer Read.
No one ever said big dreams come easy
For Nesto Vasquez, moving his Afro-Caribbean food truck from New York City to the wilds... Read more »
Daughter of Fortune
By: Isabel Allende
Narrated by: Blair Brown & Isabel Allende
Length: 13 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende, comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lover set against the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster... Read more »
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The Sum of Our Days
By: Isabel Allende
Narrated by: Blair Brown & Isabel Allende
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 »
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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 »
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