Audiobook Tour: Mexico

Lost Children Archive

A novel

By: Valeria Luiselli
Narrated by: Valeria Luiselli, Kivlighan de Montebello, William DeMeritt & Maia Enrigue Luiselli
Length: 11 hours 16 minutes

“This is unlike any other book I've read lately. All four characters are so vivid in my mind that it feels like we were all in the Volvo together and maybe my cardboard box was in among theirs. Read more

Malinche

A Novel

By: Laura Esquivel
Narrated by: Maria Conchita Alonso
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes

From the bestselling author of Like Water for Chocolate, an extraordinary retelling of the passionate and tragic love affair during the conquest of the Aztecs between the conquistador Cortés and his interpreter, Malinalli.

A brilliant and multilingual woman, Malinalli has been reviled throughout Mexican history for the betrayal of her people—but... Read more

Woman Without Shame

Poems

By: Sandra Cisneros
Narrated by: Sandra Cisneros
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME and GOODREADS • A brave new collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on Mango Street.

It has been twenty-eight years since Sandra Cisneros published a book of poetry. With dozens of never-before-seen poems, Woman Without Shame is a moving collection of songs, elegies, and... Read more

The Transmigration of Bodies

By: Yuri Herrera
Narrated by: Armando Durán
Length: 3 hours 2 minutes

A plague has brought death to the city. Two feuding crime families with blood on their hands need our hard-boiled hero, the Redeemer, to broker peace. Both his instincts and the vacant streets warn him to stay indoors, but the Redeemer ventures out into the city’s underbelly to arrange for the exchange of the bodies they hold hostage.Yuri... Read more

Carmen la Coja

By: Ana Castillo
Narrated by: Adriana Sananes
Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Esta novela de Ana Castillo, autora aclamada por la critica, es un juego de pasion, amor e independencia. Carmen la coja es la historia de una bailarina de Chicago fisicamente impedida desafiando los estereotipos sociales. Carmen Santos inicia un romance con Manolo por el cual se definira su vida. Desafiando la severidad de su madre y a pesar de... Read more

La piel del cielo

By: Elena Poniatowska
Narrated by: Karla Hernández
Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Una novela de la ganadora del Premio Cervantes 2013 Elena Poniatowska, que fue merecedora del IV Premio Alfaguara de Novela. "Mamá, ¿allá atrás se acaba el mundo?" Esta frase abre camino a una historia fascinante: la de un hombre de enorme talento destinado a desentrañar los misterios de la astronomía. Lorenzo de Tena, inconformista y rebelde,... Read more

Kingdom Cons

By: Yuri Herrera
Narrated by: Armando Durán
Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

In the court of the “King,” everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the Kingdom to its core.Part surreal fable and part narco-lit romance, this prize-winning novel from Yuri Herrera questions the price of keeping your integrity in a world ruled by patronage and... Read more

Antes

By: Carmen Boullosa
Narrated by: Carmen Boullosa
Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

La protagonista de esta novela de Carmen Boullosa retorna, como acaso lo hubieran querido Euridice o Beatriz, a los territorios de la infancia: esa condicion salvajemente desordenada donde se genera la conciencia. La infanta de Antes, salta el cerco del jardin de las palabras para recobrar de ellas su inocencia, sabe que en el miedo principia el... Read more

Martita, I Remember You/Martita, te recuerdo

A Story in English and Spanish

By: Sandra Cisneros
Narrated by: Sandra Cisneros, Sofia Leal De La Rosa & Carlotta Brentan
Length: 3 hours 20 minutes

A long-forgotten letter sets off a charged encounter with the past in this poignant and gorgeously told tale masterfully written by Sandra Cisneros, the celebrated bestselling author of The House on Mango Street, in a dual-language edition.

As a young woman, Corina leaves her Mexican family in Chicago to pursue her dream of becoming a writer in... Read more

Con mucho amor

By: Jenny Torres Sanchez
Narrated by: Marcela Loría
Length: 6 minutes

The Spanish-language edition of With Lots of Love! A beautiful, lyrical story about a girl who moves from her home in Central America to the United States, and everything she leaves behind and longs for—especially her Abuela—as she makes a new life.

Rocio has grown up in Central America, but now she and her family are moving to the United States.... Read more

Mi negro pasado

By: Laura Esquivel
Narrated by: Yareli Arizmendi
Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Como agua para chocolate, una de las novelas más entrañables de todos los tiempos, cambió la historia de la literatura mexicana. Mi negro pasado continúa esta saga. Mi negro pasado, continuación de Como agua para chocolate, es una defensa de la independencia femenina, y la mejor receta contra los males de nuestros días: el desarraigo, la... Read more

El naranjo

By: Carlos Fuentes
Narrated by: Noé Velázquez
Length: 7 hours 44 minutes

En El naranjo se reúnen mis más inmediatos placeres sensuales -miro, toco, pelo, muerdo, trago- pero también la sensación más antigua: mi madre, las nodrizas, las tetas, la esfera, el mundo, el huevo. -Carlos Fuentes-. Cinco relatos donde Martín II, hijo de Cortés con Malinche, intercambia juicios sobre su padre y su madre con su hermano Martín... Read more

Salón de belleza (Edición definitiva)

By: Mario Bellatin
Narrated by: Rob Gutiérrez
Length: 1 hour 14 minutes

Pero tengo que recalcar que el salón de belleza no es un hospital ni una clínica, sino sencillamente un Moridero. Edición definitiva, corregida y autorizada por el autor. "La presente versión actualizada de Salón de belleza -realizada más de veinte años después de su primera publicación- da cuenta de un delicado ejercicio de equilibrista, donde... Read more

The House on Mango Street

By: Sandra Cisneros
Narrated by: Sandra Cisneros
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago • Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in schools and universities alike, and translated around the world—from the winner of the 2019 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International... Read more

Like Water for Chocolate

By: Laura Esquivel
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 5 hours 52 minutes

“I love impossible love and heartbreaking romance, so that would be enough to get me reading, but this novel has so much more. Published in 1990, it was a huge success in Mexico. It was an international best-seller, and with good reason. Food has magical powers in this book, as do tears and sexual attraction. This story is a delight. It will... Read more

Cantar de ciegos

By: Carlos Fuentes
Narrated by: Noé Velázquez
Length: 5 hours 22 minutes

Una magistral disección del provincialismo decadente que narran las desintegraciones posibles del hombre en la Ciudad de México, concebidos por un orfebre del lenguaje como lo fue Carlos Fuentes. Con Cantar de ciegos, publicado hace ya más de 50 años, Carlos Fuentes reafirmó su lugar no sólo como novelista esencial del boom, sino como un... Read more

Pimsleur Spanish Level 1 Lessons 1-5

Learn to Speak, Understand, and Read Spanish with Pimsleur Language Programs

Pimsleur Digital: Book #1

By: Pimsleur
Narrated by: Pimsleur
Length: 3 hours 4 minutes

The Easiest and Fastest Way to Learn Spanish
With Pimsleur you’ll become conversational in Spanish — to understand and be understood — quickly and effectively. You’ll learn vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation together through conversation. And our scientifically proven program will help you remember what you’ve learned, so you can put it... Read more

Mexicoland

By: Jaime Alfonso Sandoval
Narrated by: Roberto Villavicencio
Length: 16 hours 42 minutes

Secretos, aventuras y amor te esperan en el lugar más lujoso y feroz del mundo: Mexicoland. Mexicoland es perfecto, <strong>lo mejor de México</strong> en un solo lugar: historia, música y comida. Lo malo es que todo es <strong>falso</strong>. Es un <strong>parque de... Read more

Tell Me How It Ends

An Essay in 40 Questions

By: Valeria Luiselli
Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
Length: 2 hours 33 minutes

A damning confrontation between the American dream and the reality of undocumented children seeking a new life in the US.

Structured around the forty questions Luiselli translates and asks undocumented Latin American children facing deportation, Tell Me How It Ends (an expansion of her 2016 Freeman's essay of the same name) humanizes these young... Read more

Rey Lobo

By: Xavier M. Sotelo
Narrated by: Roberto Villavicencio
Length: 13 hours 9 minutes

“El hombre solitario es una bestia o un dios” Aristóteles Sobrevivir a la masacre de aquella noche maldita en El Real, Jalisco, cuando fueron atacados por los hombres lobo, no es nada comparado con el infierno que Diego ha vivido desde entonces. El recuerdo de toda la gente que amaba y que no sobrevivió al ataque no deja de atormentarlo y... Read more