Latinx/Latino

Nonfiction

1.	Once upon a quinceañera: coming of age in the USA 
DB 67199
Alvarez, Julia. 
The author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent (RC 34544) researches the "sweet fifteen" birthday celebration that heralds a Latin girl's entrance into womanhood. Reminisces about her own coming-of-age and discusses the trends she observes in American quinceañeras. Also advocates for a support system for Hispanic teens. 

2.	Latino America: how America's most dynamic population is poised to transform the politics of the nation 
DBC 02685
Barreto, Matt A; Segura, Gary M. 
The U.S. is undergoing a substantial and irreversible shift in identity. So, are the Latinos whose populations are responsible for this change. Matt Barreto and Gary M. Segura two of the country's preeminent experts in the shape, disposition, and mood of Latino America. They show the extent to which Latinos have already transformed the Country politically and socially. Latinos have the potential to reshape the U.S. for generations to come.

3.	Volver: A Persistence of Memory 
DBC 10197 
Marquez, Antonio C.
Born into a family of Mexican immigrants on the eve of World War II in El Paso, the author has experienced many cultures, countries, and classes. He recounts his life from childhood memories to the turbulent events of his manhood. Marquez recalls the impact of immigration and war on his family; his experiences of gang conflict in El Paso and Los Angeles; enlisting in the Marine Corps; his activism in the civil rights movement, the antiwar movement of the Vietnam era, and the Crusade for Justice; his travels to crisis-ridden Latin American countries; and his becoming a professor when universities hired few Chicanos.

4.	An African American and Latinx history of the United States
DB 90124 BR 22461
Ortiz, Paul.
The author covers over two hundred years of American history, reexamining the roles of Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean in the development of the United States. Also challenges accepted descriptions of the roles of African American, Latinx, and Indigenous voices throughout US history. 

5.	Latinos, A Biography of the People 
DB 37272 
Shorris, Earl
Portraits of individuals; oral histories of families; and theories about politics, socio- economic and racial diversity, education, art, and language are combined in a biography of one of the largest minority populations in the United States. Shorris states his intent to make known the similarities and differences in the cultures and nationalities that constitute the Latinos, a name he prefers to Hispanic.

6.	My Beloved World
Db 76059 Br 19806
Sotomayor, Sonia
Memoir of United States Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor (born 1954). Recalls growing up with her Puerto Rican family in the Bronx and being diagnosed with juvenile diabetes. Discusses her family life, education at Princeton and Yale, and becoming a district court judge in 1992. 

7.	Latino Americans, The 500 Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation 
DB 79337 
Suarez, Ray
This companion book to the PBS series traces the history, culture, and legacy of Latino Americans in the United States. Explores the influence of the largest minority group--more than fifty million individuals--on the economic and social fabric of our country.

8.	Translation Nation, Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish Speaking United States 
DB 60626 
Tobar, hector
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist travels across the country to chronicle the Latino experience in America and discusses its influence. Describes the cultural identity called "americanismo," in which Latinos keep their traditions. Relates accounts of his own parents' immigration and those of others he meets.

9.	We carry our homes with us: a Cuban American memoir 
DB16522
Veiga, Marisella
Marisella Veiga was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in St. Paul and Miami. The dislocation of her family was both physical and existential, a common frame for the journey of so many Cubanas who were forced to flee their tropical island. Her family depended on grit and courage to survive, and later, thrive, in their adopted Minnesota, even if that meant stifling their yearning for and fading memories of Cuba. There are reverberating effects of life in exile.

10.	Vietnam Veteranos, Chicanos Recall the War 
DB 18092
Ybarra, Lea
One of the most decorated groups that served in the Vietnam War, Chicanos fought and died in numbers well out of proportion to their percentage of the United States' population. Yet despite this, their wartime experiences have never received much attention in either popular media or scholarly studies. To spotlight and preserve some of their stories, this book presents substantial interviews with Chicano Vietnam veterans and their families that explore the men's experiences in combat, the war's effects on the Chicano community, and the veterans' postwar lives. Some sex, some profanity, some violence.

Fiction

1.	In the Midst of Winter: A novel
DB 88791 
Allende, Isabel; Caistor, Nick; Hopkinson, Amanda.
During a snowstorm, Professor Richard Bowmaster is involved in a traffic accident with Evelyn Ortega--an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala. He recruits his colleague from Chile, Lucia Maraz, to assist the young woman in avoiding unforeseen legal entanglements. Translated from the original Spanish. 

2.	After Life
DB 99560 BR 23074
Alvarez, Julia
Antonia Vega 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. On top of that, her sister disappears, and she finds a pregnant, undocumented teenager on her doorstep. Strong language. Commercial audiobook. 2020.

3.	Zia Summer
Db 42682
Anaya, Rudolfo A.
The murder of his beautiful cousin haunts Sonny Baca, small-time private investigator. More than a sense of obligation to his Chicano family, his love for Gloria drives him to investigate what looks like a cult sacrifice of her life. The fears and undercurrents around the murder threaten to explode the usually peaceful Albuquerque, with its coexisting Hispanic, Anglo, and Native American cultures. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sex.

4.	Mirrors Beneath the Earth, Short Fiction by Chicano Writers
DBC 14697
González, Ray
An historic and unique collection of contemporary fiction by Latino writers. These 31 stories depict the richly varied experiences of Mexican-Americans living in the United States. Authors represented include already celebrated writers such as Sandra Cisneros, Rudolfo Anaya, Ana Castillo, and Dagoberto Gilb, but many strong Latino voices appear here for the first time in published form. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language.

5.	Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems
DBE 00018
Herrera, Juan Filipe
The 2015 Poet Laureate of the United States--the first from a Chicano background--reads a selection of his poems from the compilation "Half of the World in Light", which covers nearly four decades of his work. Made available by special arrangement with the author. 2008.

6.	Naive 
DBC 03284 
Lopez Crespin, Paula 
In this coming-of-age story set in the mid-1970s, as Denver continues to struggle with forced integration and the civil rights movement, Nina is a girl caught between different worlds. Her divorced parents have different views of what it means to be Hispanic, living in the United States. Dee, Nina's best friend, loves dating "foxy", street-wise Chicanos and urges Nina to embrace her Hispanic roots. Nina confronts racism, date rape, teen pregnancy, dark family secrets, and a hatred so strong that it eventually drives someone to murder. Some violence and some strong language.

7.	Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A collection of Latino Fiction and Poetry
DB 42952 
Milligan, Mary Guerrero; De Hoyos, Angela and Milligan, Bryce
Short stories and poems by the "godmothers" of Latina writing and later-generation authors divulge the Latina experience. They relate being women in a machismo- oriented culture, living in a minority group in the United States, learning the power of language, and dealing with everyday life.

8.	The Legend of the Slain Soldiers, and Elena Oliverez Mystery 
DB 23633 
Muller, Marcia 
Elena Oliverez, director of the Museum of Mexican Arts in Santa Barbara, is frantically preparing for Fiesta Week and the influx of tourists when she receives a desperate call from her mother. A neighbor, historian Ciro Sisneros, has been killed. Her mother insists he was murdered to prevent him from writing the truth about Chicano workers slain in 1935. Elena chases clues and the effort nearly costs her life. Some strong language.

9.	Never Look Back
DB 102074 
Rivera, Lilliam
A modern retelling of the myth, Orpheus and Eurydice, in which Eury leaves Puerto Rico for the Bronx, haunted by losing all to Hurricane Maria and by evil spirit, Ato, and meets a bachata-singing charmer, Pheus. Young Adult. Supernatural.

10.	The House of Broken Angels, a Novel
DB 90352 
Urrea,Luis Alberto.
Dying patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, known as Big Angel, gathers his family to him for one last birthday party. His mother, nearly one hundred years old herself, dies in the days leading up to the party. The family reckons with truths. Some violence and some strong language.