Latine Authors

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By: Gabriel García Márquez

Narrated by: Bernardo de Paula

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined to get to the bottom of the story. Just hours after marrying the beautiful Angela Vicario, everyone agrees, Bayardo San Roman returned his bride in disgrace to her parents. Her distraught family forced her to name her first lover; and her twin... Read more

The Family She Never Met

By: Caridad Pineiro

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Jessica Russo knows nothing about her mother's family or her Cuban culture. Every time she's asked about it, her mother has shut down. But when the Cuban grandmother she's never met sends her right-hand man, Luis, to offer Jessica the chance to come to Miami and meet her estranged family, she can't help but say yes, even as she knows it will... Read more

Monarca

By: Leopoldo Gout & Eva Aridjis

Narrated by: Maria Liatis

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

“A work of art. In each of the pages, you will feel the flow of a powerful energy which will murmur to each of your cells that it is time to come out of hiding, to open the windows, to breathe freely, to dress colorfully… to fly.”—Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for ChocolateA fable for all ages about a Mexican-American girl who transforms... Read more

Velorio

By: Xavier Navarro Aquino

Narrated by: Diana Pou, Vico Ortiz, María Victoria Martínez,...

Length: 8 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

“This debut novel traces a group of survivors who fall under the spell of an authoritarian cult leader in the days following Hurricane Maria’s destruction in Puerto Rico. It is deeply imagined and deeply felt – imagistic and strange and haunting – and simmering with grief and rage.”  -- Gabriela Garcia, New York Times bestselling authorSet in... Read more

Velorio \ (Spanish edition)

By: Xavier Navarro Aquino

Narrated by: Diana Pou, Vico Ortiz, María Victoria Martínez,...

Length: 8 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

«En esta novela, la catástrofe se cuenta con precisión de cronista y belleza poética. Sus voces transcurren entre el tono íntimo y devastador de un diario del desastre y la mirada colectiva de la memoria que ve la esperanza en el linaje de resistencias que han enfrentado al poder desde tiempos ancestrales. Xavier Navarro Aquino nos entrega así... Read more

The Keeper

By: Guadalupe García McCall

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 6 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by a terrifying true story, acclaimed author Guadalupe Garcia McCall creates a twisty tale about a boy desperately trying to survive in a new town with a secret past. James always knew moving from Texas to Oregon was going to be horrible.. But no sooner have he and his family arrived in their ""perfect"" new home in their ""perfect""... Read more

Somewhere We Are Human

By: Reyna Grande & Sonia Guiñansaca

Narrated by: Avi Roque, Diana Pou, Marisa Blake & Christian ...

Length: 8 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

""[These contributions] touch on so many different facets of the immigrant experience that readers will find much to ponder... [and] experience how creative writing enriches our understanding of each other and our lives."" –BooklistIntroduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Viet Thanh NguyenA unique collection of 41 groundbreaking essays,... Read more

CHARYTÍN \ (Spanish edition)

By: Charytin

Narrated by: Charytin

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

“Así siento que ha sido toda mi vida: un huracán, un torbellino, un tsunami arrasador que siempre me ha traído grandes alegrías, me las ha quitado, para volverme a traer más en este incesante vaivén. ¡O tal vez el huracán soy yo! Porque allá donde voy, me dicen que siempre se arma un revolú.” - CharytínDesde una infancia dolorosa con complicados... Read more

More Than You'll Ever Know

By: Katie Gutierrez

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo & Yareli Arizmendi

Length: 13 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK""Fantastic . . . A sweeping novel, unflinching and evocative in its engrossing study of love, motherhood, sex, Mexico, journalism and more."" — WASHINGTON POST""Masterful . . . Elegance, darkness, even fear are deftly intertwined . . . A wonderful read."" — LUIS ALBERTO URREA, Pulitzer... Read more

The Girls in Queens

By: Christine Kandic Torres

Narrated by: Gisela Chipe

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A MOST ANTICIPATED SUMMER READ FROM HARPER'S BAZAAR, BUSTLE, NYLON, THE MILLIONS, MS. MAGAZINE, and THE SKIMMAn unforgettable debut novel about the furious loyalty of two Latinx women coming of age in Queens, New York, an emotionally resonant novel infused with the insight, power, and poignancy of Angie Cruz’s Dominicana, Jacqueline Woodson’s... Read more

Those Kids from Fawn Creek

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

Narrated by: Ramon de Ocampo

Length: 6 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

“A powerful and thought-provoking story.”—Shelf Awareness (starred review)“An emotionally resonant story about authenticity and belonging.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A raw, real exploration of belonging that’s also sweetly hopeful.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)Every day in Fawn Creek, Louisiana, is exactly the same—until Orchid... Read more

Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon & Gary Tiedemann

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Ernesto Cisneros, Pura Belpré Award-winning author of Efrén Divided, is back with a hilarious and heartfelt novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. A great next pick for readers who loved Ghost by Jason Reynolds or The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez. Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to... Read more

After Hours on Milagro Street

By: Angelina M. Lopez

Narrated by: Stacy Gonzalez

Length: 12 hours 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A WASHINGTON POST BEST ROMANCE OF 2022
A FATED MATES BEST ROMANCE OF 2022
AN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEST ROMANCE OF 2022

Guapo pobrecito, her grandmother calls him. The “poor handsome man.”

Professor Jeremiah Post, the poor handsome man, is in fact standing in the way of Alejandra “Alex” Torres turning Loretta’s, her grandmother’s bar, into a viable... Read more

The Last Beekeeper

By: Pablo Cartaya

Narrated by: Kyla Garcia

Length: 7 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: No

Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Younger Children Finalist Texas Bluebonnet Award List 2022-23Facing a world dually altered by climate change and those who profit from it, Yolanda Cicerón will have to fight to save the last known beehive from extinction in this stirring new adventure by award-winning author Pablo Cartaya.In a future shaken... Read more

The Man Who Could Move Clouds

By: Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Narrated by: Marisol Ramirez

Length: 10 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

A TIME BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER  

From the author of the “original, politically daring and passionately written” (Vogue) novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree, comes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir reclaiming her family's otherworldly legacy.

For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Raised amid the political violence of 1980s and '90s... Read more

I'm Not Broken

By: Jesse Leon

Narrated by: Jesse Leon

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesse Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, street life, and substance abuse.

"A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives, bodhisattvas all."  —Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of... Read more

Cuba in My Pocket

By: Adrianna Cuevas

Narrated by: Anthony Rey Perez

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

When the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 solidifies Castro’s power in Cuba, twelve-year-old Cumba’s family makes the difficult decision to send him to Florida alone. Faced with the prospect of living in another country by himself, he tries to remember the sound of his father’s clarinet, the smell of his mother’s lavender perfume. Life in the... Read more

Inheritance

By: Elizabeth Acevedo

Narrated by: Elizabeth Acevedo

Length: 5 minutes

Abridged: No

They tell me to “fix” my hair.And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten;but how do you fix this shipwreckedhistory of hair? In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad—the history, pain, pride, and... Read more

Until Someone Listens

By: Estela Juarez & Lissette Norman

Narrated by: Estela Juarez

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

"Author/narrator Estella Juarez takes listeners on the heartrending journey of her family's immigration struggle....her message is powerful, heartbreaking, and hopeful."- AudioFile Magazine

This program is read by the author, Estela Juarez.

When Estela Juarez's mom is deported to Mexico, Estela knows she has to speak up for her family. Told in... Read more

The Spanish Daughter

By: Lorena Hughes

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 9 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Set against the lush backdrop of early twentieth century Ecuador and inspired by the real-life history of the coastal town known as the birthplace of cacao, this captivating novel from the award-winning author of The Sisters of Alameda
Street tells the story of a resourceful young chocolatier who must impersonate a man in order to survive …

As a... Read more

Bonsai

By: Alejandro Zambra

Narrated by: Gisela Chípe

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: No

“Sublime . . . true and beautiful and moving.” —The New York Times Book Review

The landmark first novel of one of the greatest living Latin American writers—now in a sparkling new translation by his longtime collaborator

When it was first published in 2006, then-literary critic and poet Alejandro Zambra’s first novel, Bonsai, caused a sensation.... Read more

Surely Surely Marisol Rainey

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

Narrated by: Amielynn Abellera

Length: 1 hour 42 minutes

Abridged: No

“Anyone who has ever had trouble feeling brave will be empowered by Marisol.”—NBC NewsEveryone loves sports . . . except Marisol! The stand-alone companion to Newbery Medal winner and New York Times–bestselling Erin Entrada Kelly’s Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey is an irresistible and humorous story about friendship, family, and fitting in. Fans of... Read more

Illegally Yours

By: Rafael Agustin

Narrated by: Rafael Agustin

Length: 7 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

A funny and poignant memoir about how as a teenager, TV writer Rafael Agustin (Jane The Virgin) accidentally discovered he was undocumented and how that revelation turned everything he thought he knew about himself and his family upside down.

Growing up, Rafa’s parents didn't want him to feel different because, as his mom told him: "Dreams should... Read more

High-Risk Homosexual

By: Edgar Gomez

Narrated by: Edgar Gomez

Length: 6 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

"I've always found the definition of machismo to be ironic, considering that pride is a word almost unanimously associated with queer people, the enemy of machistas. In particular, effeminate queer men represent a simultaneous rejection and embrace of masculinity . . . In a world desperate to erase us, queer Latinx men must find ways to hold... Read more