Latine Authors

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

Retrospective

By: Juan Gabriel Vasquez

Narrated by: Sheldon Romero

Length: 13 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

An epic yet intimate novel about a Colombian man caught up in the sweep of global historical and ideological revolutions.

The Colombian film director, Sergio Cabrera, is in Barcelona for a retrospective of his work. It's a hard time for him: his father, famous actor Fausto Cabrera, has just died; his marriage is in crisis; and his home country... 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

Dreams from Many Rivers

By: Margarita Engle

Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon & Frankie Corzo

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes

Abridged: No

From Juana Briones and Juan Ponce de León to eighteenth-century slaves and modern-day sixth graders, the many and varied people depicted here speak to the experiences and contributions of Latinos throughout the history of the United States, from the earliest known stories up to the present day. A portrait of a great, enormously varied, and... 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

Pablo: Apostol a las naciones

By: César Vidal

Narrated by: Reynaldo Infante

Length: 15 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

El presente libro no es una obra de teología ni un comentario del los Hechos o de las cartas paulinas—aunque las referencias a ambas áreas resulten ineludibles—sino de Historia. Su metodología es la histórica y, de manera muy especial, la utilizada por la investigación de la Historia Antigua. Con todo, a pesar de su carácter histórico, estas... Read more

What Would Frida Do?

By: Arianna Davis

Narrated by: Marisa Blake

Length: 5 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

Revered as much for her fierce spirit as she is for her art, Frida Kahlo stands today as a brazen symbol of daring creativity. She was a woman ahead of her time whose paintings have earned her generations of admirers around the globe. But perhaps her greatest work of art was her own life. What Would Frida Do? explores the feminist icon's... Read more

AOC

By: Lynda Lopez

Narrated by: Cary Hite & Marisa Blake

Length: 5 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

From the moment Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat a ten-term incumbent in the primary election for New York’s 14th on June 26, 2018, her journey to the national, if not world, stage, was fast-tracked. Six months later, as the youngest Congresswoman ever elected, AOC became one of a handful of Latina politicians in Washington, D.C. Not yet thirty,... Read more

My Papi Has a Motorcycle

By: Isabel Quintero

Narrated by: Isabel Quintero

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she’s always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her. But as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there. My Papi Has a... Read more

It Calls You Back

By: Luis J. Rodriguez

Narrated by: Jacob Vargas

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Growing up on the streets of East L.A., Luis Rodriguez narrowly escaped a serious jail term and then struggled to overcome his powerful addiction to heroin and alcohol. Eventually, Rodriguez embarked on a career as a successful journalist and a highly regarded poet. In It Calls You Back, Rodriguez describes with heartbreaking honesty his... Read more

Lupe Wong Won't Dance

By: Donna Barba Higuera

Narrated by: Kyla Garcia

Length: 7 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

My gym shorts burrow into my butt crack like a frightened groundhog.Don't you want to read a book that starts like that??Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues.She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy...like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some... Read more

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez

By: Adrianna Cuevas

Narrated by: Anthony Rey Perez

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

All Nestor Lopez wants is to live in one place for more than a few months and have dinner with his dad. When he and his mother move to a new town to live with his grandmother after his dad’s latest deployment, Nestor plans to lay low. He definitely doesn’t want anyone to find out his deepest secret: that he can talk to animals. But when the... 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

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

Los coquíes aún cantan

By: Karina Nicole González

Narrated by: Laura Gómez

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Los coquíes aún cantan es un audio libro ilustrado para niños sobre el hogar, la comunidad, y la esperanza, inspirado por la reconstrucción de Puerto Rico luego del Hurricán María en Septiembre 2017. Este hermoso y emotivo libro fue escrito por Karina Nicole González, illustrado por Krystal Quiles, y traducido al español por Amparo Ortiz.

"Este... Read more

The Coquíes Still Sing

By: Karina Nicole González

Narrated by: Laura Gómez

Length: 8 minutes

Abridged: No

"This book is more than beautiful." - Yuyi Morales, Caldecott Honoree and New York Times bestselling creator of Dreamers

A powerful story about home, community, and hope, inspired by the rebuilding of Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017, written by debut author Karina González and illustrated by Krystal Quiles.

Co-quí, co-quí! The coquí... Read more

Bad Girls

By: Camila Sosa Villada & Kit Maude - Translator

Narrated by: Sena Bryer

Length: 6 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

Gritty and unflinching, yet also tender, fantastical, and funny, a trans woman’s coming-of-age tale about finding a community among fellow outcasts.

Camila Sosa Villada’s extraordinary first novel is a rich, nuanced portrait of a marginalized community: their romantic relationships, friendships and squabbles, difficulties at work, aspirations and... Read more

Brown Enough

By: Christopher Rivas

Narrated by: Christopher Rivas

Length: 7 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Brown Enough, Christopher Rivas's first book, is a literary memoir about what it truly means to be Brown in America. Holding the weight of being a Latino man, Christopher wonders where he falls on the color line, widened through his experience as an ethnically am­biguous actor of color in Holly­wood and the man!) dangers and pitfalls that come... Read more

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

Kiss Me, Mi Amor

By: Alana Quintana Albertson

Narrated by: Christophe Landa & Vanessa Vasquez

Length: 8 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

It turns out that a fake relationship is the perfect recipe for a love that sizzles hotter than Santa Barbara’s spiciest salsa—when it’s between enemies.…

Enrique Montez, smooth-talking heir to the Taco King empire, is man enough to admit that he made a critical error when he underestimated Carolina Flores. The agricultural hotshot should have... Read more

The Enchanted Hacienda

By: J.C. Cervantes

Narrated by: Frankie Corzo

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

“This summer’s sweetest confection is J.C. Cervantes’s The Enchanted Hacienda. This book is like dipping your brain into a jar of serotonin.” —New York Times Book Review

"This is a contemporary coming-of-age story, with a sprinkling of magic, that’s one of my most anticipated reads of the year." —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author,... Read more

Wings in the Wild

By: Margarita Engle

Narrated by: Andre Bellido & Aida Reluzco

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes

Abridged: No

This gorgeously romantic contemporary novel-in-verse from award-winning author Margarita Engle tells the “inspiring and hopeful” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) love story of two teens fighting for climate action and human rights.

Winged beings are meant to be free. And so are artists, but the Cuban government has criminalized any art that... Read more

Borderless

By: Jennifer De Leon

Narrated by: Diana Pou

Length: 10 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Caught in the crosshairs of gang violence, a teen girl and her mother set off on a perilous journey from Guatemala City to the US border in this “engrossing” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult novel from the author of Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From.

For seventeen-year-old Maya, trashion is her passion, and her talent for making clothing out of unusual... Read more

Hasta que alguien me escuche / Until Someone Listens (Spanish ed.)

By: Estela Juarez & Lissette Norman

Narrated by: Estela Juarez

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by the author.

Hasta que alguien me escuche is the Spanish edition of Until Someone Listens.

When Estela Juarez's mom is deported to Mexico, Estela knows she has to speak up for her family. Told in Estela's own words, Until Someone Listens is a true story about a young girl finding her voice and using it to make... Read more