The Latina Book Club is proud to announce its 2nd Annual Books of the Year list.
Our list contains some memoirs, some fiction, some children's books, some collections of poems and more. Most of the books on our list are written by Latino authors, the ones that are not contain Latino characters of worthy note--all are fun reads.
The Latina Book Club wishes you Happy Reading and a Happy New Year! ---mcf
BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014
(in alphabetical order by title)
A CUP OF WATER UNDER MY BED by Daisy Hernandez
CHASING
THE SUN by Natalia Sylvester
CHOPPER!
CHOPPER! POETRY FROM BORDERED LIVES by Verónica Reyes
DESEO
DE UNA NOCHE by Alonso Cueto (Spanish)
DLEE'S
WORLD by Diana Lee Santamaria
EVERY
HIDDEN FEAR by Linda Rodriguez
HANDBOOK
FOR AN UNPREDICTABLE LIFE: HOW I SURVIVED SISTER RENATA AND MY CRAZY MOTHER AND
STILL CAME OUT SMILING (WITH GREAT HAIR) by Rosie Perez
HUNTING
SEASON: IMMIGRATION AND MURDER IN AN ALL-AMERICAN TOWN by Mirta Ojito
JENNI
RIVERA: LA DIVA DE LA BANDA by Michael Puente (Spanish)
LA
BELLE CREOLE: THE CUBAN COUNTESS by Alina Garcia-LaPuerta
LAND OF
CAREFUL SHADOWS by Suzanne Chazin
LOTERIA
by Mario Alberto Zambrano
MARTINA
FINDS A SHINY COIN by Yadhira Gonzalez-Taylor
MI ISLA
BONITA by Franchesca Guzman (Spanish)
NIŇO
WRESTLES THE WORLD by Yuyi Morales (Spanish)
NUNO by
Carlos Alemán
PINNED
UP by C.Michelle
PINNED
DOWN by C.Michelle
RIPPER
by Isabel Allende
RISING,
FALLING, ALL OF US by Thelma T. Reyna
RITA
MORENO: A MEMOIR by Rita Moreno
SHATTERED
PARADISE by Ileana Araguti
TAKE
THIS MAN by Brando Skyhorse
THE
AMADO WOMEN by Desiree Zamorano
THE
CITY OF PALACES by Michael Nava
THE
CLOSER by Mariano Rivera
THE
CYCLE OF THE SEVEN DAYS OF THE WEEK by Genia I. Nunez
THE
PACIENT (EL PACIENTE) by Juan Gomez-Jurado (Spanish)
THE
REVOLUTION OF EVELYN SERRANO by Sonia Manzano
THE
SECOND SIGN by Elizabeth Arroyo
UNBREAKABLE
by Kami Garcia
VALENTINA
GOLDMAN'S IMMACULATE CONFUSION by Marisol Murano
WHEN
ANGELS FALL by Manuel A. Meléndez
WOMEN
ARE LIKE CHICKENS by Annette Sandoval
YAQUI
DELGADO WANTS TO KICK YOUR ASS by Meg Medina
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