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Hispanic Heritage Month Books for Adults

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by checking out some of these great titles for adults. Check the catalog or ask a librarian for Spanish versions of some of these books. Selected by Sunnyvale Public Library staff.

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  • A novel about the construction of the Panama Canal, following the intersecting lives of the local families fighting to protect their homeland, the West Indian laborers recruited to dig the waterway, and the white Americans who gained profit and…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — FIC HENRIQUEZ Cristina
  • This dazzling magical realism western follows a Mexican bandido as he sets off for Texas to save his family, only to encounter a mysterious figure who has come, finally, to collect a cosmic debt generations in the making.
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster, 2024. — FIC GONZALEZJ Elizabeth
  • A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulnerable student at an elite college, forced to navigate an opaque past, an uncertain future, tragedies on two continents, and the tantalizing…
    Large Print, 2024New York : Random House Large Print, [2024] — LARGE PRINT FIC CORNEJOVI Karla
  • The SalviSoul Cookbook

    Salvadoran Recipes & the Women Who Preserve Them

    Vasquez, Karla Tatiana, 1987-
    A beautifully photographed cookbook that celebrates the vibrant culture and community of El Salvador through 80 recipes and stories from twenty-five Salvadoran women.
    Book, 2024California : Ten Speed Press, [2024] — 641.5972 VAS
  • Set during the waning days of the Trujillo dictatorship in the Dominican Republic in 1960, this extraordinary novel tells the story the Mirabal sisters, three young wives and mothers who are assassinated after visiting their jailed husbands. Also…
    Book, 2010Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2010. — FIC ALVAREZ Julia
  • In this luminous memoir, Rita Moreno shares her remarkable journey from a young girl with simple beginnings in Puerto Rico to Hollywood legend--and one of the few performers, and the only Hispanic, to win an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and two Emmys.
    Book, 2013New York : Celebra, 2013. — 791.4302 M
  • Mexican Masters

    Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros : Selections From the Museo De Arte Carrillo Gil

    Book, 2005Oklahoma City : Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 2005. — 759.972 MEX
  • Also available in Spanish
    Book, 2022London ; New York : Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022] — BIOGRAPHY 304 ZAMORA Javier
  • Book, 2023London ; New York : Hogarth, [2023] — SCI ENRIQUEZ Mariana
  • Book, 2022New York : Berkley, [2022] — FIC CANAS Isabel
  • Book, 2020New York : Riverhead Books, 2020. — FIC LOEDEL
  • Book, 2022New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] — Basement Adult Fiction Storage
  • Book, 2022New York : Riverhead Books, 2022. — FIC DIAZ Hernan
  • Latinx

    en busca de las voces que redefinen la identidad latina

    Ramos, Paola, 1987-
    Book, 2020New York : Vintage Español, 2020. — SPANISH 305.868 RAM
  • Book, 2021New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. — FIC CISNEROS Sandra