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Recommended books (32)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around North America Challenge" were written by authors from Mexico. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

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A Silent Fury : The El Bordo Mine Fire by Yuri Herrera EN

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Description:
Mine fire industrial disaster nonfiction: from the author of Signs Preceding The End of The World
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Recommended: 11 Aug 2023

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Aura by Carlos Fuentes ES

Rating: 4     2 Votes
Description:
"Lees ese anuncio: una oferta de esa naturaleza no se hace todos los días. Lees y relees el aviso. Parece dirigido a ti, a nadie más": asícomienza Aura, novela hechizante, donde lo verdadero es lo imposible, donde el amor a la vez sacrifica y devuelve la vida, y la inmortalidad tiene un precio que algunos están dispuestos a pagar.Pocos textos en la literatura mexicana de imaginación tienen la belleza y la expresividad de este relato en que los procedimientos de la ficción están llevados a sus últimas consecuencias. Las imágenes del sueño alteran la realidad o la realidad se ve contaminada por ... continue

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Borderlands : The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldúa EN

Rating: 5     1 Vote
Description:
Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume profoundly challenged, and continue to challenge, how we think about identity.Borderlands / La Frontera remaps our understanding of what a "border" is, presenting it not as a simple divide between here and there, us and them, but as a psychic, social, and cultural terrain that we inhabit, and that inhabits all of us. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition features a new introduction by scholars Norma Cantú (University of Texas at San Antonio) and Aída Hurtado (Universit... continue

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Fiesta en la madriguera by Juan Pablo Villalobos ES

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Description:
A Tochtli le gustan los sombreros, los diccionarios, los samuráis, las guillotinas y los franceses. Pero Tochtli es un niño y ahora lo que quiere es un nuevo animal para su zoológico privado: un hipopótamo enano de Liberia. Su padre, Yolcaut, un narcotraficante en la cúspide del poder, está dispuesto a cumplir todos sus caprichos. No importa que se trate de un animal exótico en peligro de extinción. Porque Yolcaut siempre puede. Tochtli vive en un palacio. Una madriguera recubierta de oro en la que convive con trece o quizá catorce... continue
Recommended: 24 Feb 2023

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Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia EN

Rating: 3     3 Votes
Description:
The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. “A spellbinding fairy tale rooted in Mexican mythology . . . Gods of Jade and Shadow is a magical fairy tale about identity, freedom, and love, and it's like nothing you've read before.”—Bustle NEBULA AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • Tordotcom • The New York Public Library • BookRiot The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any ... continue
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Recommended: 10 Jun 2022

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Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor ES

Rating: 4     4 Votes
Description:
The English-language debut of one of the most thrilling and accomplished young Mexican writers
Genre Crime
Recommended: 11 Sep 2022

7.

I'll Sell You a Dog by Juan Pablo Villalobos EN

0 Ratings
Description:
Everything that can be done to fend off the boredom of retirement and old age, while still holding a beer.
Genre Humor
Recommended: 07 Apr 2022

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La invasión del pueblo del espíritu by Juan Pablo Villalobos ES

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Description:
Trece mil ochocientos millones de años despues del nacimiento de nuestro Universo, en una ciudad del poniente, dos amigos inmigrantes enfrentan una crisis vital. Max acaba de perder su restaurante porque el propietario no le ha renovado el contrato de alquiler; Gastón debe dormir a su perro, Gato, diagnosticado con una enfermedad terminal. Max se encierra en el local del restaurante a vegetar, mientras Gastón deambula por las páginas de esta novela intentando rescatarlo. El cierre del restaurante no es más que otro signo de la imparable transformación del barrio, que inquietay subleva a los ab... continue
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Recommended: 08 Sep 2023

9.

Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Description:
First pub. 1950. Tale of the conquered of Mexico in 1521 and its aftermath.
Recommended: 29 Mar 2023

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Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel EN

Rating: 3     5 Votes
Description:
The Number One Bestseller In Mexico And America For Almost Two Years, And Subsequently A Bestseller Around The World, Like Water For Chocolate Is A Romantic, Poignant Tale, Touched With Moments Of Magic, Graphic Earthiness, Bittersweet Wit - And Recipes.A Sumptuous Feast Of A Novel, It Relates The Bizarre History Of The All-Female De La Garza Family. Tita, The Youngest Daughter Of The House, Has Been Forbidden To Marry, Condemned By Mexican Tradition To Look After Her Mother Until She Dies. But Tita Falls In Love With Pedro, And He Is Seduced By The Magical Food She Cooks. In Desperation Pedro... continue
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Recommended: 04 Jul 2020


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