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The cornerstones of Hispanic letters — start here.

1. Platero y yo

   Juan Ramón Jiménez · 1914

   A poet's lyrical account of his travels with a small silver donkey through Moguer , one of the most beloved works in the Spanish language, winner of the Nobel Prize.

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2. Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada

   Pablo Neruda · 1924

   Twenty love poems and a despairing song that made Neruda famous at twenty , one of the most widely read poetry collections in the Spanish language.

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3. Ifigenia

   Teresa de la Parra · 1924

   A young Venezuelan woman returns from Paris to find herself trapped by social convention , her disillusionment narrated in letters and diaries with biting irony.

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4. Don Segundo Sombra

   Ricardo Güiraldes · 1926

   A boy's initiation into the gaucho way of life under the legendary Don Segundo Sombra , a mythic figure of the Argentine pampas.

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5. El águila y la serpiente

   Martín Luis Guzmán · 1928

   Vivid memoirs of a journalist embedded with Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces , capturing the chaos, heroism and brutality of the Mexican Revolution.

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New releases from the last few years.

1. El prisionero del yerbatal

   Federico Andahazi · 2026

   A man walks alone down a path through an Argentine yerba mate plantation in Andahazi's atmospheric novel exploring rural power, secrecy, and crime in the country's interior.

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2. Norteña: memorias del comienzo

   Julieta Venegas · 2026

   Acclaimed singer-songwriter Julieta Venegas reflects on her childhood and youth on the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, and how that liminal place shaped her musical beginnings.

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3. Principio medio fin

   Valeria Luiselli · 2026

   Luiselli entrelaza ensayo y ficción para explorar el principio el medio y el fin de distintas historias personales y colectivas en un libro que desafía las formas establecidas de narrar.

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4. Cosamala

   Alana S. Portero · 2026

   Una novela gótica y lorquiana que convierte un crimen real de la Guerra Civil en una historia de brujas. Andalucía, 1937: la columna Carranza avanza por la sierra norte de Sevilla empapando la tierra de sangre, y un grupo de mujeres se alza con la fuerza oscura de la tierra y la memoria.

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5. Los huérfanos

   Carmen Mola · 2026

   Tres niños criados en un orfanato de Belfast se convierten en dueños de un imperio criminal que se extiende desde Irlanda hasta la Costa del Sol. Cuando la fiscal Laura Pastor investiga un asesinato en Madrid descubre que el caso conecta a su propia familia con los llamados Huérfanos.

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Voices of women writing in Spanish.

1. El monte de las furias

   Fernanda Trías · 2025

   Trías's most recent novel, awarded the prestigious Sor Juana prize for women's writing in Spanish, continuing her exploration of female rage and the body against a Uruguayan rural backdrop.

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2. Alcaravea

   Irene Reyes-Noguerol · 2024

   A story collection by one of the freshest young voices in contemporary Spanish fiction, recognized by Zaragoza's Cálamo bookshop with its prize for innovative narrative perspectives.

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3. Fuego en la garganta

   Beatriz Serrano · 2024

   A teenage girl discovers supernatural powers and finds community with fellow internet outcasts obsessed with Charles Manson and Joy Division in Serrano's finalist novel for the 2024 Premio Planeta.

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4. Las voces de Adriana

   Elvira Navarro · 2023

   A woman processes her father's death through internal voices that may or may not be hallucinations. Navarro's novel won the Cálamo Extraordinary Prize for its formally daring approach to grief and perception.

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5. La reina del baile

   Camila Fabbri · 2023

   Fabbri's finalist novel reckons with the trauma and aftermath of a real Buenos Aires tragedy, told with the precision and emotional control that established her as one of Argentina's essential young voices.

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Love stories, longing and heartbreak.

1. Abril o nunca

   Juan Gómez-Bárcena · 2026

   Gómez-Bárcena narra una historia de amor suspendida en la incertidumbre de un abril que puede ser principio o fin en esta novela sobre los momentos en que todo cambia o no cambia nada.

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2. Hydra

   Irene Nortes · 2026

   Helena tiene veinticinco años y una vida perfecta sobre el papel: trabajo estable ansiedad creciente e insomnio. Cuando decide viajar a Hydra una pequeña isla griega suspendida sobre el Egeo un gato enigmático la guía hacia el descubrimiento de que nunca es tarde para empezar de nuevo.

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3. Todas las historias llevan tu nombre

   Andrea Longarela · 2026

   Lucy Dallas pasa los mejores veranos de su infancia en Mendocino con sus hermanos hasta que un día todo cambia. Años después llega Noah el único capaz de traspasar las barreras de los Dallas y hacerse un hueco en sus corazones. Una novela sobre el peso de las decisiones los lazos familiares y el amor que permanece cuando el tiempo cambia las cosas.

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4. La próxima vez que te vea te mato

   Paulina Flores · 2025

   Javiera una millennial chilena llega a la Barcelona postpandémica sin papeles sin dinero y llena de deseo. Su inmersión en el poliamor y la precariedad laboral crea una novela feroz y contemporánea sobre los nuevos tipos de amor y las viejas trampas del capitalismo.

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5. Clara y confusa

   Cynthia Rimsky · 2024

   A plumber's dependent, tortuous love for an artist named Clara unfolds amid union corruption in what co-judge Juan Pablo Villalobos called an avant-garde romantic comedy raising questions about art, love, and popular culture.

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Short books you can finish in a couple of sittings.

1. Garzón

   Verónica Ochoa · 2024

   The illustrated companion to Alfredo Garzón's memoir, co-credited as Author of the Year 2024 by WMagazín for her visual contribution to one of the year's most discussed books about grief.

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2. Martinete del Rey Sombra

   Raúl Quinto · 2023

   A poetry collection drawing on the flamenco martinete tradition, recognized with Zaragoza's Cálamo prize for its innovative fusion of musical form and contemporary Andalusian darkness.

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3. Doble noche

   Pilar Adón · 2022

   Adón's poetry collection awarded the Generation of 27 Prize exploring the double nature of night as threat and refuge through precisely crafted images of Spanish urban and rural landscapes.

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4. La hija del comunista

   Aroa Moreno Durán · 2017

   A Spanish Communist's daughter grows up in East Germany struggling with language identity and the wall dividing her from the Spain she has never seen.

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5. La perra

   Pilar Quintana · 2017

   A childless woman on Colombia's Pacific coast raises a stray dog and becomes obsessed with its survival. A dark compressed novella about maternal desire violence and the tropical jungle.

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Gentle first books for babies and toddlers.

1. ¡A bañarse!

   Taro Gomi · 2000

   A splashy waterproof bath book following a toddler through bath time bubbles and the fun of getting squeaky clean before bed.

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2. ¡Muu!

   Various · 2006

   A chunky board book in which farm animals make their noises on every page encouraging toddlers to join in with mooing clucking and oinking.

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3. ¿Dónde está el osito?

   Rocío Bonilla · 2021

   A chunky flap board book in which toddlers lift flaps to search for a missing teddy bear hiding in different rooms of a cozy house.

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4. ¿Puedo mirar tu pañal?

   Guido van Genechten

   A nosy little mouse asks everyone if he can look at their diaper in this funny and reassuring board book that makes potty training conversations easy and fun for toddlers.

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5. Abuelita's Heart

   Amy Córdova · 1997

   A board book celebrating the special bond between a baby and their abuelita, filled with warm colors and simple Spanish words of love and belonging.

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Picture books and early reads for curious kids.

1. ¡Sí, se puede! / Yes, We Can!

   Diana Cohn · 2005

   Based on the 2000 L.A. janitors' strike, a boy helps support his mother's union struggle in a story that brings labor activism alive for young readers.

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2. ¡Vamos! Vamos a comer

   Raúl the Third · 2020

   El Pequeño Lobo recorre los puestos de comida de su ciudad fronteriza para alimentar a los luchadores de la gran pelea, en un libro lleno de palabras en español y ricos detalles.

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3. ¿Hay algo más grande que una ballena azul?

   Robert E. Wells · 2000

   A blue whale is the biggest animal on Earth but this book takes young readers on a journey of scale from tiny to enormous across the universe.

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4. A Birthday Basket for Tía

   Pat Mora · 1992

   Cecilia prepares a special birthday basket for her great-aunt Tía, filling it with objects that represent their shared memories in this warm celebration of family.

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5. A Movie in My Pillow / Una película en mi almohada

   Jorge Argueta · 2007

   Autobiographical poems about leaving El Salvador as a child and growing up in San Francisco, navigating two languages, two worlds, and the movies in his memory.

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