Happy Sunday, mis internet amigxs,
I wanted to kickstart you summer reading with ALL the Latine books on my radar releasing in June, but before that, some book club announcements!
We will be chatting with Natalia Hernandez TOMORROW NIGHT on Zoom! Questions for Natalia are open until 8 PM EST on Discord.
Book club announcements coming up on social media this week, but here is a list of our book club books for the next few months:
June fiction: And I'll Take Your Eyes Out by A.M. Sosa
June nonfiction: continue reading Accordion Eulogies by Noe Alvarez
July Summer School reads:
August fiction: The Intrigue by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
August nonfiction: continue reading Cuba: An American History
October: You Should Have Been Nicer To My Mom by Vincent Tirado
September book club pick poll will be up by the 2nd week of June.
CHISME
You'll be receiving an email this week telling you about an initiative I'm starting in July for Lectores and Libritos members. I'm so excited to finally spill the tea on this!
And finally, for ALL THE JUNE LATE BOOKS ON MY RADAR....be prepared to scroll!
June 2nd
Horror
Muneca by Cynthia Gomez (Audiobook) Adult Horror vivid, surreal gothic about a queer latine working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process
YA Fantasy
Their Will Undone by RJ Valideperas (Audiobook) coming of RAGE about an imprisoned girl rescued from certain death by a duty bound soldier, who's forced to choose between becoming a bride or a weapon (forced proximity, political intrigue, dark magic AND dommed love)
Middle Grade
Stream by Aida Salazaar (Audiobook) Dual POV novel in verse about 2 teens sent to Mexico to unplug
Young Adult Contemporary
Monarchs In The Wild by Israel Moya (Audiobook) Young Adult : A teen searches for a way out of his small California town after witnessing a classmate's death
Fantasy
Beneath The Sacred Well by Rocio Carranza: Historical fantasy novella--the Mummy meets Zorro in 1920's Yucatan
Mystery
The Adventure of Juan Planchard by Jonathan Jakubowicz (Audiobook) Wolf of Wall Street meets Scarface
Short Stories
Amarisa's Cooking Pot: Tales of Life in All Its Wonders by Désirée Zamorano: Short Stories from the author of The Amado Women
June 9th
Cathedrals by Claudia Pinero and translated by Frances Riddle
Historical fiction
Cages by Chantel Acevedo: Adult fiction debut from Cuban-Amerian author, Acevedo, follows 1960's zookeeper in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, an exile in 1960's swinging London and a dying man in 1980's AIDS Era Miami.
It Came From Neverland by Cynthia Pelayo (Audiobook) Peter Pan x Stephen King's It -- twisted horror retelling of a childhood fairytale set during WWI
Cat Love by Tomas Q. Morin (Audiobook) Notes from an Underground meet Kafka's "The Burrow"
Paperback Release - Queer nonfiction
So Many Stars by Caro DeRobertis (Audiobook)
June 16th
YA Fantasy
The Hero Twins in the Realm of Fright By David Bowles, Charlene Bowles: Fantasy (Tales of the Feathered Serpent #3)
Middle Grade Fiction
Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams by Angela Velez (Audiobook) Love letter to overthinking crafting girlies
YA Novel In Verse
Together We See by Ari Tison (Audiobook) Indigenous murder-mystery set in Costa Rica told in prose and focused on missing and murdered Indigenous peoples
Translated Literary Fiction
Medea Sang Me A Corrido by Dahlia De La Cerda and translated by Heather Cleary and Julia Sanches: A punk revival of Medea as a meddling anti-angel of birth and death
June 23rd
History
Cuba: A Brief History by Sergio Guerra-Vilaboy and Oscar Loyola-Vega (Audiobook)
Translated Fiction
Animal Spiral by Luis Othoniel Rosa and translated by Katie Marya: Puerto Rican translated fiction about the post-colonial birth, life, and death of the collective consciousness known as the Animal.
It's All River by Carla Madeira and translated by Alison Entrekin (Audiobook) Brazillian translated allegory about violence and forgiveness
June 30th
Translated Horror
The Summer of the Serpent by Cecilia Eudave and translated by Robin Myers (Audiobook) A kaleidescopic descent into the small violences and hidden horrors of a sweltering Guadalajaran summer
Romantasy
Cursed Ever After by Andy C. Naranjo (Audiobook) Subversive romantasy fairytale
Anthology (featuring Latine contributors)
These Kindred Hearts: A YA Romantasy Anthology edited by Shari B. Pennants (Audiobook) features Zoraida Cordova, Vanessa Montalban and Angela Montoya!
xo,
Carmen
