25 Books Every Latina Should Read

(Courtesy of Latina Magazine, Sept. 2009 Issue)

1. The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
2. The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
3. American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood by Marie Arana
4. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
5. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
6. Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa
7. The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
8. The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
9. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
10. Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia
11. Harvest of Empire: The History of Latinos in America by Juan Gonzalez
12. Hopscotch by Julio Cortazar
13. The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
14. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
15. In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
16. Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
17. The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz
18. Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
19. The Movies of My Life by Alberto Fugust
20. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
21. The Ordinary Seaman by Francisco Goldman
22. Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
23. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
24. War By Candlelight by Daniel Alarcon
25. When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

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