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Best-Sellers - Vivan los clásicos

These bestsellers are not to be missed.
Dive into these iconic works and experience their powerful stories.

Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) by Gabriel García Márquez

Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition)

Gabriel García Márquez

A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha.

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Like Water for Chocolate

Laura Esquivel

Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant romance, bittersweet wit, and delicious recipes.
This classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at...

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, Christopher Hitchens, Magda Bolin

Lhe House of the Spirits

Isabel Allende, Christopher Hitchens, Magda Bolin

In a triumph of magic realism, Allende constructs a spirit-ridden world and fills it with colorful and all-too-human inhabitants. The Trueba family’s passions, struggles, and secrets span three generations and a century of violent social change, culminating...

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

One of the most cherished novels of the last fifty years. Readers from all walks of life have fallen for the voice of Esperanza Cordero, growing up in Chicago and inventing for herself who and what she will become. “In English my name means hope,” she says. “In Spanish it means too many letters. It means sadness, it means waiting."

Hopscotch, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much by Julio Cortázar, Ilan Stavans, Gregory Rabassa, Paul Blackburn

Hopscoth, Blow-Up, We Love Glenda So Much

Julio Cortázar, Ilan Stavans, Gregory Rabassa, Paul Blackburn

These three groundbreaking works by Julio Cortázar—a major figure of world literature and one of the founders of the Latin American Boom—are published together in one volume for the first time, in honor of the centenary of his birth.

Conquistadora by Esmeralda Santiago

Conquistadora

Esmeralda Santiago

An epic novel of love, discovery, and adventure by the author of the award-winning, bestselling memoir When I Was Puerto Rican. • “Santiago’s storytelling is thrilling.... A triumph.” —The Washington Post 
As a young girl growing up in Spain, Ana Larragoity Cubillas is powerfully drawn to Puerto...

Top Fiction Picks - Vivan las historias

Discover powerful narratives that celebrate the essence of Hispanic culture and creativity.

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

The Book of Unknown Americans

Cristina Henríquez

A stunning novel of hopes and dreams, guilt and love—a book that offers a resonant new definition of what it means to be American and "illuminates the lives behind the current debates about Latino immigration" (The New York Times Book Review).

Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli

Lost Children Archive

Valeria Luiselli

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years. In Valeria Luiselli’s fiercely imaginative follow-up to the American Book Award-winning Tell Me How It Ends, an artist couple set out with their two children on a road trip from New York to Arizona in the heat of summer.

Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quiñonez

Bodega Dreams

Ernesto Quiñonez

Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty—and a steady income from the drugs he pushes.

The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

The Man Who Could Move Clouds

Ingrid Rojas Contreras

“Rojas Contreras reacquaints herself with her family’s past, weaving their stories with personal narrative, unraveling legacies of violence, machismo and colonialism… In the process, she has written a spellbinding and genre-defying ancestral history.”—New York Times Book Review 
For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family...

Vanishing Maps by Cristina García

Vanishing Maps

Cristina García

From the acclaimed author of Dreaming in Cuban, a follow-up novel that tracks four generations of the del Pino family against the tumultuous backdrops of Cuba, the U.S., Germany, and Russia in the new millennium
"A beautiful novel: hilarious one moment, haunting the next.” —Chris Bohjalian, author of
The Flight Attendant and The Lioness

Cantoras by Caro de Robertis

Cantoras

Caro de Robertis

In defiance of the brutal military government that took power in Uruguay in the 1970s, and under which homosexuality is a dangerous transgression, five women miraculously find one another—and, together, an isolated cape that they claim as their own.
Over the next thirty-five years, they travel back and forth from this secret sanctuary...

Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Manuel Puig

A graceful, intensely compelling novel about love and victimization. In an Argentine prison, two men share a cell: Molina, a gay window dresser who is self-centered, self-denigrating, yet charming as well; and Valentin, an articulate, fiercely dogmatic revolutionary haunted by memories of a woman he left for the cause. Both are gradually transformed by their guarded but growing...

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands

Jorge Amado

It surprises no one that the charming but wayward Vadinho dos Guimaraes–a gambler notorious for never winning—dies during Carnival. His long suffering widow Dona Flor devotes herself to her cooking school and her friends, who urge her to remarry. She is soon drawn to a kind pharmacist who is everything Vadinho was not, and is altogether happy to marry him.

Voices of Influence - Vivan nuestras voces

Hispanic figures who have made their mark in various industries—from influential tech innovators and celebrated musicians to groundbreaking journalists, political visionaries, and beyond.

App Kid by Michael Sayman

App Kid

Michael Sayman

An inspiring and deeply personal coming of age memoir from one of Silicon Valley’s youngest entrepreneurs—a second-generation Latino immigrant who taught himself how to code as a thirteen-year-old and went on to claim his share of the American dream.

Decoding "Despacito" by Leila Cobo

Decoding "Despacito"

Leila Cobo

A behind the scenes look at the music that is currently the soundtrack of the globe, reported on and written by Leila Cobo, Billboard's VP of Latin Music and the world's ultimate authority on popular Latin music. Decoding "Despacito" tracks the stories...

Finding Latinx by Paola Ramos

Finding Latinx

Paola Ramos

Latinos across the United States are redefining identities, pushing boundaries, and awakening politically in powerful and surprising ways. Many—Afrolatino, indigenous, Muslim, queer and undocumented, living in large cities and small towns—are...

Horizontal Vertigo by Juan Villoro, Alfred MacAdam

Horizontal Vertigo

Juan Villoro, Alfred MacAdam

At once intimate and wide-ranging, and as enthralling, surprising, and vivid as the place itself, this is a uniquely eye-opening tour of one of the great metropolises of the world, and its largest Spanish-speaking city. Horizontal Vertigo: The title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes that led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward.

I'm Not Broken by Jesse Leon

I'm Not Broken

Jesse Leon

In this unflinching and inspiring memoir, Jesse Leon tells an extraordinary story of resilience and survival, shining a light on a childhood spent devastated by sex trafficking, street life, and substance abuse.
"A book for survivors and those who know someone they hope survives, bodhisattvas all."  —Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of
The House on Mango Street

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

My Beloved World

Sonia Sotomayor

The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon.
In this story of human triumph that “hums with hope and exhilaration” (
NPR), she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination...

Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas

Down These Mean Streets

Piri Thomas

A modern classic of manhood, marginalization, survival, and transcendence—and a lyrical memoir of coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. 
"A report from the guts and heart of a submerged population group ... It claims our attention and emotional response." —
The New York Times Book Review

Stranger by Jorge Ramos

Stranger

Jorge Ramos

In this personal manifesto, Ramos sets out to examine what it means to be a Latino immigrant, or just an immigrant, in present-day America. Using current research and statistics, with a journalist’s nose for a story, and interweaving his own personal experience, Ramos shows us the changing face of America...

Bestsellers in Spanish - Viva el idioma

Celebrate el idioma with a curated selection of top reads that honor the beauty and richness of the Spanish language.

El amor en los tiempos del cólera (Edición de regalo) / Love in the Time of Chol era (Gift Edition) by Gabriel García Márquez, Luisa  Rivera

El amor en los tiempos del cólera

Gabriel García Márquez, Luisa Rivera

Edición de lujo, bellamente ilustrada y a color de El amor en los tiempos del cólera, un gran clásico de Gabriel García Márquez y una novela imprescindible de la literatura contemporánea.
«Era inevitable: el olor de las almendras amargas le recordaba siempre el destino de los amores contrariados.»
Así empieza una de las historias de amor más maravillosas de la literatura universal.

La casa de los espiritus / The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

La casa de los espiritus

Isabel Allende

La primera novela de Isabel Allende, La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos.

El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido con mano de hierro un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse con el paso del tiempo y un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca arrastrará a los Trueba a una dolorosa desintegración.

Como agua para chocolate / Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

Como agua para chocolate

Laura Esquivel

Terrenal, mágico y absolutamente encantador, este relato de la vida familiar en el México finisecular se convirtió, con la mezcla acertada de romance doloroso e ingenio agridulce, en un fenómeno de best-seller.
La clásica historia de amor se sitúa en el rancho De la Garza, mientras la dueña tiránica Mamá Elena corta cebolla en la mesa de cocina durante sus últimos días de embarazo. Aún dentro del útero de su...

Conquistadora (Spanish Edition) by Esmeralda Santiago

Conquistadora (Spanish Edition)

Esmeralda Santiago

La historia de una heroína al estilo de Escarlata O’Hara en el Puerto Rico del siglo XIX.
Desde que era una niña en la España del siglo diecinueve, Ana Larragoity Cubillas se siente atraída por la exuberante y exótica isla de Puerto Rico que describen los diarios de un antepasado que viajó a la isla junto a Ponce de León.

La casa en Mango Street /  The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Fernanda Melchor

La casa en Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros, Fernanda Melchor

Elogiado por la crítica, admirado por lectores de todas las edades, en escuelas y universidades de todo el país y traducido a una multitud de idiomas, llega una nueva traducción al español de un clásico, de la mano de Fernanda Melchor.
La casa en Mango Street es la extraordinaria historia de Esperanza Cordero. Contada...

El libro de los americanos desconocidos / The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henríquez

El libro de los americanos desconocidos

Cristina Henríquez

Una impresionante novela de esperanzas y sueños, culpa y amor, un libro que ofrece una nueva definición resonante de lo que significa ser estadounidense e “ilumina las vidas detrás de los debates actuales sobre la inmigración latina” – The New York Times Book Review
Dos jóvenes que se enamoran...

Desierto Sonoro / Lost Children Archive: A novel by Valeria Luiselli

Desierto Sonoro

Valeria Luiselli

Un matrimonio en crisis viaja en coche con sus dos hijos pequeños desde Nueva York hasta Arizona. Ambos son documentalistas y cada uno se concentra en un proyecto propio: él está tras los rastros de la última banda apache en rendirse al poder militar estadounidense; ella busca documentar la diáspora de niños que llegan a la frontera sur del país en busca de asilo.

Mapas difusos / Vanishing Maps by Cristina García

Mapas difusos

Cristina García

La aclamada autora de Soñar en cubano nos entrega la continuación de su novela, donde le sigue la pista a cuatro generaciones de la familia del Pino a través de los tumultuosos panoramas contemporáneos de Cuba, Estados Unidos, Alemania y Rusia. Celia del Pino, matriarca de una extensa familia cubana, ha visto a sus descendientes migrar a todas partes del...

El hombre que movía las nubes / The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

El hombre que movía las nubes

Ingrid Rojas Contreras

La autora de La fruta del borrachero nos entrega una deslumbrante historia caleidoscópica que recupera el legado místico de su familia.
A Ingrid Rojas Contreras la magia le corre por las venas. No era una niña fácil de sorprender: creció en medio de la violencia política de los años ochenta y noventa en Colombia, en una casa...

La Fórmula "Despacito": Los hits de la música latina contados por sus artistas /  The "Despacito" Formula: Latin Music Hits as Told by Their Artists by Leila Cobo

La Fórmula "Despacito"

Leila Cobo

Escrito por Leila Cobo, la mayor autoridad de la música latina, La fórmula “Despacito” es una mirada profunda al detrás de escenas de la música que hace bailar al mundo entero. Seguramente conoces “Despacito”, la canción de Luis Fonsi y Daddy Yankee con un remix de Justin Bieber, que rápidamente se convirtió en la canción más escuchada del mundo y cuyo video fue el...

Latinx. En busca de las voces que redefinen la identidad latina / Latinx. In Sea rch of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos

Latinx. En busca de las voces que redefinen la identidad latina

Paola Ramos

De la presentadora del show de MSNBC, “Field Report with Paola Ramos”
El primer paso hacia el cambio es reconocer que nuestro poder nace de nuestra identidad.
Los jóvenes latinos en los Estados Unidos están redefiniendo su identidad, rompiendo moldes...

No estoy roto: Una memoria / I'm Not Broken: A Memoir by Jesse Leon

No estoy roto: Una memoria

Jesse Leon

En este inspirador e inquebrantable libro de memorias, Jesse Leon cuenta su historia extraordinaria de resiliencia y supervivencia. Nos acerca a su niñez, devastada por el tráfico sexual, experiencias de calle y el abuso de sustancias.
La niñez de Jesse fue destrozada de forma violenta. Nació en San Diego, en...

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