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• Autobiography of Cotton

  a Novel

  Rivera Garza, Cristina, 1964-

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  Part detective story, part family archive, this book investigates whether the author's ancestors crossed paths with a young activist writer in the tumultuous 1930s. It is a dazzling exploration of how we unearth the personal and collective histories…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ex-perimento

  Morillo, Maria J.,

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  When a control-freak advice columnist accidentally broadcasts her unexpected breakup to the world and loses her job, she devises a master plan to win her ex back. Little does she know, assisting a dreamy, rebellious musician on a reality TV set will…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• I Give You My Silence

  a Novel

  Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-2025,

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  In his final, poignant novel, Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an impoverished Peruvian music scholar who becomes convinced that a brilliant local guitarist's music can heal a fractured nation. What begins as an idealistic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Take What You Can

  Coster, Naima, 1986-

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  Bonded by grief, shared youth, and a surrogate mother in France, Milly and Val's sisterly friendship faces its ultimate test when they reunite as pregnant adults in New York. This immersive page-turner explores the beautiful, messy realities of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Intrigue

  Moreno-Garcia, Silvia,

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  Set against the atmospheric backdrop of WWII-era Mexico, this taut historical noir follows a suave grifter who meets his ultimate match in an austere guesthouse owner and her rebellious niece. Blending grit with razor-sharp character dynamics,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It Will Come Back to You

  Collected Stories

  Nunez, Sigrid,

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  Aging characters, unreliable narrators, and ordinary people navigating volatile relationships populate this captivating collection from one of contemporary literature's finest voices. Balancing despair with surprising joy, Nunez probes the depths of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Infinite Love Story

  Cleeton, Chanel,

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  Set against the high-stakes backdrop of the 1960s Space Race, a resilient young journalist fights to clear her missing husband's name from NASA's blame. But when strange occurrences and time-bending notes start appearing around her house, she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beginning Middle End

  a Novel

  Luiselli, Valeria, 1983-

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  A writer and her 12-year-old daughter embark on a book tour to Sicily, where they attempt to return a stolen ancient mosaic to its rightful home. Luiselli blends family legacy with classical mythology, set against the backdrop of an erupting Mount…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cathedrals

  Piñeiro, Claudia, 1960-

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  Thirty years after a brutal, unsolved murder shattered her Catholic family, a bookstore worker is forced to confront her past when a family crisis brings her estranged siblings back into her life. This is an illuminating page-turner that exposes the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It Came From Neverland

  a Novel

  Pelayo, Cynthia,

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  In this terrifying WWI-era reimagining of J. M. Barrie's classic tale, a grown Wendy Darling must confront the horrific truth of her childhood "adventures" in Neverland. When a sinister Peter Pan returns to target a local orphanage, Wendy and her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last Page

  a Novel

  Holt, Katie (Fiction writer),

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  A Peruvian-American bookseller and a Tennessee business consultant clash instantly when they are forced to share ownership of a struggling New York City bookstore. Between laugh-out-loud banter, quirky staff picks, and mounting chemistry, these two…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Deeper Than the Ocean

  a Novel

  Ojito, Mirta,

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  A journalist investigating family roots in the Canary Islands uncovers a century-old mystery involving her great-grandmother and the tragic 1919 shipwreck of the Valbanera. Weaving parallel narratives separated by a hundred years, this powerful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• This Is the Only Kingdom

  a Novel

  Díaz, Jaquira,

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  Set against the backdrop of political violence and the AIDS epidemic, this textured debut chronicles the lives of a mother and daughter in a close-knit Puerto Rican barrio. Díaz a heartbreakingly raw family drama about the imprints of poverty,…Read moreRead more of this annotation