Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

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Enjoy these 12 nonfiction must-reads featuring Hispanic American authors and themes.

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Cover of the book "I Am These Truths" by Sunny Hostin, featuring a portrait of Hostin with a serious expression.

I Am These Truths by Sunny Hostin

The Emmy Award-winning View co-host and ABC News senior legal correspondent traces her journey from a biracial child in a South Bronx housing project to a successful and influential Washington, D.C. attorney and journalist.

Cover of "Ordinary Girls: A Memoir" by Jaquira Díaz, with award logos and a vivid red and yellow background.

Ordinary Girls by Jaquira Dâiaz

A biographical debut by a Pushcart Prize-winning writer traces her upbringing in the housing projects of Puerto Rico, her mother’s battle with schizophrenia, her personal struggles with sexual assault and her efforts to pursue a literary career.

Book cover of "Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood" featuring a portrait of Danny Trejo.

Trejo by Danny Trejo

Redemptive and painful, poignant and real, this memoir from one of the most recognizable, prolific and beloved character actors traces his journey from crime, prison, addiction and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood’s favorite bad guy with a heart of gold.

Book cover featuring "Creep: Accusations and Confessions" by Myriam Gurba, with a close-up portrait of the author.

Creep by Myriam Gurba

A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and toxicity that has wormed its way into society—in our books, schools, and homes, as well as the systems that perpetuate them—from the acclaimed author of Mean, and one of our fiercest, foremost explorers of intersectional Latinx identity.

Colorful book cover of "¡Hola Papi!" by John Paul Brammer, featuring a man in a hat with a background of vibrant patterns.

¡Hola Papi! by John Paul Brammer

The popular LGBTQ columnist and writer presents a memoir though a series of essays that chronicle his life growing up as queer, mixed race kid and offers advice for young people facing the same journey.

Book cover of "Children of the Land: A Memoir" by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo with tropical leaves background.

Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

An award-winning poet chronicles his experiences of growing up undocumented in the United States, describing how his family and his attempt to establish an adult life were heartbreakingly complicated by racist policies.

Cover of "Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir" by Erika L. Sánchez, with colorful abstract background and bold white text.

Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez

The New York Times best-selling author of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter returns with an and honest and often hilarious memoir-in-essays that looks back on her wild youth and journey to becoming an award-winning novelist, poet and essayist.

Cover of "My Broken Language" by Quiara Alegría Hudes, showcasing a collage of vibrant images and text praising the memoir.

My Broken Language by Quiara Alegrâia Hudes

A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright shares her lyrical coming-of-age story against a backdrop of her devastated barrio home and the idiosyncratic, troubled and fiercely loving Puerto Rican family that inspired her literary voice.

Book cover of "Solito" by Javier Zamora, featuring an overlay of a boy's silhouette with a mountainous landscape.

Solito by Javier Zamora

A young poet reflects on his 3,000-mile journey from El Salvador to the United States when he was nine years old, during which he was faced with perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions during two life-altering months alongside a group of strangers who became an unexpected family.

Cover of "Illegally Yours: a Memoir" by Rafael Agustin, with a family photo and white stars scattered across it.

Illegally Yours by Rafael Agustin

This heartwarming and comical memoir looks at how a successful TV writer accidentally discovered that he was an undocumented immigrant in his teenage years and how it turned his entire world upside down.

Book cover of "The Death of My Father the Pope" by Obed Silva, featuring a child's drawing in red tones.

The Death of my Father the Pope by Obed Silva

The author, in this wrenching, dazzling, revelatory debut, chronicles his father’s lifelong battle with alcoholism and the havoc it wreaked on his family, channeling the heartbreak of mourning while wrestling with the resentment and frustration cause by addiction.

Book cover of "The Man Who Could Move Clouds: A Memoir" by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, featuring awards and palm trees.

The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Interweaving spellbinding family stories, resurrected Colombian history and her own deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality, the author shares her inheritance of “the secrets”—the power to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick and move the clouds.

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