#WeNeedDiverseBooks-- Hispanic Concerns

There are lots and lots of lists out there, but it seems that for  #WeNeedDiverseBooks, it's hard to find things to read. This is often because there is no really reliable way to search library catalogs for fiction with a cultural context. Here are books, published since 2000, that have a focus on Hispanic culture. Keep in mind that I, personally, am as European/Germanic American as they come, and this list was thrown together a bit quickly.

Also, if you're stocking up for Mother Reader's 48 Hour Book Challenge and have access to Netgalley or Edelweiss, these titles seem to have culture contexts. They are on my TBR:

Netgalley: Manhunt, Fire Wish, Family Fletcher, and Bridge. At Edelweiss, they prefer librarians to bloggers (go figure), so put that in your profile if applicable, and you can try to get School for Spies #2, Pig Park, Felony Bay #2, Jasmine Skies, Contract, and Meyers' On a Clear Day.

Latino/Hispanic

Ada, Alma Flor. Dancing Home (2011) Mexican Americans

Adler, Emily. Fifteen Candles (2010) Puerto Rican Americans

*Agosin, Marjorie. How I Lived on Butterfly Hill. (2014) Chile

Alvarez, Julia. How Tia Lola Came to Stay (2001)

Bacigalupi, Paolo.Zombie Baseball Beatdown (2013) Hispanic Americans, East Indian Americans

Cervantes, Angela. Gaby, Lost and Found (2013) Honduran American

Chambers, Veronica. Fifteen Candles (2010)

*Conklin, Winifred. Syvlia and Aki (2012) Mexican Americans/Japanese

Corbet, Sue. Free Baseball (2006) Cuban American

Engle, Margarita. Mountain Dog (2013)

Fontes, Justine. Benito Runs (2011) Hispanic Americans

Gallagher, Diana G. Claudia Cristina Cortez (series, 2009)

Garcia, Cristina. I Wanna Be Your Shoebox (2008) Jewish, Japanese, Latina

Hobbs, Will. Crossing the Wire. (2008) Illegal immigration, Mexico

Lopez, Diana. Ask My Mood Ring How I Feel (2013)

Lopez, Diana. Confetti Girl (2009)

Lynch, Janet Nichols. Messed Up (2009). Hispanic Americans

Lupica, Mike. Heat. Cuban Americans

Lupica, Mike. Long Shot: A Comeback Kids Novel (2008)Mexican Americans

McClain, Lee. Sizzle (2011) Mexican Americans

Nelson, Suzanne Marie. Heart and Salsa (2006) Mexico

Osa, Nancy. Cuba 15 (2003) Cuban Americans

Pfeffer, Susan Beth. The Dead and the Gone. Puerto Rican American

Price, Charlie. Desert Angel (2011) Mexican Americans, YA

Resau, Laura. The Jade Notebook. (2011) Mexico

Restrepo, Bettina. Illegal. (2011) Illegal immigration, Mexico

Ryan, Pam Munoz. Becoming Naomi Leon (2004) Mexican Americans

*Ryan, Pam Munoz. Esperanza Rising. (2002)

Soto, Gary. Marisol (2005)

Triana, Gaby. Cubanita (2005)

*Tipp, Valerie. Josefina (American Girl series)

Vigilante, Danette. The Trouble With Half a Moon (2011) Puerto Ricans, Jamaicans

Vigilante, Danette. Saving Baby Doe (2014)

*Historical Novel