Books About the Border, Immigration, and the Latinx Experience

Below are just a few recommended books and stories about borders, immigration, and the Latinx experience. We welcome additions to this list and hope that it is ever-growing!

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Lost Children Archive: A novel Cover Image

Lost Children Archive: A novel (Paperback)

By Valeria Luiselli
$16.95
ISBN: 9780525436461
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Published: Vintage - February 4th, 2020
Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions Cover Image

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions (Paperback)

By Valeria Luiselli, Jon Lee Anderson (Introduction by)
$12.95
ISBN: 9781566894951
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Published: Coffee House Press - April 4th, 2017
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How to Put a Whale in a Suitcase (Hardcover)

By Raul Guridi
$14.99
ISBN: 9781849766234
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Published: Tate - October 29th, 2019
The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border Cover Image

The Other Side: Stories of Central American Teen Refugees Who Dream of Crossing the Border (Hardcover)

By Juan Pablo Villalobos
$17.99
ISBN: 9780374305734
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - September 10th, 2019
The Book of Unknown Americans (Vintage Contemporaries) Cover Image

The Book of Unknown Americans (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Cristina Henríquez
$15.00
ISBN: 9780345806406
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Published: Vintage - March 3rd, 2015
Citizen Illegal Cover Image

Citizen Illegal (Paperback)

By José Olivarez
$16.00
ISBN: 9781608469543
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Published: Haymarket Books - September 4th, 2018
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Virgin: Poems (Paperback)

By Analicia Sotelo
$16.00
ISBN: 9781571315007
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Published: Milkweed Editions - February 20th, 2018
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Abolish Ice (Paperback)

By Natascha Elena Uhlmann
$16.95
ISBN: 9781949017212
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Published: OR Books - October 1st, 2019
The Devil's Highway: A True Story Cover Image

The Devil's Highway: A True Story (Paperback)

By Luis Alberto Urrea
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316010801
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Published: Back Bay Books - September 19th, 2005
Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother Cover Image

Enrique's Journey: The Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother (Paperback)

By Sonia Nazario
$18.00
ISBN: 9780812971781
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 2nd, 2007
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Signs Preceding the End of the World (Paperback)

By Yuri Herrera, Lisa Dillman (Translator)
$13.95
ISBN: 9781908276421
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Published: And Other Stories - March 3rd, 2015
Sabrina & Corina: Stories Cover Image

Sabrina & Corina: Stories (Hardcover)

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525511298
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Published: One World - April 2nd, 2019
Dominicana: A Novel Cover Image

Dominicana: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Angie Cruz
$26.99
ISBN: 9781250205933
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Published: Flatiron Books - September 3rd, 2019
Mean Cover Image

Mean (Paperback)

By Myriam Gurba
$16.95
ISBN: 9781566894913
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Published: Coffee House Press - November 7th, 2017
Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration Cover Image

Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration (Paperback)

By Alfredo Corchado
$18.00
ISBN: 9781632865557
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - September 24th, 2019
Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City Cover Image

Barrio America: How Latino Immigrants Saved the American City (Hardcover)

By A. K. Sandoval-Strausz
$32.00
ISBN: 9781541697249
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Published: Basic Books - November 12th, 2019
La búsqueda de un sueño (A Dream Called Home Spanish edition): Una autobiografía (Atria Espanol) Cover Image

La búsqueda de un sueño (A Dream Called Home Spanish edition): Una autobiografía (Atria Espanol) (Paperback)

By Reyna Grande
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501172076
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Published: Atria Books - October 30th, 2018
A Dream Called Home: A Memoir Cover Image

A Dream Called Home: A Memoir (Paperback)

By Reyna Grande
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501171437
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Published: Washington Square Press - July 2nd, 2019
Tears of the Trufflepig: A Novel Cover Image

Tears of the Trufflepig: A Novel (Paperback)

By Fernando A. Flores
$16.00
ISBN: 9780374538330
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Published: MCD x FSG Originals - May 14th, 2019
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The House of Broken Angels (Paperback)

By Luis Alberto Urrea
$16.99
ISBN: 9780316154895
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Published: Back Bay Books - March 5th, 2019
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Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology (Latinographix) Cover Image

Tales from la Vida: A Latinx Comics Anthology (Latinographix) (Paperback)

By Frederick Luis Aldama
$17.95
ISBN: 9780814254936
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Published: Mad Creek Books - September 14th, 2018
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I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Paperback)

By Erika L. Sánchez
$11.99
ISBN: 9781524700515
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Published: Ember - March 5th, 2019
Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America (Voice of Witness) Cover Image

Solito, Solita: Crossing Borders with Youth Refugees from Central America (Voice of Witness) (Paperback)

By Steven Mayers (Editor), Jonathan Freedman (Editor)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781608466184
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Published: Haymarket Books - April 16th, 2019
The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) Cover Image

The House on Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Sandra Cisneros
$11.95
ISBN: 9780679734772
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Published: Vintage - April 3rd, 1991
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The Grief Keeper (Hardcover)

By Alexandra Villasante
$17.99
ISBN: 9780525514022
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers - June 11th, 2019