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Coffee Table Reading Recs
The best companion to a great cup of coffee is a good book!
Fall is fast approaching and cozy season will be upon us soon enough! But bold brews require bold books, and our recommended reads this autumn are filled with compelling stories and diverse voices from across the Latin diaspora.
The Fantasy Novel 🧝🏽♀️
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas Mexican Fantasy? Check. Young Adult storytelling? Double Check. The competition of a lifetime? Triple Check. Aiden Thomas’s spectacular first novel in the Sunbearer Duology features Teo, a 17-year-old chosen to compete in the Sunbearer trials, a competition that means great honor for the winner and death for the unfortunate others. Dive into this incredible world here.
The Romance 💝
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adrianna Herrera This unique take on historical romance is sweet, curious, and tells the oft-forgotten story of Caribbean life in 19th-century Europe. Luz Alana, an heiress from Santo Domingo expanding her rum business in Paris, meets the Earl of Darnick, and the rest is history! Check it out here.
The YA Adventure 👩🏫
The Girl, The Ring, & The Baseball Bat by Camille Gomerra-Tavarez. A fun, upbeat story about three New Jersey Teens of Dominican descent who find talismans that guide them on their ways. This coming of age story told through magical realism gets all the feels going. Read more about it here.
The Memoir 🏡
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria MachadoGet ready, this is not an easy read, but it is a poignant and powerful story. Carmen Maria Machado’s memoir chronicles her struggles in an abusive relationship, and uses classic literary tropes from the horror genre, along with poetry, wit and an utterly unique expressiveness to describe her experience. Run, don’t walk to pick it up.
The thriller 🫨
A fantasy-thriller told through magical realism, The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina is the story of a family built on secrets, trying to unravel the mysteries of their family history before it is too late. Anything else would be a spoiler! Take a look and see if you can discover the Montoya family’s true inheritance here.