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69 popular mexican books
Travel the world without leaving your chair. The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world. All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around North America Challenge" were written by authors from Mexico. Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.

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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a lavish historical drama reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. “This is historical science fiction at its best: a dreamy reimagining of a classic story with vivid descriptions of lush jungles and feminist themes. Some light romance threads through the heavier ethical questions concerning humanity.”—Library Journal (starred review) “The imagination of Silvia Moreno-Garcia is a thing of wonder, restless and romantic, fearless in the... continue

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The Forgery by Ave Barrera EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Description:
An artist races to finish his forgery of a masterpiece while held captive in surreal, menacing splendor.

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The Four Agreements : A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Description:
Identifies four self-limiting beliefs that impede one's experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
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The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Description:
The quintessential story of what it means to be the first generation to live two lives across one border, The House of Broken Angels is Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea's unforgettable portrait of the De La Cruz family as they celebrate the lives of two of their most beloved members over the course of one raucous and bittersweet weekend. National Bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist A New York Times Notable Book / One of the Best Books of the Year from National Public Radio, American Library Association, San Francisco Chronicle, BookPage, Newsday, BuzzFeed, Kirk... continue

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The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila EN

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The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller

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The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel EN

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A cosmic love story, A Mexican Midsummer Night's Dream that stretches from the fall of Montezuma's Mexico to the 23rd century. By including the music that so perfectly accompanies the story, it weaves an enchanting spell that will absorb readers in ways no novel ever has before.

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The Milk of Almonds : Italian American Women Writers on Food and Culture by Cristina Rivera Garza EN

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A labyrinthine excavation of forgotten Mexican women writers, this Gothic novel illustrates how gendered language can wield destructive power.
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The Murmur of Bees by Sofía Segovia EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Description:
From a beguiling voice in Mexican fiction comes an astonishing novel--her first to be translated into English--about a mysterious child with the power to change a family's history in a country on the verge of revolution. From the day that old Nana Reja found a baby abandoned under a bridge, the life of a small Mexican town forever changed. Disfigured and covered in a blanket of bees, little Simonopio is for some locals the stuff of superstition, a child kissed by the devil. But he is welcomed by landowners Francisco and Beatriz Morales, who adopt him and care for him as if he were their own. A... continue

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The Old Gringo : A Novel by Carlos Fuentes EN

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In The Old Gringo, Carlos Fuentes brings the Mexico of 1916 uncannily to life. This novel is wise book, full of toughness and humanity and is without question one of the finest works of modern Latin American fiction. One of Fuentes's greatest works, the novel tells the story of Ambrose Bierce, the American writer, soldier, and journalist, and of his last mysterious days in Mexico living among Pancho Villa's soldiers, particularly his encounter with General Tomas Arroyo. In the end, the incompatibility of the two countries (or, paradoxically, their intimacy) claims both men, in a novel that is,... continue

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The Remains by Margo Glantz EN

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After her ex-husband dies unexpectedly, Nora García travels to the funeral, back to a Mexican village from her past and the art and music of their life together.


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