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The Basics: 100 Fiction Titles You Should Stock cont.

-- Críticas, 12/1/2002

People often ask us to recommend the best titles for a Latino Spanish-and English-language collection. So we spoke to experts to compile a list of 100 titles for our website. Below is the first of this alphabetical selection. This list cannot represent all the richness of titles available by Latino fiction authors but is a good point.

Note: This list is organized alphabetically by author.
An asterisk (*) indicates an author whose entire oeuvre we recommend for extensive collections. All bold titles indicate Spanish-language editions. Titles in italics indicate an English-language counterpart or an English language entry. Titles in parenthesis do not denote English-language editons but are translations for your benefit.

Ferré, Rosario*

Fuentes, Carlos*

Fuguet, Alberto

García, Cristina
Soñar en cubano
U.S.: Ballantine. 1994. ISBN 0-345-39139-X. $12.95.
Dreaming in Cuban
U.S.: One World. 1993. ISBN 0-345-38143-2. $14.

García Márquez, Gabriel*

González Viaña, Eduardo

Hijuelos, Oscar
Emperatriz de mis sueños
Spain/U.S.: Plaza & Janés: Planeta. 2001. ISBN 8401014786. $24.95.
Empress of the Splendid Season
U.S.: Harper Perennial: HarperCollins. 2000. ISBN 0-06-092870-0. $13.
Los reyes del mambo tocan canciones de amor
U.S.: Harper Libros: HarperCollins. 1996. ISBN 0-06-095214-8. $14.
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love: A Novel
U.S.: Harper Perennial: HarperCollins. 2000. ISBN 0-06-095545-7. $14.

Lezama Lima, José

Mastretta, Angeles

Molina, Silvia

Montero, Mayra*

Mutis, Alvaro

Obejas, Achy
Days of Awe
U.S.: Ballantine Books. 2002. ISBN 0-345-44154-0. $14.
We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?
U.S.: Cleis Press. 1994. ISBN 0-939416-93-X. $10.95.

Ortiz Cofer, Judith

Padilla, Ignacio
Amphitryon
Spain/U.S.: Espasa-Calpe: Planeta. 2000. ISBN 84-239-7977-6. $21.95.

Paz, Octavio*

Paz Soldán, Edmundo

Peri Rossi, Cristina

Poniatowska, Elena*

Puig, Manuel*

Quiñonez. Ernesto
El vendedor de sueños
U.S.: Alfaguara. 2001. ISBN 1-58105-958-2. $19.95.
Bodega Dreams
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 2000. ISBN 0-375-70589-9. $12.

Restrepo, Laura

Rivera, Tomás

Rivera-Valdés, Sonia

Rodriguez, Abraham

Spidertown
U.S.: Vintage. 1999. ISBN 0-375-70178-8. $14.
Spidertown
U.S.: Hyperion. 1993. ISBN 1-56282-845-2. $19.45.

Rodríguez, Luis

Rosario, Nelly
Song of the Water Saints
U.S.: Pantheon Books. 2002. ISBN 0375420878. $23.

Rulfo, Juan
Pedro Páramo
Spain: Plaza & Janés Editores: Random House Mondadori. 2000. ISBN 84-01-01375-5. $12.50.
Pedro Paramo
U.S.: Grove Press. 1990. ISBN 0-8021-3390-8. $11.

Sanchez, Luis Rafael

Santiago. Esmeralda
Cuando era puertorriqueña
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 1994. ISBN 0-679-75677-9. $12.
When I Was Puerto Rican
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 1994. ISBN 0-679-75676-0. $12.

Santos- Febres, Mayra

Saramago, José*
Ensayo sobre la ceguera
Mexico/U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. 2001. ISBN 9681904540. $21.95.
Blindness
U.S.: Harcourt Trade Publishers. 1998. ISBN 0-15-100251-7. $22.
Todos los nombres
Spain/ U.S.: Santillana. 1999. ISBN 84-204-3071-4. $22.95.
All the Names
U.S.: Harcourt Trade Publishers. 2001. ISBN 0-15-601059-3. $14.

Serrano, Marcela*

Spota, Luis

Thomas, Piri

Valdés, Zoé

Valdez, Luis

Villarreal, José Antonio

Vargas Llosa, Mario*

Villaseñor, Victor

Volpi, Jorge
En busca de Klingsor
(Searching for Klingsor)
Spain/U.S.: Seix Barral: Planeta. 2002. ISBN 84-322-1609-7. $10.95.

--Anthologies--

Kanellos, Nicolás, ed.

Poey, Delia & Suarez, Virgil, eds.

 

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Iguana Dreams: New Latino Fiction
U.S.: Harper Perennial Library: HarperCollins. 1992. ISBN 0-06-055329-4. $17.
En otra voz: Antología de literatura hispana de los Estados Unidos
U.S.: Arte Público Press. 2002. ISBN 1558853464. $27.95.
Herencia: The Anthology of Hispanic Literature of the United States
U.S.: Oxford Univ. Press. 2001. ISBN 0-19-513824-4. $35.

Trece sentidos: Una memoria
U.S.: Rayo: HarperCollins. 2002. ISBN 0-06-050511-7. $14.95.
Thirteen Senses: A Memoir
U.S.: Rayo: HarperCollins. 2002. ISBN 0-06-093567-7. $14.95.
La fiesta del chivo
Spain/U.S.: Punto de Lectura: Santillana. 2001. ISBN 8466303316. $10.99.
The Feast of the Goat
U.S.: Picador. 2002. ISBN 0312420277. $14.
La guerra del fin del mundo
Mexico/U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. 2000. ISBN 968-19-0799-X. $26.95.
The War of the End of the World
U.S.: Penguin USA. 1997. ISBN 0-14-026260-1. $17.
La tía Julia y el escribidor
Spain/U.S.: Punto de Lectura: Santillana. 2001. ISBN 8466302298. $12.99.
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
U.S.: Penguin USA. 1995. ISBN 0-14-024892-7. $13.95.
Pocho
U.S.:Anchor. 2001. ISBN 0-385-47407-5. $19.
Pocho
U.S.: Doubleday. 1970. ISBN 0-385-06118-8. $10.95.
Luis Valdez Early Works: Actos, Bernabe and Pensamiento Serpentino
U.S.: Arte Público Press. 1990. ISBN 1-55885-003-1. $12.
Zoot Suit and Other Plays
U.S.: Arte Público Press. 1992. ISBN 1-55885-048-1. $14.
Café nostalgia
Spain/U.S.: Planeta. 1999. ISBN 84-08-02813-8. $10.95.
Milagro en Miami
(Miracle in Miami)
Spain/U.S.: Planeta. 2001. ISBN 84-08-03943-1. $19.95.
Por estas calles bravas
U.S.: Vintage: Random House 1998. ISBN 0-679-77628-1. $12.
Down these Mean Streets
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 1997. ISBN 0-679-78142-0. $12.
El coronel fue echado al mar
(The Colonel was Thrown to the See)
Mexico: Océano. 2000. ISBN 970-651-334-5. $14.95.
Antigua vida mía
Mexico/U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. 2000. ISBN 968-19-0265-3. $24.95.
Antigua and My Life Before: A Novel
U.S.: Knopf. 2001. ISBN 0-385-49802-0. $14.
El albergue de las mujeres tristes
(The Hostel of the Sad Women)
Mexico/U.S.: Aguilar: Santillana. 1997. ISBN 968-19-0401-X. $21.95.
Sirena Selena vestida de pena
Spain: Grijalbo Mondadori: Random House Mondadori. 2000. ISBN 84-397-0460-7. $13.95.
Sirena Selena: A Novel
U.S.: Picador USA. 2000. ISBN 0-312-6392-9. $21.
La guaracha del macho camacho
Argentina: De La Flor. 1999. ISBN 950-515-004-0. $11.95.
Macho Camacho's Beat
U.S.: Dalkey Archive Press. 2001. ISBN 1-56478-258-1. $11.95.
La vida loca: El testimonio de un pandillero en Los Angeles
U.S.: Simon & Schuster. 1996. ISBN: 0684815516. $13.
Alaways Running: La Vida Loca. Gang Days in L.A.
U.S.: Touchstone Books. 1994. ISBN 0671882317. $13.
Las historias prohibidas de Marta Veneranda
U.S.: Seven Stories Press. 2000. ISBN 1-58322-053-4. $14.95.
The Forbidden Stories of Marta Veneranda
U.S.: Seven Stories Press. 2000. ISBN 1-58322-047-X. $21.95.
Y no se lo tragó la tierra/And the Earth Did Not Devour Him
U.S.: Arte Publico Press. 1995. ISBN 1-55885-083-X. $11.95.
El leopardo al sol
Colombia/U.S.: Norma. 1997. ISBN 958-04-3581-2. $18.
Leopard in the Sun
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 2000. ISBN 0-375-70508-2. $12.
La novia oscura
U.S.: Rayo: HarperCollins. 2002. ISBN 0-06-051431-0. $14.95.
The Dark Bride
U.S.: Ecco: HarperCollins. 2002. ISBN 0-06-008894-X. $24.95.
El beso de la mujer araña
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 1994. ISBN 0-679-75545-4. $13.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 1991. ISBN 0-679-72449-4. $13.
Hasta no verte Jesús mío
Spain: Debolsillo: Random House Mondadori. 2002. ISBN 84-8450-829-3. $19.95.
Here's to You, Jesusa
U.S.: Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 2001. ISBN 0-374-16819-9. $24.
La piel del cielo
Spain/U.S.: Alfaguara. 2001. ISBN 84-204-4241-0. $25.95.
Tinísima
Mexico: Ediciones Era. 1998. ISBN 968-411-305-6. $NA.
Tinisima
U.S.: Penguin. 1998. ISBN 0140268766. $14.
Solitario de amor
Spain: Lumen: Random House Mondadori. 1998. ISBN 84-264-1268-8. $23.95.
Solitaire of Love
U.S.: Duke Univ Press. 2000. ISBN 0-8223-2503-9. $14.95.
Amores imperfectos
(Imperfect Loves)
Argentina/U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. 1998. ISBN 950-511-587-3. $19.95.
Simulacros
(Pretenses)
Bolivia/U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. 1999. ISBN 99905-2-072-0. $13.95.
El laberinto de la soledad
U.S.: Penguin. 1997. ISBN 0-14-025883-3. $15.
The Labyrinth of Solitude
U.S.: Grove Press. 1985. ISBN 0-8021-5042-X. $13.95.
Línea del sol
U.S.: Univ. Puerto Rico Press. 1996. ISBN 0-8477-0249-9. $12.95.
In the Line of the Sun
U.S.: Univ. of Georgia Press. 1991. ISBN 0-8203-1335-1. $14.95.
Empresas y tribulaciones de Maqroll el Gaviero
Spain/U.S.: Alafaguara: Santillana. 2001. ISBN 84-204-4288-7. $27.95.
The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll
U.S.: New York Review of Books. 2001. ISBN 0-940322-91-9. $16.95.
Del rojo de su sombra
Spain: Tusquets Editores, dist. by Océano. 1996. ISBN 84-7223-641-2. $18.
The Red of His Shadow
U.S.: Ecco Press: HarperCollins. 2001. ISBN 0-06-621059-3. $12.95.
Tú, la oscuridad
Spain: Tusquets Editores, dist. by Océano. 1995. ISBN 84-7223-883-0. $18.
In the Palm of Darkness
U.S.: Havill Press. 1997. ISBN 1-860-46377-0. $9.99.
El amor que me juraste
Mexico/U.S.: Joaquín Mortiz: Planeta. 1998. ISBN 968-27-0724-2. $19.95.
The Love You Promised Me
U.S.: Curbstone Press. 1999. ISBN 1-880684-62-4. $14.95.
Muchacha en azul
(Girl in Blue)
Mexico/U.S.: Joaquín Mortiz: Planeta. 2001. ISBN 968-27-0811-7. $15.95.
Arráncame la vida
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 1998. ISBN 0-375-70199-0. $14.
Tear this Heart Out
U.S.: Riverhead Books. 1997. ISBN 1-57322-602-5. $12.
Mal de amores
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 1998. ISBN 0-375-70200-8. $15.
Love Sick
U.S.: Riverhead Books. 1998. ISBN 1-57322-655-6. $13.
Paradiso
Spain: Ediciones Cátedra: Anaya. 1990. ISBN 84-376-0211-4. $14.95.
Paradiso
U.S.: Dalkey Archive Press. 2000. ISBN 1-56478-228-X. $14.50.
Los sueños de América
(Dreams of America)
Peru/U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. 2000. ISBN 9972-847-04-7. $19.95.
Cien años de soledad
Spain: Ediciones Cátedra: Anaya. 1994. ISBN 84-376-0494-X. $12.95.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
U.S.: HarperCollins. 1998. ISBN 0-06-092979-0. $14.
Crónica de una muerte anunciada
Spain/U.S.: Plaza & Janés: Random House Mondadori. 1997. ISBN 84-01-24224-X. $14.95.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
U.S.: Ballantine Books. 1984. ISBN 0-345-31002-0. $5.95.
El amor en los tiempos del cólera
U.S.: Penguin. 1996. ISBN 0-14-025578-8. $10.50.
Love in the Time of Cholera
U.S.: Penguin. 1994. ISBN 0-14-011990-6. $14.95.
Tinta roja
(Red Ink)
Chile/U.S.: Alfaguara: Santillana. 1998. ISBN 956-239-024-1. $19.95.
Aura
Mexico: Ediciones Era. 2001. ISBN 968-411-181-9. $12.95.
Aura
U.S.: Noonday Press. 1975. ISBN 0-374-51171-3. $11.
La muerte de Artemio Cruz
U.S.: Penguin. 1996. ISBN 0-14-025582-6. $13.95.
The Death of Artemio Cruz
U.S.: Noonday Press. 1991. ISBN 0-374-52283-9. $14.
Gringo viejo
Mexico/U.S.: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 1991. ISBN 968-16-1782-7. $7.50.
The Old Gringo
U.S.: Noonday Press. 1997. ISBN 0-374-52522-6. $12.
La casa de la laguna
U.S.: Vintage: Random House. 1997. ISBN 0-375-70049-8. $14.
The House on the Lagoon
U.S.: Plume. 1996. ISBN 0-452-27707-8. $13.95.

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