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The Story of My Teeth

The Story of My Teeth
  • Author(s): Valeria Luiselli
  • Location(s): Mexico City
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

The Tiger Came to the Mountains

The Tiger Came to the Mountains
  • Author(s): Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Location(s): Mexico
  • Genre(s): Short Stories, Historical
  • Era(s): 1917

Mexico, 1917. On a farm during the violent tumult of revolution, a more immediate threat prowls in a short, emotional story about survival by the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. She is the adventurer of the...

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • Author(s): B Traven
  • Location(s): Mexico
  • Genre(s): Fiction

One of the greatest books ever written. It was made into a movie by the same name, which in turn is regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made. First published in 1935, The Treasure of the Sierra...

The Untameable

The Untameable
  • Author(s): Guillermo Arriaga, Frank Wynne (Translator)
  • Location(s): Mexico, Canada
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Suspense
  • Era(s): Late 1960s

Yukon, Canada’s far north. A young man tracks a wolf through the wilderness. The one his grandfather warned him about: “Of all the wolves you will see in your life, one alone will be your master.” In Mexico City,...

The White Rock

The White Rock
  • Author(s): Anna Hope
  • Location(s): Mexico
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): Various

They are separating, she and her husband, after two decades together. This fact is new. Only really a fact for a few weeks or so. Before that it was a possibility – one potential outcome among many. But now...

The Years with Laura Diaz

The Years with Laura Diaz
  • Author(s): Alfred MacAdam (translator), Carlos Fuentes
  • Location(s): Mexico, Mexico City
  • Genre(s): In Translation, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 20th Century

An epic and heartbreaking love story that will leave no one untouched. Like Fuentes’s masterpiece The Death of Artemio Cruz, the action in this novel begins in the state of Veracruz and moves to Mexico City. From 1905 to...

They All Fall Down

They All Fall Down
  • Author(s): Rachel Howzell Hall
  • Location(s): Mexico
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It was supposed to be the trip of a lifetime. Delighted by a surprise invitation, Miriam Macy sails off to a luxurious private island off the coast of Mexico with six other strangers. Surrounded by miles of open water...

Tierra del Oro Book 1 Forty Grains of Black Powder

Tierra del Oro Book 1 Forty Grains of Black Powder
  • Author(s): RLB Hartmann
  • Location(s): Sonora
  • Genre(s): Historical
  • Era(s): 1870 - 1920

Forty Grains of Black Powder begins the Cordero saga with a son’s quest for revenge and freedom. Growing up surrounded by finery and lies, Ramón Cordero discovers a secret that will change his life, and that of generations to...

Tomorrow There Will Be Sun

Tomorrow There Will Be Sun
  • Author(s): Dana Reinhardt
  • Location(s): Puerto Vallarta
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two families arrive in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for a once-in-a-lifetime vacation. Jenna has organized the trip to celebrate her husband’s fiftieth birthday–she’s been looking forward to it for months. She’s sure everything is going to be just perfect–and the...

Velvet Was the Night

Velvet Was the Night
  • Author(s): Silvia Moreno-Garcia
  • Location(s): Mexico City
  • Genre(s): Crime, Noir, Thriller
  • Era(s): 1970s

From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a riveting noir thriller about a daydreaming secretary and a lonely enforcer – and the missing woman they are both seeking. 1970s Mexico City: while student protests and...

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