BOOK RIOT’S 2021 READ HARDER CHALLENGE - hosted by bookriot

Read a memoir by a Latinx author
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Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter by Carmen Aguirre

Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter

Carmen Aguirre

277 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir emotional reflective fast-paced
Las Biuty Queens by Iván Monalisa Ojeda

Las Biuty Queens

Iván Monalisa Ojeda

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ literary short stories challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

110 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction literary young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha by Rodrigo García

A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha

Rodrigo García

176 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez

Big Apple Diaries

Alyssa Bermudez

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction childrens graphic novel history memoir emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández

The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation's Neglect of a Deadly Disease

Daisy Hernández

336 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction biography health lgbtqia+ sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo

Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood

Danny Trejo

13 hours, 18 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Am I Overthinking This?: Over-Answering Life's Questions in 101 Charts by Michelle Rial

Am I Overthinking This?: Over-Answering Life's Questions in 101 Charts

Michelle Rial

136 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction art self help funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
Dominicana by Angie Cruz

Dominicana

Angie Cruz

336 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx by Sonia Manzano

Becoming Maria: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx: Love and Chaos in the South Bronx

Sonia Manzano

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography childrens young adult emotional informative inspiring medium-paced