A combination of fiction and non-fiction reads that may or may not be classics, but the diaspora should have the pulse on.
created by anaisa
last updated June, 2026
Fantasmas: Puerto Rican Tales of the Dead
Charlie Vázquez
Las Madres
Esmeralda Santiago
Speak to Me of Home
Jeanine Cummins
The House on the Lagoon
Rosario Ferré
With the Fire on High
Elizabeth Acevedo
When I Was Puerto Rican
My Beloved World
Sonia Sotomayor
Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You
Lin-Manuel Miranda
TaĂna
Ernesto Quiñonez
Ordinary Girls
Jaquira DĂaz
The Taste of Sugar
Marisel Vera
My Broken Language
Quiara AlegrĂa Hudes
Mother Island: A Daughter Claims Puerto Rico
Jamie Figueroa
Victim
Andrew Boryga
Fantasy Island: Colonialism, Exploitation, and the Betrayal of Puerto Rico
Ed Morales
The White Hot
Most Ardently
Gabe Cole Novoa
When the Tides Held the Moon
Venessa Vida Kelley
It's All or Nothing, Vale
Andrea Beatriz Arango
AlgarabĂa: The Song of Cenex, Natural Son of the Isle AlarabĂyya / La canciĂłn de Cenex, hijo natural de la ĂŤnsula AlarabĂyya
Roque Raquel Salas Rivera
Diasporican: A Puerto Rican Cookbook
Illyanna Maisonet
War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony
Nelson A. Denis
Puerto Rico: A National History
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo
This Is the Only Kingdom
At the Island's Edge: A Novel
C. I. Jerez
House of Bone and Rain
Gabino Iglesias
What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez
Claire Jiménez
Blackouts
Justin Torres
Olga Dies Dreaming
Xóchitl González
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