This month, we feature books that uplift Latinx voices across generations—from youth-driven movements in tech to timeless literary classics. These stories celebrate identity, challenge inequity, and honor the legacies that shaped our cultural canon.

📖 In Remembrance: Mario Vargas Llosa (1936–2025)
We honor the legacy of Peruvian Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, one of Latin America’s most influential authors. For May, we recommend two of his most powerful novels: The Time of the Hero (La ciudad y los perros), which exposed the violence and authoritarianism within military life, and The Feast of the Goat (La fiesta del Chivo), a haunting exploration of dictatorship and historical memory in the Dominican Republic. His work reshaped literature across the Spanish-speaking world—may his voice continue to echo.

1. ¡Conectados! by Jean J. Ryoo & Jane Margolis
A bold, Spanish-language graphic novel where teens confront algorithmic bias and tech inequity. A must-read for students, educators, and changemakers alike.
[Out tomorrow April 29 – Pre-order via MIT Press]

2. The Man Who Could Move Clouds by Ingrid Rojas Contreras
A luminous memoir of inherited memory, mysticism, and mental health—perfect for reflection during Mental Health Awareness Month.

3. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia
Spanning generations of Cuban and Salvadoran women, this novel explores love, migration, and the strength of mothers and daughters.

4. My Broken Language by Quiara Alegría Hudes
A coming-of-age memoir from the Philadelphia-born playwright, blending English and Spanish to explore Puerto Rican identity, womanhood, and voice.

This is what we're reading at AL DÍA this May.
Join us as we celebrate voices that inspire, resist, and reimagine a more just future. 📚✨ 

Happy reading!