Notable Books by Mexican and Mexican-American Authors
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Ten Mexican and Mexican-American literary works
by Amy Fletcher
 Octavio Paz wrote The Labyrinth of Solitude in 1950 Related Links |
Looking to expand your knowledge of Mexican culture? Or maybe just on the hunt for a really good book? Here’s a very brief list of some of the more notable literary works from Mexican and Mexican-American authors.
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
- Sor Juana’s Love Poems (1600s)
- Mariano Azuela
- The Underdogs (1915)
- Octavio Paz
- The Labyrinth of Solitude (essays) (1950)
- Juan Rulfo
- Pedro Paramo (1955)
- Carlos Fuentes
- The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962)
- Tomas Rivera
- And the Earth Did Not Devour Him (1971)
- Sandra Cisneros
- The House on Mango Street (1984)
- Laura Esquivel
- Like Water for Chocolate (1990)
- Victor Villasenor
- Rain of Gold (1991)
- Luis Alberto Urrea
- The Hummingbird’s Daughter (2005)
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