Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

Join the Library in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15. Hispanic Heritage Month is a national celebration honoring the cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans to the United States.

Books for Adults

Crying in the bathroom : a memoir
Dreaming of home : a young Latina's journey to pride, power, and belonging
Latinoland : a portrait of America's largest and least understood minority
The possession of Alba Díaz
Big familia : a novel
Trejo : my life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood
The line becomes a river : dispatches from the border
Dominicana : a novel
Barrio America : how Latino immigrants saved the American city
The great divide : a novel
The things we didn't know
Catalina : a novel
Latino poetry : the Library of America anthology
Mexican gothic
My broken language : a memoir
Visitations : poems
The Latino century : how America's largest minority is transforming democracy
Where I come from : life lessons from a Latino chef

More books for adults

Books for Young Adults

Nocturna
Sia Martinez and the moonlit beginning of everything
Diamond city
Barely missing everything
Inheritance : a visual poem
The truth is
I am not your perfect Mexican daughter
American road trip
Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass : the graphic novel
Blanca & Roja
This is the year
Benny Ramírez and the nearly departed

More books for YA

Books for Middle Grade

How to say goodbye in Cuban
El Niño
The extraordinary orbit of Alex Ramirez
Gabby Torres gets a billion followers
Merci Suaarez can't dance
The beloved world of Sonia Sotomayor
The epic fail of Arturo Zamora
Strange birds : a field guide to ruffling feathers
The first rule of punk

More Middle Grade books

Books for Children

Este momento es especial
El Cucuy is scared, too!
Diego fuego : the firefighting dragon
Little rebels
¡Me llamo la Chiva! : el colorido bus de los Andes
Mi abuela es una bruja
Frida Kahlo's flower crown
Tíos y primos
Islandborn
Separate is never equal : Sylvia Mendez & her family's fight for desegregation
Quizas algo hermoso : como el arte transformo un barrio
Dreamers
Una semilla al sol

More books for children

Hispanic Heritage Month Digital Collections

About Hispanic Heritage Month

National Museum of the American Latino

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino advances the representation, understanding and appreciation of Latino history and culture in the United States.

Explore for information about Hispanic Heritage Month, recipes, art, key figures, and learning resources.

Library of Congress

The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.

Check out exhibitions and collections, online video and audio, and resources for teachers.

“Map of Latin America and its Nature”
Juan P. 17 years old

Events & Programs