8 Must-Read Books by Latinx Authors

The daughter of Cuban refugees and raised in Miami, Jennine Capó Crucet knows well what it is to find herself a stranger in the place she was born. In My Time Among the Whites ($13), a collection of essays, the writer explores the many aspects of her identity, the different places where she experienced them as an "outsider," and how she came to the conclusion that she will never fit in entirely with the white American narrative, all with a bit of humor that teaches us how many first-generation Americans have to live and learn to adapt themselves to a world that seems strange to them.