Best Books by Latinx Writers to Devour This Summer

Dominicana ($19) by Angie Cruz tells the story of a 15-year-old Dominican girl named Ana Canción who is wed off to a man twice her age as a way for her family to migrate to the United States. The book follows her journey growing up in Washington Heights, far away from home and trying to figure out what she wants in life: whether to follow her family's wishes or to find her own way. "A Dominican translator and author recently translated it into Spanish, so I'm very excited to read it with my mother this time around," Carolina said.