14 Novels Written by Mexican Authors to Add to Your Must-Read List

Described as being part fairy tale, part detective novel, The Taiga Syndrome ($16) by Mexican author Cristina Rivera Garza is about a woman ex-detective who is hired to track down a couple who are believed to have fled to some far-off place. Along the way, she encounters frights and disturbances straight out of fairy tales like Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding and ultimately comes to learn more about love than she ever could have anticipated.