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Hombre rico, hombre pobre
By Irwin Shaw. 1977
The rags-to-riches story of the two sons and the daughter of a small-town banker. The daughter uses her beauty, one…
son his business skill, and the other son his talent as a prizefighter. The book deals with sexuality, violence, and alcoholism. Spanish languageTrinidad
By Leon Uris. 1976
Al este del Eden
By John Steinbeck. 1976
La hora final
By Taylor Caldwell. 1977
El pajaro espino
By Colleen McCullough. 1977
Rich, romantic saga of the Cleary family set in a vast Australian sheep station. Central figures are beautiful Meggie and…
the one man she truly loves--the handsome priest Ralph de Bricassart. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Spanish languageEl lugar sin limites
By José Donoso. 1977
La buena tierra
By Pearl S Buck. 1970
La mitad evanescente
By Brit Bennett. 2021
Desiree Vignes and her daughter return home to Louisiana in 1968, fourteen years after Desiree and her identical twin sister…
Stella ran away. The sisters ended up on different paths, and as Desiree struggles with the racial tensions of her hometown, Stella lives her life passing as white. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2021Un largo silencio
By Harlan Coben. 2017
Myron is summoned to London by his friend Win, who needs his help. Win has received anonymous intel on his…
nephew Rhys, who, along with playmate Patrick, was kidnapped ten years earlier, when the boys were six. Win also believes he has spotted Patrick. Violence and some strong language. Spanish language. 2017Fábula asiática (Narrativa Hispánica)
By Rodrigo Rey Rosa. 2016
When a Mexican author attends a book fair in Tangier, a Moroccan acquaintance requests help with some files on a…
memory card. They are drawn into his son's plan to unleash total chaos on the world to end human suffering, especially that of Syrian refugees. Some violence and some strong language. Spanish language. 2016La casa chica
By Mónica Lavín. 2012
A collection of stories that imagine how several important Mexican figures (such as artist Frida Kahlo and director Emilio Fernández)…
practiced the Mexican tradition of maintaining a separate "little house" for a mistress and a second family. Descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violence. Spanish language. 2013Formas de volver a casa (Narrativas hispánicas #487)
By Alejandro Zambra. 2011
A boy living in a Santiago suburb meets an older girl in the aftermath of an earthquake. She asks him…
to spy on her uncle early in the Pinochet regime, which is explored further in the second part, along with its effects on their parents' generation. Some strong language. Spanish language. 2011Los afectos
By Rodrigo Hasbún. 2015
The Ertl family flees Germany for Bolivia after World War II, where their patriarch disappears into the Amazonian rain forest…
in search of the lost Incan city of Paitití. The family struggles in his absence, until eldest daughter Monika steps up. Some violence and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2015Chica uno
By Abigail Dean. 2021
Lex ha tratado de vivir su vida tranquilamente después de que el trauma de su familia apareció en los periódicos,…
en los cuales sólo se la identificaba como la Chica A. Después de que su madre, de la que está separada, muera en la cárcel, Lex y sus hermanos deberán enfrentarse a las consecuencias persistentes de su casa del horror. Traducido de la edición en inglés de 2021. Contiene lenguaje ofensivo y descripciones de violencia y de índole sexualEl asesinato de Margaret Thatcher
By Hilary Mantel. 2015
Collection of ten short stories by Man Booker Prize winner Mantel, author of Wolf Hall (DB 70074). In the title…
story, a narrator describes accidentally allowing an assassin into her house during a 1983 visit to her London neighborhood by Margaret Thatcher. Strong language and some violence. Spanish language. 2015Libros 4-6 de la serie Bridgertons
By Julia Quinn. 2020
Books 4-6 of the Bridgertons Series, including Romancing Mister Bridgerton (DB 54583), To Sir Phillip, With Love (DB 56868), and…
When He Was Wicked (DB 58722), written between 2002 and 2004. Follows three of the Bridgerton siblings as they seek love in 1800s London. Some explicit descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2004Distancia de rescate
By Samanta Schweblin. 2015
Amanda, who is terminally ill, is visited in the hospital by a young boy named David. He asks how she…
came to be there. She recounts how she and her daughter met Carla, David's mother. They also discuss Carla's desperate efforts to save David after he was poisoned. Tigre Juan Prize. Spanish language. 2014Vida
By Patricia Engel. 2010
A collection of stories featuring Sabina, daughter of Colombian immigrants, as she finds her way in life. In "Lucho," Sabina's…
family is shunned due to a violent act. In "Desaliento," Sabina surrounds herself with other young drifters looking for love. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. Spanish language. 2016Lucas y el secreto del abuelo
By Roberto Ampuero. 2017
A fictional diary of a young Chilean, Lucas, who uncovers a world of adventure in his great-great-grandfather's old trunks. They…
lead him and his friends in the crime-solving steps of experienced investigator Cayetano Brulé of El Caso Neruda (DB 103380). For senior high and older readers. Spanish language. 2017Sangre fría (Pendergast series #11)
By Douglas J Preston. 2014
After learning of his wife Helen's murder in Fever Dream (DB 71402), FBI special agent Aloysius Pendergast wants vengeance--especially after…
Helen's brother, Judson Esterhazy, tries to kill him. But a mysterious organization called the Covenant stands in Pendergast's way. Violence and some strong language. Spanish language. 2012