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1. Sólo una noche (short fiction)
Renato Pérez García

Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Palabra
Selected writings of Subcomandante Marcos

The struggle for Indigenous rights and autonomy in Chiapas is among the most compelling events in modern Mexican history. As a voice of those who have been abused for centuries, Marcos has written a considerable number essays that not only define and keep alive the indigenous fight in southern Mexico, but also show the plights in Chiapas to be a global struggle shared by everyone. Beautiful prose and sharp social criticism mixed with whimsical humor and satire abound in this excellent collection of writings.

2. Obras completas de Julio Cortazár
Julio Cortazár

3. Nóumeno (available online)
Adolfo Bioy Casares

4. Continuidad de los Parques (available online)
Julio Cortazár

5. La noche Boca Arriba (available online)
Julio Cortazár

6. Historias Desaforadas
Adolfo Bioy Casares

Recommended Reading:

Novels		Author
1. Amor en Tiempos de Cólera	Love in the Time of Cholera	Gabriel Garcia Marquez
2. Cien Años de Soledad	One Hundred years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3. Como Agua Para Chocolate	Like Water for Chocolate	Laura Esquivel
4. Don Quixote de La Mancha	Don Quixote	Miguel de Cervantes
5. Gringo Viejo	Old Gringo	Carlos Fuentes
6. La Casa de los Espiritus	The House of Spirits	Isabel Allende
7. La Fiesta del Chivo	The Feast of the Goat	Mario Vargas Llosa
8. La Muerte de Artemio Cruz	The Death of Artemio Cruz	Carlos Fuentes
9. Lluvia de Oro	Rain of Gold	Victor Villaseñor
10. Los de Abajo	The Underdogs	Mariano Azuela
11. Santitos	Esperanza's Box of Saints	Maria Amparo Escandón
12. El Segundo sueño de Sor Juana	Sor Juana’s Second Dream	Alicia Gaspar de Alba
13. El Camino a Tamanzunchale	The Road to Tamanzunchale	Ron Arias

Plays, Poetry, Essays		Author
1. Bodas de Sangre	Blood Wedding	Federico García Lorca
2. El Laberinto de la Soledad	The Labyrinth of Solitude	Octavio Paz
3. Libro de las Preguntas	The Book of Questions	Pablo Neruda
4. Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz: Selección Poetica		Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz
5. Chicana Feminisms		Gabriela F. Arredondo
6. Growing up Chicana/o		Tiffany Ana Lopes
7. Borderlands/La Frontera	Borderlands/La Frontera	Gloria Anzaldúa

Social Criticism, Biographies, Others		Author
1. The War Against Oblivion		John Ross
2. Nuestra Arma es Nuestra Palabra		Sub-comandante Marcos
3. El Che		Pablo Ignacio Taibo II
4. Insurgent Mexico		John Reed
5. Across the wire		Luis Urrea

Other Books of Interest		Author
1. Azteca	Aztec	Gary Jennings
2. El Viajero	The Journeyer	Gary Jennings
3. Catch-22		Joseph Heller
4. Fools Crow		James Welch
5. Las Uvas de la ira	Grapes of Wrath	John Steinbeck
6. The Tortilla Courtain		T.C. Boyle
7. El Principito	The Little Prince	Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
6. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison		Jeffrey Reiman
6. The Wretched of the Earth		Frantz Fanon

The works above are mere suggestions for reading. These are all judgment calls made by the infamous webmaster and they do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Raices de mi Tierra. They are all great books, in my humble opinion, and they make great reading. This is but a short list. If you've already read all of these, write to the webmaster and get even more suggestions...