Story has it he ran all the way back in the middle of the night and when my grandmother saw him, she wouldn’t let him be taken again. My great-grandfather agreed and he was taken away. My mom tells a story of a man approaching my great-grandfather to see if he could buy my Papa Isaac at nine years old to work a farm several miles away from the farm where his family worked. My own grandfather, Isaac Solis, left Monterrey, Mexico, with his family and worked their way through Texas picking everything from peaches to bell peppers. Milagros is a migrant farmworker in rural Texas. The narrative taking place in the 1950s hits close to home for me. There is a dual narrative which involves a present-day wedding ceremony at a farmhouse and a story from the past that takes place at the same location. First, I’ll entice you with some plot details. Castro’s The Queen of the Cicadas, that I almost don’t know where to start.

There are so many important themes to unpack in V. Review originally published at Cemetery Dance Online: Then those translated into English, which are all adult fiction.(I don't rate books with stars-Please read the review) There will be horror books by Latine authors written in English. Lastly, that’s how this list will be divided. Many of them are just brilliant, and the fact that they have also been published in English is super exciting because many more people get to read these books now.

So the amount of books in this genre have thankfully increased these past few years. It’s become quite a popular genre in Latin America. I also chose to add a fair amount of horror books by Latine authors in translation. So this list is by no means comprehensive or definitive. There are definitely many more than I can share today. There are tons of horror books by Latine authors out there. So that is why today I want to talk about some of the best horror books written by Latine authors!Ī few things before we get to the actual list. Latine authors write amazing horror stories across the board - middle grade, YA, and adult. The best thing? Those two things intersect perfectly. I’m also Mexican, so I like to read as many Latine authors as I can. It wasn’t until very recently that I began reading horror books - but now I’m hooked.

Queen of the cicadas