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Recommendations of Books available in Spanish & English
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items I enjoy picking up books that are available in both Spanish and English, so that I can experience the book in both languages. I like reading one chapter in Spanish and then the same chapter in English. You can also do the reverse - read the chapter i...
After hearing the journalist Alfredo Corchado on a podcast, I was inspired to pick up his book in English and Spanish - highly recommend!
Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey
Here's the Spanish version of Midnight in Mexico
Medianoche en México: Descenso de un periodista
This book is a fictional telling of the real-life Malintzin (known as La Malinche), an (in)famous Nahua woman in Mexico’s history due to her complex story as a young girl first enslaved by the Mayas and then sold to the Spaniards where she became an ...historia-hispanica.rah.es/biografias/27416-la-malinche and in English here (which focuses more on probing the ways in which she has been portrayed): neh.gov/article/la-malinche-hernan-cortess-translator-and-so-much-more
Malinche: Novela por Laura Esquivel
Here's the English version of the book Malinche by Laura Esquivel (who also wrote the famous book Like Water for Chocolate).
Malinche: A Novel by Laura Esquivel
The Spanish edition of Javier Zamora's memoir of his journey from El Salvador to the United States as an unaccompanied minor. Very powerful and timely
Solito: Memorias por Javier Zamora
Here's the English version of Javier Zamora's memoir of his journey from El Salvador to the United States as an unaccompanied minor. An important and timely read!
Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora
It's a collection of 10 short stories by authors like Gabriel García Márquez and Isabel Allende, with the Spanish text on the left side and the English text on the right side. It makes it super to switch back and forth as needed (or only read in one ...
New Penguin Parallel Text Short Stories in Spanish / Cuentos en Español
Another dual-language book of short stories from Latin America and Spain. The Spanish text is on the left side and the English text is on the right side, so it is super easy to switch back and forth. Before each story, there is an introductory page o...
Great Spanish and Latin American Short Stories of the 20th Century: A Dual Language Book / Grandes cuentos españoles y latinoamericanos del siglo XX
It's a nice little collection of Mexican stories and tales. There is the English text on the left and the Spanish text on the right, so it is easy to switch back and forth. Before each story, there is a short introduction in Spanish and English about...
Stories from Mexico/Historias de México, Third Edition (Side by Side Bilingual Books)
Another nice small collection of stories and tales from Latin America. There is English text on the left and Spanish text on the right, so it is easy to switch back and forth. There is also a short introduction before each story, which I find helpful...
Stories from Latin America/Historias de Latinoamérica, Third Edition (Side by Side Bilingual Books)