

Recommended Chicano Reading
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Explore our "Essential Short List" of recommended chicano reading by clicking on each book cover below for more information. We present essential books in a variety of genres, with longer lists available upon request.
If you have suggestions or comments please email Scott Duncan-Fernandez at scottrussellduncan@gmail.com with the subject line Chicano Reading List.
We highly recommend A Visual History of Chicano/a/x Literature as an excellent resource for a complete chronology of books published by Chicano authors from 1610 to 2021.
Somos en escrito publishes work important to the Indigenous-Hispanic community. Writings with the voice and content necessary to see and know ourselves and for other others to know us. Writings that represent the full spectrum of our experience that may not fit the notions of others in the US. Writings that ensure the acceptance of Indigenous-Hispanic literature as very much integral to American literature. Click here for more information.