Marcela's Book Picks

Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think. She is an Editorial Consultant who specializes in helping Latinos get published and was formerly an editor at Simon & Schuster.

Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
For more information visit: www.marcelalandres.com.

Sweet Mary by Liz Balmaseda (Atria)
Single mom Mary Guevara takes no prisoners when a cocaine queen steals her identity in this engrossing thriller.

Ask a Mexican! by Gustavo [...]

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

The Heavens Weep for Us: and Other Stories by Thelma Reyna (Outskirts Press)
Delicately written stories of characters whose losses bring opportunities.

Born in the Cavity of Sunsets [...]

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

Becoming Latina in 10 Easy Steps: A Novel by Lara Rios (Berkley)
When Marcela Alvarez finds out she’s half-gringa, she questions what it means to be Latina [...]

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

The Disappearance of Irene Dos Santos by Margaret Mascarenhas (Grand Central Publishing)
A stunning debut in which pregnant Lily, confined to bed rest, is surrounded by loved [...]

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

The Last of Her Kind: A Novel by Sigrid Nunez (Picador)
Incisive and absorbing portrayal of the troubled friendship between two Barnard College roommates, working class Georgette [...]

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

Flight of the Swan: A Novel by Rosario Ferre (Plume)
A ballerina must choose between her two passions–her career and her Puerto Rican revolutionary lover–in this gracious [...]

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

Dancing with Butterflies: A Novel by Reyna Grande (Washington Square Press)
A masterful depiction of women whose search for love and happiness is thwarted by their profound [...]

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

Sister Teresa: A Novel by Barbara Mujica (Overlook)
A richly researched and gripping account of the original wise Latina, Saint Teresa of Avila.

Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows [...]

A former Simon & Schuster editor, Marcela Landres is the author of the e-book How Editors Think and specializes in helping Latinos get published.
Check out her webpage at: www.marcelalandres.com.

The Seamstress: A Novel by Frances De Pontes Peebles (Harper Perennial)

Orphaned sisters Emilia and Luzia dos Santos become master seamstresses whose skills take them to the [...]

The Accidental Santera: A Novel by Irete Lazo (Thomas Dunne Books)

The entrancing tale of a modern-day scientist initiated into the ancient practice of Santeria, written by a practicing santera

La Llorona and Other Stories by Alma Luz Villanueva (Bilingual Review Press) Stories of women who find hope despite–or because–of their grief.

Make Your Life Prime Time: How to Have It All Without Losing Your Soul by Maria Celeste Arraras (Atria).
The Emmy Award winner shares wisdom gained from juggling family, love, and a career in the cutthroat word of television.

B as in Beauty by Alberto Ferreras (Grand Central Publishing)

Beauty Maria Zavala’s evil boss Bonnie refuses to promote her because of her weight, inspiring Beauty to try a new path to success: blackmail.

Golondrina, Why Did You Leave Me?: A Novel by Bárbara Renaud González (University of Texas Press). A young Mexican woman makes a heart-wrenching decision to leave her young daughter behind in Mexico as she escapes to el Norte.

Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders by Alicia Gaspar de Alba
(Arte Publico Press) A haunting novel inspired by the killings of “girls from the south.”

Under Construction: How I’ve Gained and Lost Millions of Dollars and Hundreds of Pounds by Jackie Guerra
(New American Library) The first Latina to star in her own sitcom charms and inspires with stories about working with Woody Allen, Dick Clark, and Jennifer Lopez, among others.

The Heiress of Water by Sandra Rodriguez Barron
(Harper Paperbacks) Features Alma Borrero Winters, a brilliant marine biologist and one of the most compelling characters in contemporary Latina fiction.

Juicy Mangos: Erotica Collection by Michelle Herrera Mulligan (Atria) The first-ever Latina erotica anthology, with stories that are as smart as they are sultry.

Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina by Rosie Molinary (Seal Press) An intelligent and sensitive discussion of what it’s really like to be a Latina girl, based on an extensive survey of over 500 Latinas.