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Post any boks set in Mexico here.

Books set in Mexico:


Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz
Aura by Carlos Fuentes
Battles in the Desert and Other Stories by José Emilio Pacheco
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño
The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes
The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Malinche: A Novel by Laura Esquivel
The Old Gringo by Carlos Fuentes
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Beauty Salon by Mario Bellatin
The Years with Laura Díaz by Carlos Fuentes
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
Leaving Tabasco: A Novel by Carmen Boullosa
Tear This Heart Out by Angeles Mastretta
No Happy Ending by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
The Burning Plain: and other Stories by Juan Rulfo
The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea
Lovesick by Angeles Mastretta
The Devil's Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea
News from the Empire by Fernando Del Paso
On Mexican Time by Tony Cohan
Women with Big Eyes by Angeles Mastretta
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea
The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela
Mexican High: A Novel by Liza Monroy
The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell
Mexico City Blues by Jack Kerouac
Estrella's Quinceanera by Malin Alegria
Irma Voth by Miriam Toews
Mexico by James A. Michener
Mexico Set by Len Deighton
Mexico, 1850 by Sebastian Rook
The Conquest of New Spain by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico by Miguel Leon-Portillo
Aztec by Gary Jennings (1st book in series set in Mexico)
Oaxaca Journal by Oliver Sacks
Here's to You, Jesusa! by Elena Poniatowska
The Dead Girls by Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Tinisima by Elena Poniatowska
Two Crimes by Jorge Ibargüengoitia
Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire by Margot Berwin
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan
The Ruins by Scott B. Smith
Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico by Malin Alegria
Recollections of Things to Come by Elena Garro
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera
Frida by Bárbara Mujica
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait by Frida Kahlo
Sor Juana: Or, the Traps of Faith by Octavio Paz
Mexican Days: Journeys into the Heart of Mexico by Tony Cohan
Who Would Have Thought It? by Maria Amparo Ruiz De Burton
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Miguel Ruiz (series)
Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr
The Xibalba Murders by Lyn Hamilton (1st book of series)
Out of Xibalba by Liz Coley
Xibalba by Stanley Struble
In Search of Klingsor: The International Bestselling Novel by Jorge Volpi
The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy
The Black Minutes by Martin Solares

These are historical mystery novels set in Precolumbian Mexico

Demon Of The Air by Simon Levack

The Shadow Of The Lords by Simon Levack

Aztec City Of Spies by Simon Levack

Paradise Misplaced by Sylvia Montgomery Shaw

The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire by C.M. Mayo

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven

Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño

Path of the Jaguar by Vickie Britton and Loretta Jackson

Safe & Sound by Danielle Singleton

The Orange Tree by Carlos Fuentes

Mexican Postcards by Carlos Monsivais

The Obstacles by Eloy Urroz

Friction by Eloy Urroz

A Sweet Scent of Death by Guillermo Arriaga

Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through a Country's Descent into Darkness by Alfredo Corchado

Here are some I tagged Mexico. Hope no duplicates from your list

Zollinger
Chapultepec
Not of War Only
Fontes and Gonzales
Dreams of the Centaur
El Vago
JPS Brown
The Forests of the Night
Jim Kane

Controlled Decay by Gabriela Jauregui

Diane wrote: "Post any books set in Mexico here."

The Hidden Light of Mexico City by Carmen Amato

Cliff Diver by Carmen Amato

Hat Dance by Carmen Amato

Made in Acapulco by Carmen Amato

Hi! My romantic-comedy "Puerto Vallarta Sunsets" is out soon and I have MOBI (Kindle) and PDF ARCs available for anyone who would be interested in writing a review for them on Amazon and/or Goodreads. (It is a short story - 40 pages.)

When tourist extraordinaire Dena Thompson spots Curtis Schuster in the airport, she picks him as her vacation project. The poor guy is wearing a button-down shirt on the flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; the uptight geek obviously needs her help to loosen up.

All Curtis wants is a quiet week on the resort. Although the nutty blonde keeps inviting him on her outings – to a tequila factory, on a dinner cruise – he keeps turning her down. However his refusals have a cost and every time he stays behind, disaster strikes.

When he does finally go out with her, Curtis discovers that having adventures is fun when Dena is involved. But since they only have a couple days left, the couple doesn’t know if their holiday romance will last once they get home.

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You can check out the cover at my website: www.ellerush.com and request a copy there, or PM me here or email me at elle@ellerush.com for a copy.

Thanks!

Margarita Wednesdays: Making a New Life by the Mexican Sea by Deborah Rodriguez

Vivian Divine Is Dead by Lauren Sabel

Die if You Lie by Austin Briggs

Five Dances with Death: Dance One by Austin Briggs

The Guilty: Stories by Juan Villoro

The Girl Who Slept with God: A Novel by Val Brelinski

The Law of Love by Laura Esquivel

New ones to check out:
Robert Joe Stout
The Blood of the Serpent - Mexican LivesWhy Immigrants Come to America: Braceros, Indocumentados, and the Migra
Hidden Dangers: Mexico on the Brink of Disaster

Where Gringos Don't Belong
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Running Out the Hurt
Why Immigrants Come to America: Braceros, Indocumentados, and the Migra
The Blood of the Serpent: Mexican Lives

Pierced by the Sun by Laura Esquivel

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

A True Story Based on Lies by Jennifer Clement

Some Rise by Sin: A Novel by Philip Caputo

Border Child by Michel Stone

More books set in Mexico:


18% Gray by Zachary Karabashliev
438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea by Jonathan Franklin
68 by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
The Acid Test by Élmer Mendoza
Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande
Across a Moonlit Sea by Marsha Canham (1st book in Dante Pirates series)
Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border by Luis Alberto Urrea
Act of Deceit by Steven Gore (1st book in Harlan Donnally series)
Adiós, Madrid by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
The Adventures of a Cello by Carlos Prieto
The Water's Edge by Agustín Yáñez
All Inclusive by Farzana Doctor
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1st book in The Border Trilogy)
Almost Never by Daniel Sada
Along the Inca Road : A Woman's Journey into an Ancient Empire
Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570
Amigoland by Oscar Casares
Amnesia by Amado Nervo
Among Strange Victims by Daniel Saldaña París
Amulet by Roberto Bolaño
The Angel of Mexico City by Aminatta Forna
The Annexation of Mexico: From the Aztecs to the Imf by John Ross
The Answer & La Respuesta by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Antes by Carmen Boullosa
Antígona González by Sara Uribe
Antipodes: Stories by Ignacio Padilla
An Ark for the Next Millennium by José Emilio Pacheco
Arranged by Catherine McKenzie
The Art of Flight by Sergio Pitol
The Astonished Man by Blaise Cendrars
Avenue of Mysteries by John Irving
Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind
The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction by Davíd Carrasco
Bad Luck by Yuri Herrera
Bad Nature, or With Elvis in Mexico by Javier Marías
Barefoot Dogs: Stories by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell
Becoming Marta by Lorea Canales
Before by Carmen Boullosa
Bestiario by Juan José Arreola
Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman by Sabina Berman
Between Two Fires: Intimate Writings on Life, Love, Food Flavor
Beyond Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor
Beyond the Mexique Bay by Aldous Huxley
Bitter Drink by F.G. Haghenbeck
The Black Ice by Michael Connelly (2nd book in Harry Bosch series)
Blackbirds in the Pomegranate Tree: Stories from Ixcotel State Prison
Blood-Drenched Altars: A Catholic Commentary on the History of Mexico
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
The Body Where I Was Born by Guadalupe Nettel
The Book of True Desires by Betina Krahn
Bordering Fires: Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature by Cristina García
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Breaking Point by Pamela Clare (5th book in I-Team series)
Breakout by Kevin Scott Olson
Broder Jacob by Henrik Stangerup
The Butterfly's Daughter by Mary Alice Monroe
By the Lake of Sleeping Children by Luis Alberto Urrea
By The Light Of My Father's Smile by Alice Walker

More books set in Mexico:


Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
The Carreta by B. Traven
The Cartel by Don Winslow
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
A Change of Skin by Carlos Fuentes
Changes in Latitudes by Will Hobbs
The Child Poet by Homero Aridjis
The Children of Sánchez by Oscar Lewis
Children of the Sun: The Fall of the Aztecs by Elizabeth Manson Bahr
Chinese Checkers: Three Fictions by Mario Bellatin
Christopher Unborn by Carlos Fuentes
City of Memory and Other Poems by José Emilio Pacheco
The City of Palaces by Michael Nava
Clemencia by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
Confabulario and Other Inventions by Juan José Arreola
Conquistador: Hernán Cortés, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
Consider This, Señora by Harriet Doerr
The Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads
The Corpse with the Emerald Thumb by Cathy Ace (3rd in Cait Morgan series)
The Coyote's Bicycle: The Untold Story of 7,000 Bicycles and the Rise of a Borderland Empire
Crazy February: Death and Life in the Mayan Highlands of Mexico
The Creed of Violence by Boston Teran
Crossers by Philip Caputo
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
Cry in the Night by Carolyn G. Hart
The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes
Curses! by Aaron Elkins (5th book of Gideon Oliver series)

Diane wrote: "More books set in Mexico:


18% Gray by Zachary Karabashliev


Any of B. Traven’s books are a must for those interested in gaining a deeper understanding of Mexico’s vibrante, tortured history leading up to the revolution. NYT’s Book Reviews said “Readers who ignore the genius of B. Traven’s writing do so at their own peril!” I recommend starting with “A Bridge in the Jungle” then advance to the entire “The Jungle Novels” series if you like his style.

A couple of other classics I missed seeing on other’s Mexico lists are Steinbeck’s “Viva Zapata!” The script and story behind the movie screenplay, and “The Pearl” a gem of a parable the way only Steinbeck could weave it. Another is “La Lacuna” by Barbara Kingsolver, a fun take on life with Frida, Diego, and Trotsky, and “The Feathered Serpent” by Colin Falconer, an interesting take on how Cortez’s mistress La Malinche helped him to conquer Mexico.

Last but not least, my own memoir, “The Mexico Diaries: A Sustainable Adventure” Rated 4.47 on Goodreads, Literary Guild winner and author of the NYT’s best selling “On Mexican Time” Tony Cohan calls it: “As lively and engaging an account of resettling in Mexico as you’ll encounter, replete with goat wrangling, narcos, scorpions, and a rollicking cast of characters”. Surviving Mexico. com / Book Reviews says it “A whirlwind Mexican journey to sustainability and beyond. A read in a million and one you won’t want to miss!”

Viva Mexico!

The Mexico Diaries: A Sustainable Adventure

Tony Cohan, Author of the NTY’s Best Seller ‘On Mexican Time’, and winner of the Literary Guild Award calls it “As lively and engaging an account of reimagining life as you’ll encounter, replete with goat wrangling, narcos, scorpions, and a rollicking cast of characters…”

Surviving Mexico .com/Book Reviews wrote: “A whirlwind Mexican journey to sustainability and beyond. A read in a million and one you won’t want to miss!”

Underratedreads.com says: There are a few books I’ve read that have had this effect on me. I look forward to my reading time, usually nap time or bedtime, because the book is there waiting for me. And, as I near the end of the book, I begin to feel sad because I know I will soon be saying good-bye to it.

Diane wrote: "Post any boks set in Mexico here."

Diane wrote: "More books set in Mexico:


Caramelo by Sandra Cisneros
The Carreta by B. Traven
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Hello, I’m Sabrina De Angelis, author of Living in Chaos, a collection of dystopian, survival short stories.

One of my stories is set between New York and Mexico (Playa del Carmen and Tulum) as the characters face their own fears. This story is written in Spanglish. You can find it on amazon.

Witches by Brenda Lozano.

Mothers by Brenda Lozano.

Sea Monsters by Chloe Aridjis.

Gringo Soup by J. B. Aspinall.

The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas.

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova.

Piñata by Leopoldo Gout.

A War Of Witches: A Journey Into The Underworld Of The Contemporary Aztecs by Timothy J. Knab.

Saint Death by Marcus Sedgwick.

The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias.

Umami by Laia Jufresa.

Desert Flowers by Paul Pen.

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor.

If I Die in Juárez by Stella Pope Duarte

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza (non-fiction)

The Colony: Faith and Blood in a Promised Land by Sally Denton (non-fiction)

I recommend


It is a study of Hernan Cortes overthrow of the Aztec Empire. It shed light on a lot of history that I previously did not know about the overthrow.

When a Woman Rises