On this page you can search for or list translations of Hispanic works into English published in the United States during the 21st century.

Translator(s): Alex Woodend
Author: Fernando Gamboa
Original work: Capitán Riley
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
City: Seattle, WA
Year of Publication: 2016
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 459 pp.
ISBN: 9781503951488
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) It's 1941, and Captain Alexander M. Riley and his crew of deep-sea treasure hunters believe they're setting off on yet another adventure--to find a mysterious artifact off the coast of Morocco for an enigmatic millionaire with… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Adventure fiction
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Eliseo Alberto
Original work: Caracol Beach
Publisher: Vintage
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2001
Number of pages: 286 pp.
ISBN: 9780375705069
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Beto Milanes, the night watchman at a graveyard in the Florida resort town of Caracol Beach, is a guilt-ridden Cuban war veteran. Tormented by memories and hallucinations, he yearns to die but is unable to take his own life.… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Fiction, History
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Eliseo Alberto
Original work: Caracol Beach
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2000
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 286 pp.
ISBN: 0375405402
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The first book to be published in English by the award-winning Cuban writer Eliseo Alberto, this gripping kaleidoscopic novel tells about madness, love, death, and the collision of strangers' lives on one fateful night in a… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Fiction, History
Translator(s): Michael J. Lazzara
Author: Ana María del Río
Original work: Oxido de Carmen
Publisher: Herodias
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2001
Number of pages: 112 pp.
ISBN: 9781928746232
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Carmen and her brother are sent to live with relatives after their family breaks apart. Imprisoned in a sprawling house ruled by Grandmother and Aunt Malva - table dictators who strive to maintain absolute control over their… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, History, Romans
Translator(s): Michael J. Lazzara
Author: Ana María del Río
Original work: Oxido de Carmen
Publisher: Ovelook Duckworth
City: Woodstock, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 91 pp.
ISBN: 1585674869
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Carmen and her brother are sent to live with relatives after their family breaks apart. Imprisoned in a sprawling house ruled by Grandmother and Aunt Malva - table dictators who strive to maintain absolute control over their… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, History, Romans
Translator(s): Madeleine Arenivar
Author: Yuliana Ortiz Ruano
Original work: Fiebre de carnaval
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2025
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 192 pp.
ISBN: 9781593768096
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Ainhoa lives a protected life within the walls of her grandmother's house in the neighborhood of Limones. Surrounded by a gaggle of aunts who love, correct, and teach her, Ainhoa narrates moments that evoke the powerful presence… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Historical fiction
Translator(s): Chloe Garcia Roberts
Author: Homero Aridjis
Original work: Carne de dios
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
City: Tucson, AZ
Year of Publication: 2025
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 206 pp.
ISBN: 9780816554140
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In Carne de Dios, renowned author Homero Aridjis transports readers to the world of María Sabina, the revered Mazatec healer, whose sacred mushroom ceremonies captivated the global imagination during the 1960s counterculture… read more
Literary Genre: Electronic books, Fiction, Novels, Biographical fiction
Translator(s): Robin Myers
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Open Letter
City: Rochester, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Number of pages: 175 pp.
ISBN: 9781948830164
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Cars on Fire, Mónica Ramón Ríos's electric, uncompromising English-language debut, unfolds through a series of female characters-the writer, the patient, the immigrant, the professor, the student-whose identities are messy and… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Michigan State University Press
City: East Lansing
Year of Publication: 2006
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 124 pp.
ISBN: 9780870137686
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Draws not only upon the literary heritage of the author's native Argentina, but also upon the body of work that has been formed into a South American canon, embracing those such as Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english
Title: Caterva
Translator(s): Brendan Riley
Author: Juan Filloy
Original work: Caterva
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
City: Victoria, TX
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 417 pp.
ISBN: 9781628970364
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Caterva (meaning 'throng' or 'horde') tells the story of seven erudite, homeless, and semi-incompetent radicals traveling from city to city in an attempt to foment a revolution: conspiring with striking workers, setting off… read more
Literary Genre: Satirical literature, Political fiction, Fiction
Translator(s): Nick Caistor
Author: Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra
Original work: La catedral del mar
Publisher: New American Library
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2009
Number of pages: 611 pp.
ISBN: 9780451225993
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Set in 14th century Barcelona, the 80-year construction of the Church of Santa Maria affects the lives of the citizens, those who devoted their lives to building it, and those who were sheltered there.
Translator(s): Nick Caistor
Author: Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra
Original work: La catedral del mar
Publisher: Dutton
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2008
Number of pages: 611 pp.
ISBN: 9780525950486
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Set in 14th century Barcelona, the 80-year construction of the Church of Santa Maria affects the lives of the citizens, those who devoted their lives to building it, and those who were sheltered there.
Translator(s): Nick Caistor
Author: Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra
Original work: La catedral del mar
Publisher: Penguin Group
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2008
Number of pages: 611 pp.
ISBN: 0525950486
Author: Cirilo Villaverde
Original work: Cecilia Valdés
Publisher: Oxford University Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2004
Number of pages: 500 pp.
ISBN: 9780195143942
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Cecilia Valdés is arguably the most important novel of 19th century Cuba. Written in 1882 by Cirilo Villaverde in exile in New York City, but set in the Havana of the 1830s, the novel recounts a story of the moral, political, and… read more
Title: Celestina
Translator(s): Peter R. Bush
Author: Fernando de Rojas
Original work: La Celestina
Publisher: Penguin Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2009
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 219 pp.
ISBN: 9780143106098
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) A Spanish Romeo and Juliet, Celestina was published in 1499 and became Spain's first-ever bestseller. Readers thrilled to the salty character of Celestina and her world of prostitutes and black magic even as they mourned the… read more
Translator(s): Michael Ugarte
Author: Elena Fortún
Publisher: Swan Isle Press
City: Chicago, IL
Year of Publication: 2023
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 259 pp.
ISBN: 9781736189368
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Set during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), Celia in the Revolution is the last in a series of young adult novels written by Encarnación Aragoneses, known by the pen name Elena Fortún, one of the most prolific and popular Spanish… read more
Literary Genre: Historical fiction, War fiction, Novels
Translator(s): Charles Patterson
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
City: Milwaukee, WI
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 119 pp.
ISBN: 9781495013034
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) These eight interludes, which Cervantes published in 1615 but never saw performed, are short, comic plays that explore the underbelly of Renaissance Spanish society. Their characters include hillbillies and con artists, pimps and… read more
Translator(s): Jonathan Tittler
Author: Manuel Zapata Olivella
Original work: Changó, el gran putas
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2022
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 395 pp.
ISBN: 9780367756543
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The crowning achievement of Afro-Colombian author Manuel Zapata Olivella, Changó depicts the African American experience from a perspective of gods who stand over the world and watch. The centennial anniversary release of this… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, Novels
Translator(s): Jonathan Tittler
Author: Manuel Zapata Olivella
Original work: Changó, el gran putas
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
City: Lubbock, TX
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 463 pp.
ISBN: 9780896726734
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Translated into English and spanning three continents, this epic novel of the African Diaspora in the Americas recounts over five centuries of displacement and servitude. Employing multiple narrative voices and encompassing all… read more
Literary Genre: Epic fiction, Fiction, Romans épiques
Translator(s): Jeffrey Gray
Author: Rodrigo Rey Rosa
Original work: Fábula asiática
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
City: Seattle, WA
Year of Publication: 2019
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 197 pp.
ISBN: 9781542090353
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Mexican author Rubirosa is attending a book fair in Tangier when he reconnects with an old acquaintance, a Moroccan artist who asks one favor of his visiting friend: to access the puzzling files on a memory card. It could help… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Science fiction