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

Title: The Bible of Clay
Translator(s): Andrew Hurley
Author: Julia Navarro
Original work: La biblia de barro
Publisher: Bantam Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2009
Number of pages: 691 pp.
ISBN: 9780440243038
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Internationally bestselling author Julia Navarro riveted readers around the world with her provocative novel The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud . Now she goes even further, in this electrifying thriller about a biblical discovery… read more
Literary Genre: Action and adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction, Adventure fiction

Title: The Bible of Clay
Translator(s): Andrew Hurley
Author: Julia Navarro
Original work: La biblia de barro
Publisher: Bantam Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2008
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 497 pp.
ISBN: 9780385339636
Summary/Reviews: (¿Sin fuente?) Among rumors of Iraq's imminent invasion, time is running out for Clara and her husband Ahmed who have put together a ragtag team of renegade archaeologists and inexperienced students to excavate the Bible of Clay from deep… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Julia Navarro ; translated from the Spanish by Andrew Hurley.
Literary Genre: Action and adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction, Adventure fiction

Title: The Bible of Clay
Translator(s): Andrew Hurley
Author: Julia Navarro
Original work: La biblia de barro
Publisher: Bantam Dell
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2007
Number of pages: 497 pp.
ISBN: 0385339631
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When archaeologist Clara Tannenberg announces the discovery of clay tablets from the time of Abraham recounting stories from Genesis, she unleashes a series of plots involving antiquities smugglers, the Iraq War, and her ruthless… read more
Literary Genre: Action and adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Fiction, Adventure fiction

Title: The Bitch
Translator(s): Lisa Dillman
Author: Pilar Quintana
Original work: La perra
Publisher: World Editions
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 163 pp.
ISBN: 9781642860597
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In Colombia's brutal jungle, childless Damaris develops an intense and ultimately doomed relationship with an orphaned puppy. Colombia's Pacific coast, where everyday life entails warding off the brutal forces of nature. In this… read more
Literary Genre: Colombian fiction -- translations into english, Novels, Social problem fiction, Psychological fiction, Animal fiction, Fiction, Romans

Title: The Black Cathedral
Translator(s): Anna Kushner
Author: Marcial Gala
Original work: La catedral de los negros
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 209 pp.
ISBN: 9780374118013
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The story of an enormous cathedral constructed in a marginal, majority-black neighborhood in Cienfuegos, Cuba, told by a chorus of narrators whose sometimes conflicting, overlapping accounts knit together to form a portrait of… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction, Domestic fiction, Fiction

Title: The Black Jersey
Translator(s): Achy Obejas
Author: Jorge Zepeda Patterson
Original work: Muerte contrarreloj
Publisher: Random House
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2019
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 312 pp.
ISBN: 9781984801067
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) There are riders willing to die just to win a single leg of the Tour, careening downhill at a suicidal ninety kilometers per hour; now I know there are also riders ready to kill for it. Marc, a French-Colombian professional… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Novels, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Suspense fiction, Romans

Title: The Black Minutes
Translator(s): Aura Estrada, John Pluecker
Author: Martín Solares
Original work: Minutos negros
Publisher: Black Cat
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2010
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 436 pp.
ISBN: 9780802170682
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) When a young journalist named Bernardo Blanco is killed in the fictional Mexican port city of Paracuán, investigation into his murder reveals missing links in a disturbing multiple homicide case from twenty years… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Martín Solares ; translation by Aura Estrada and John Pluecker.
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Detective and mystery stories, Novels, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Romans

Title: The Bleeding Wound = Sangra Por La Herida
Translator(s): Sara E. Cooper
Author: Mirta Yáñez
Original work: Sangra por la herida
Publisher: Cubanabooks
City: Chico, CA
Year of Publication: 2014
Number of pages: 401 pp.
ISBN: 9780982786079
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A portrait of an era and of protagonists of the University [of Havana] environment. It places the reader in close contact with the Havana of the 1960s and today, a Havana full of nuances and ruptures. The account presents a… read more

Title: The Body Where I Was Born
Translator(s): Guadalupe Nettel
Author: Guadalupe Nettel
Original work: El cuerpo en que nací
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of pages: 175 pp.
ISBN: 9781609807511
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood. Born with an abnormality in her eye and a family intent on fixing it, she occupies a world without the time and space for innocence. The narrator… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Autobiographical fiction

Title: The Body Where I Was Born
Translator(s): J. T. Lichtenstein
Author: Guadalupe Nettel
Original work: El cuerpo en que nací
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 175 pp.
ISBN: 9781609805265
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The first novel to appear in English by one of the most talked-about and critically acclaimed writers of new Mexican fiction. From a psychoanalyst's couch, the narrator looks back on her bizarre childhood--in which she was born… read more
Literary Genre: Psychological fiction, Autobiographical fiction

Title: The Book of Anna : (Karenina's Novel)
Translator(s): Samantha Schnee
Author: Carmen Boullosa
Original work: El libro de Ana : (novela karenina)
Publisher: Coffee House Press
City: Minneapolis, MN
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 1 pp.
ISBN: 9781566895774
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Russia, 1905. Behind the gates of the Karenin Palace, Sergei, son of Anna Karenina, meets Tolstoy in his dreams and finds reminders of his mother everywhere: in the almost-living portrait the Tsar intends to acquire and the opium… read more
Literary Genre: Alternative histories (fiction), Fiction, History

Title: The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico
Translator(s): Robert Con Davis
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
City: Norman, OK
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of pages: 232 pp.
ISBN: 9780806155845
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Collection of forty-two short stories and vignettes that together paint a portrait of the Mora Valley, the real-life northern New Mexico setting for a group of small nuevomexicano villages. The author partially based his text on… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: The Book of God and Physics : a Novel of the Voynich Mystery
Translator(s): Dolores Koch
Author: Enrique Joven
Original work: El castillo de las estrellas
Publisher: William Morrow
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2009
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 347 pp.
ISBN: 9780061456862
Summary/Reviews: (¿Sin fuente?) In his search for truth, a young Jesuit joins a group that has for centuries been trying to decipher the secrets of a mysterious book known as the Voynich Manuscript. When a key to unlocking it is discovered in the church… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Enrique Joven ; translated from the Spanish by Dolores M. Koch.
Literary Genre: Code and cipher stories, Detective and mystery stories, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, History

Title: The Book of God and Physics: A Novel of the Voynich Mystery
Translator(s): Dolores M. Koch
Author: Enrique Joven
Original work: El castillo de las estrellas
Publisher: Harper
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2010
Number of pages: 347 pp.
ISBN: 9780061456879
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In his search for truth, a young Jesuit joins a group that has for centuries been trying to decipher the secrets of a mysterious book known as the Voynich Manuscript. When a key to unlocking it is discovered in the church where… read more
Literary Genre: Code and cipher stories, Detective and mystery stories, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, History

Title: The Book of Imprudent Flora
Translator(s): David Haughton
Author: Claudio Romo
Original work: El álbum de la flora imprudente, por Lázaro de Sahagún, descubridor y estudioso de la vida vegetal
Publisher: Gingko Press
City: Berkeley, CA
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 64 pp.
ISBN: 9781584236948
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Claudio Romo is a revelation. Simply the most exciting discovery to come out of Chile since Roberto Bolaño, Alejandro Zambra or Lina Meruane. Though one finds hints of Italo Calvino and a nod to Jules Verne, he deftly combines… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Diary fiction, Fantasy fiction

Title: The Book of Murder
Translator(s): Sonia Soto
Author: Guillermo Martínez
Original work: Muerte lenta de Luciana B
Publisher: Viking
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2008
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 215 pp.
ISBN: 9780670019946
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An up-and-coming young writer who has little in common with Kloster, a literary giant whose disturbing crime novels dominate the bestseller lists. However, they have both, at one time, employed the secretarial services of the… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Guillermo Martínez ; translated from Spanish by Sonia Soto.
Literary Genre: Novels, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Romans

Title: The Book That Kibo Wrote
Translator(s): Lawrence Schimel
Author: Mariana Ruiz Johnson
Original work: El libro que Kibo escribió
Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
City: Grand Rapids, MI
Year of Publication: 2022
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 28 pp.
ISBN: 9780802855893
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) One night in the savanna, Kibo the rhino writes a book, and it travels from reader to reader, connecting animals from across the globe.
Literary Genre: Picture books for children, Picture books, Juvenile works, Fiction, Animal fiction, Livres d'images

Title: The Bottom of the Sky
Translator(s): Will Vanderhyden
Author: Rodrigo Fresán
Original work: El fondo del cielo
Publisher: Open Letter
City: Rochester, NY
Year of Publication: 2018
Number of pages: 266 pp.
ISBN: 9781940953786
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An homage to American science fiction films and novels, The Bottom of the Sky is the story of two boys, a disturbingly beautiful girl, and their joint love for other planets. Their friendship is formed during the heyday of sci-fi… read more

Title: The Boy in Drawer
Translator(s): Robert N. Munsch
Author: Robert N. Munsch
Original work: El muchacho en la gaveta
Publisher: Annick Press
City: Toronto
Year of Publication: 2001
ISBN: 9781550370973
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Shelley finds a small boy in her drawer who causes a lot of trouble. Robert Munsch's award-winning books have become a staple on the bookshelves of families worldwide. His stories reflect the joys and challenges of everyday… read more

Title: The Bride from Odessa
Translator(s): Nick Caistor
Author: Edgardo Cozarinsky
Original work: La novia de Odessa
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2004
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 161 pp.
ISBN: 0374116733
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) Set in Buenos Aires, Lisbon, Vienna, Budapest and Odessa, both before and after the Second World War, Edgardo Cozarinsky's stories belong to the spirit of Borges and to a great Argentine cosmopolitan tradition: that of the… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, Short stories, Romans