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: Rain Over Madrid
Translator(s): Lisa Dillman
Author: Andrés Barba
Original work: Ha dejado de llover
Publisher: Hispabooks
City: Madrid
Year of Publication: 2014
Number of pages: 215 pp.
ISBN: 9788494228476
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) She remembers that the comment really stung and then immediately stopped stinging--like accidentally touching an open sore--when she took into account that a virtue can also be a defect if you just shift your perspective a few… read more

Title: Ratfish
Translator(s): José Lucas Badue
Author: R. A. Ramírez-Báez
Original work: Los ratapeces
Publisher: Sitel
City: Jackson Heights, NY
Year of Publication: 2005
Number of pages: 30 pp.
ISBN: 9780974500515
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) In the story "Ratfish", the main character is an illegal immigrant, a house painter who lives traumatized by the unrelenting harassment from the INS. Two word "ratfish", as it can be clear seen, is a new coinage composed of two… read more

Title: Rattlesnake
Translator(s): Sean Higgins, Jill Robbins
Author: Arturo Arias
Original work: Cascabel
Publisher: Curbstone Press
City: Willimantic, CT
Year of Publication: 2003
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 245 pp.
ISBN: 1931896011
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Tom Wright, an American CIA agent, is sent into Guatemala to rescue an Australian banker who has been kidnapped by a guerrilla organization known as EGP.
Literary Genre: Fiction, Romans

Title: Ready, Set, Go
Translator(s): Ana Patete
Author: Inés Bortagaray
Original work: Prontos, listos, ya
Publisher: Veliz Books
City: El Paso, TX
Year of Publication: 2018
Number of pages: 115 pp.
ISBN: 9780996913492
Summary/Reviews: (Barnes & Noble) Fiction. Latinx Studies. Translated by Ana Patete. "An original and dazzling road novel that invites us, alongside its protagonist, to traverse the imagination's landscape, the language of dreams, and the rituals of… read more

Title: Reasons of State
Translator(s): Francis Partridge
Author: Alejo Carpentier
Original work: El recurso del método
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
City: Brooklyn, NY
Year of Publication: 2013
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 373 pp.
ISBN: 9781612192796
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) One of the most significant novels in Latin American literature, written by Cuba's most important modern novelist--to win a bet with Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In the early 1970s, friends Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Augusto Roa Bastos… read more
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Fiction, Romans

Title: Red April
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Santiago Roncagliolo
Original work: Abril rojo
Publisher: Pantheon Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2009
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 271 pp.
ISBN: 9780375425448
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Lima prosecutor Félix Chacaltana Saldívar becomes the investigator in a mysterious murder, discovering links to the terrorist group, the Shining Path, and mass graves that expose the destruction and corruption of Peruvian society… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Santiago Roncagliolo ; translated from Spanish by Edith Grossman.
Literary Genre: Suspense fiction, Political fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction

Title: Red April
Translator(s): Edith Grossman
Author: Santiago Roncagliolo
Original work: Abril rojo
Publisher: Vintage International
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2010
Number of pages: 271 pp.
ISBN: 0307388387
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Lima prosecutor Félix Chacaltana Saldívar becomes the investigator in a mysterious murder, discovering links to the terrorist group, the Shining Path, and mass graves that expose the destruction and corruption of Peruvian… read more
Literary Genre: Suspense fiction, Political fiction, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction

Title: Red Queen
Translator(s): Nick Caistor
Author: Juan Gómez-Jurado
Original work: Reina roja
Publisher: Minotaur Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2023
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 377 pp.
ISBN: 9781250853677
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Introducing Antonia Scott--the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander--in Juan Gómez-Jurado's Red Queen, the #1 international award-winning bestseller & thriller that has taken the world by storm.… read more
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Novels, Romans

Title: Red Queen
Translator(s): Nick Caistor
Author: Juan Gómez-Jurado
Original work: Reina roja
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
City: Waterville, ME
Year of Publication: 2023
Number of pages: 607 pp.
ISBN: 9798885790888
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Antonia Scott--the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother--has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she's refused to… read more
Literary Genre: Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Novels, Romans

Title: Remember Me : A Spanish Civil War Novel
Translator(s): Gretchen Abernathy
Author: Mario Escobar
Original work: Recuérdame
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
City: Nashville, TN
Year of Publication: 2020
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 362 pp.
ISBN: 9780785236580
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Historians refer to the Spanish Civil War as one of the bloodiest wars of the twentieth century. In 1937, at Mexico's request and offer, nearly 500 children from Spain - remembered as Los Niños de Morelia - were relocated via… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Historical fiction, History

Title: Remember Me : a Spanish Civil War novel (Large Print Edition)
Translator(s): Gretchen Abernathy
Author: Mario Escobar
Original work: Recuérdame
Publisher: Center Point Large Print
City: Thorndike, ME
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of pages: 447 pp.
ISBN: 9781643588025
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) From international bestseller Mario Escobar comes a 20th-century historical novel of tragedy and resilience inspired by Spain's famed Children of Morelia and the true events that shaped their lives.
Literary Genre: Fiction, Historical fiction, History

Title: Remember the Scorpion
Translator(s): Jonathan Tittler
Author: Isaac Goldemberg
Original work: Acuérdate del escorpión
Publisher: The Unnamed Press
City: Los Angeles, CA
Year of Publication: 2015
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 133 pp.
ISBN: 9781939419194
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) Lima, 1970: a tremendous earthquake has just struck the Peruvian capital, and mayhem reigns. Tensions are high, with a population reeling from the disaster and mesmerized by the World Cup. Enter detective Simon Weiss, tasked… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction

Title: Reputations
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Original work: Reputaciones
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2016
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 190 pp.
ISBN: 9781594633478
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) An influential political cartoonist is paid an unexpected visit by a young woman who upends his sense of personal history and forces him to reevaluate his life, work, and position in the world.
Literary Genre: Fiction, Political fiction

Title: Reputations
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Original work: Reputaciones
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of pages: 190 pp.
ISBN: 9780735216860
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Javier Mallarino is a living legend. He is his country's most influential political cartoonist, the consciousness of a nation. A man capable of repealing laws, overturning judges' decisions, destroying politicians' careers with… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Political fiction

Title: Requiem for a Lightning Bolt
Translator(s): Anna-Marie Aldaz
Author: Manuel Scorza
Original work: La tumba del relámpago
Publisher: Peter Lang
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2000
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 208 pp.
ISBN: 0820450154
Summary/Reviews: (BOOK JACKET) In this final volume, the Indian struggle, which began in the first book as a single-handed revolt against the despotism of Judge Montenegro, has evolved into a fully organized insurrection against the oppression by ruthless… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, History, Romans

Title: Retrospective
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Original work: Volver la vista atrás
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2023
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 436 pp.
ISBN: 9780593539613
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) The Colombian film director, Sergio Cabrera, is in Barcelona for a retrospective of his work. It's a hard time for him: his father, famous actor Fausto Cabrera, has just died; his marriage is in crisis; and his home country has… read more
Literary Genre: Biographical fiction, Novels, Historical fiction, Fiction, Romans

Title: Return to the Dark Valley
Translator(s): Howard Curtis
Author: Santiago Gamboa
Original work: Volver al oscuro valle
Publisher: Europa Editions
City: New York, N.Y.
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 461 pp.
ISBN: 9781609454258
Summary/Reviews: (Cover) Manuela Beltrán, a poet haunted by a troubled childhood, is bent on revenge for the wrongs she suffered at the hands of her mother's lover. Her vendetta will draw together a cast of enigmatic characters, the inhabitants of Gamboa's… read more
Literary Genre: Colombian fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Fiction

Title: Return to the Same City
Translator(s): Laura Dail
Author: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Original work: Regreso a la misma ciudad y bajo la lluvia
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
City: Scottsdale, AZ
Year of Publication: 2005
Number of pages: 153 pp.
ISBN: 9781590581360
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Hector Belascoaran Shayne has danced with the dead. Luke Estrella does the rumba in white patent leather shoes. Together, they make the perfect pair to lead each other into an inferno under an azure Acapulco sky: a hell populated… read more

Title: Return to Your Skin
Translator(s): Noel Hughes
Author: Luz Gabás
Original work: Regreso a tu piel
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
City: Seattle, WA
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 466 pp.
ISBN: 9781477823187
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Past and present are interwoven in this story of everlasting love, where the shadow of witchcraft and man's greed are defeated by one woman's passion that transcends space and time. Brianda, a young engineer, leaves her… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Historical fiction, Romance fiction, Love stories

Title: Returning As Shadows
Translator(s): Ezra E. Fitz
Author: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Original work: Retornamos como sombras
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2003
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 455 pp.
ISBN: 0312301561
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Revisits the domino-playing characters twenty years later as they seek to combat German forces in their country at the beginning of the Second World War.
Literary Genre: Fictional work, Mexican fiction, Fiction