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: Our Lady of the Circus
Translator(s): Patricia J. Duncan
Author: David Toscana
Original work: Santa María del Circo
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2001
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 244 pp.
ISBN: 9780312271169
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Acclaimed Mexican writer David Toscana's second novel is a whimsical and dark tale of a group of circus performers who are seduced by the idea of living like ordinary people.

Title: Our Lady of the Night
Translator(s): Ernesto Mestre-Reed
Author: Mayra Santos-Febres
Publisher: Harper Perennial
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2009
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 356 pp.
ISBN: 9780061731303
Summary/Reviews: (¿En Resumen/Reseñas?) Born into poverty and then abandoned by her mother, Isabel "La Negra" Luberza blossoms into a supremely sensual young woman. Obsessed with attaining aristocratic status - armed with incredible physical presence,… read more
Additional Information: Responsibility: Mayra Santos-Febres ; translated from Spanish by Ernesto Mestre-Reed.
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Romans

Title: Our Lives are the Rivers
Translator(s): Jaime Manrique
Author: Jaime Manrique
Original work: Nuestras vidas son los ríos
Publisher: HarperCollins
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 352 pp.
ISBN: 9780060820701
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Chronicles the enthralling life of Manuela Sáenz, who won her place in history as the great love of South American liberator Simón Bolivar. Abandoning her position as one of the richest women in Lima, Sáenz worked to overthrow… read more

Title: Our Lives are the Rivers
Translator(s): Jaime Manrique
Author: Jaime Manrique
Original work: Nuestras vidas son los ríos
Publisher: Rayo
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 352 pp.
ISBN: 9780060820701
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Chronicles the enthralling life of Manuela Sáenz, who won her place in history as the great love of South American liberator Simón Bolivar. Abandoning her position as one of the richest women in Lima, Sáenz worked to overthrow… read more

Title: Our Share of Night
Translator(s): Megan McDowell
Author: Mariana Enriquez
Original work: Nuestra parte de noche
Publisher: Hogarth
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2023
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 588 pp.
ISBN: 9780451495150
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) In 1981, a young father and son set out on a road trip across Argentina, devastated by the mysterious death of the wife and mother they both loved. United in grief, the pair travels to her family home near Iguazú Falls, where… read more
Literary Genre: Fiction, Novels, Paranormal fiction

Title: Out in the Open
Translator(s): Margaret Jull Costa
Author: Jesús Carrasco
Original work: Intemperie
Publisher: Riverhead Books
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2017
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 226 pp.
ISBN: 9781594634369
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A searing dystopian vision of a young boy's flight through an unnamed, savaged country, searching for sanctuary and redemption--from one of Europe's bestselling literary stars. A young boy has fled his home. He's pursued by… read more
Literary Genre: Suspense fiction, Thrillers (fiction), Dystopian fiction, Bildungsromans, Fiction

Title: Out of the Cage
Translator(s): Will Vanderhyden
Author: Fernanda García Lao
Original work: Fuera de la jaula
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
City: Dallas, TX
Year of Publication: 2021
Number of pages: 246 pp.
ISBN: 9781646050451
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) After a freakish death, a young Argentinian woman is left to observe the world outside of the “cage” of her body; through jarring vignettes and ruminations, acclaimed author García Lao creates a complex, intelligent, and… read more

Title: Out of Their Minds : The Incredible and (Sometimes) Sad Story of Ramón and Cornelio
Translator(s): John William Byrd
Author: Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
Original work: Idos de la mente : la increíble y a veces triste historia de Ramón y Cornelio
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
City: El Paso, TX
Year of Publication: 2013
Number of pages: 167 pp.
ISBN: 9781935955566
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) amon and Cornelio are best friends, driven by boredom as teenagers to start a band. Not just any band. A norteño band, playing God's favorite music. God even pitches in to write the songs. Success, disaster and good music follow.

Title: Outlaws
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Javier Cercas
Original work: Las leyes de la frontera
Publisher: Bloomsbury
City: New York
Year of Publication: 2014
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 369 pp.
ISBN: 1620403250
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Decades after sixteen-year-old Ignacio Cañas becomes the partner-in-crime of two charistmatic rebels, Ignacio, now a successful defense lawyer, encounters his former comrades and falls under their spell again.
Literary Genre: Legal stories, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories

Title: Outlaws
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Javier Cercas
Original work: Las leyes de la frontera
Publisher: Bloomsbury
City: London
Year of Publication: 2015
Number of pages: 384 pp.
ISBN: 9781408844205
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) One summer's day in Gerona a bespectacled, 16-year-old Ignacio Cañas, known to his few friends as Gafitas, is working in an amusement arcade, when a charismatic teenager walks in with the most beautiful girl Cañas has ever seen.… read more
Literary Genre: Legal stories, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories

Title: Outlaws
Translator(s): Anne McLean
Author: Javier Cercas
Original work: Las leyes de la frontera
Publisher: Bloomsbury
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2016
Number of pages: 384 pp.
ISBN: 9781620403273
Summary/Reviews: (Amazon.com) In the late 1970s, after the death of Franco, Spain was in a state of transition. Gangs of juvenile delinquents, called quinquis, swarmed the streets. The most famous of them was Zarco.In the summer of '78, Zarco's gang rises… read more
Literary Genre: Legal stories, Detective and mystery fiction, Fiction, Mystery fiction, Detective and mystery stories

Title: Over the Waves and Other Stories = Sobre Las Olas Y Otros Cuentos
Translator(s): Emmanuel Harris
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Swan Isle Press
City: Chicago, IL
Year of Publication: 2008
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 204 pp.
ISBN: 9780974888156
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Appearing for the first time outside of Cuba, this bold collection of short stories provides an intimate and critical view of Afro-Cuba. Inés María Martiatu's stories--presented in a unique "split" English/Spanish edition--span… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Oy, caramba!: an anthology of Jewish stories from Latin America
Translator(s): Ilan Stavans
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
City: Albuquerque
Year of Publication: 2016
Number of pages: 329 pp.
ISBN: 9780826354969
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) First published in 1994 as Tropical Synagogues: Short Stories by Jewish-Latin American Writers, Ilan Stavans's classic anthology is expanded and updated in this new edition.Contents: Introduction /; by Ilan Stavans --;… read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Paciencia Perdida : An Anthology of Peruvian Fiction
Translator(s): Gabriel T. Saxton-Ruiz
Author: Varios/Multiple
Original work: Varias/Multiple
Publisher: Dulzorada Press
City: Garland, TX
Year of Publication: 2022
Number of pages: 331 pp.
ISBN: 9781953377197
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Paciencia Perdida is an anthology of short stories that brings together twenty-seven of the most renowned contemporary Peruvian authors from around the world.Contents:               … read more
Literary Genre: Spanish fiction -- translations into english

Title: Palm Trees in the Snow
Translator(s): Noel Hughes
Author: Luz Gabás
Original work: Palmeras en la nieve
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
City: Seattle, WA
Year of Publication: 2017
Number of pages: 610 pp.
ISBN: 9781503941694
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When Clarence of Rabaltué discovers a series of old letters from her father's past, she begins to doubt everything she thought she knew about her once-noble family. Her father and his brother worked in the colony of Fernando Po… read more

Title: Papers in the Wind
Translator(s): Mara Lethem
Author: Eduardo A. Sacheri
Original work: Papeles en el viento
Publisher: Other Press
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2014
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 476 pp.
ISBN: 9781590516423
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) When Alejandro "Mono" dies of cancer, his brother and two closest friends, a tight-knit group since childhood, are left to figure out how to take care of his young daughter, Guadalupe. They want to give her all the love they felt… read more
Literary Genre: Sports stories, Fiction

Title: Papi
Translator(s): Achy Obejas
Author: Rita Indiana Hernández Sánchez
Original work: Papi
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
City: Chicago ; London
Year of Publication: 2016
Collection: Serie universitaria
Number of pages: 145 pp.
ISBN: 9780226244891
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Papi tells a story in the voice of an eight year old girl waiting in Santo Domingo for her father to return from New York to lavish her with gifts and the glory of his fame. Things don't go according to plan.
Literary Genre: Thrillers (fiction), Fiction

Title: Paradais
Author: Fernanda Melchor
Original work: Páradais
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
City: London
Year of Publication: 2022
Number of pages: 118 pp.
ISBN: 9781913097875
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Written in a chilling torrent of prose by one of our most thrilling new writers, Paradais explores the explosive fragility of Mexican society – fractured by issues of race, class and violence – and how the myths, desires, and… read more
Literary Genre: Suspense fiction, Fiction, Novels, Thrillers (fiction), Romans

Title: Paradais
Translator(s): Sophie Elizabeth Hughes
Author: Fernanda Melchor
Original work: Páradais
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2022
Collection: Serie universitaria
Edition number: 1
Number of pages: 112 pp.
ISBN: 9780811231329
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor-an attractive married woman and mother… read more
Literary Genre: Suspense fiction, Fiction, Novels, Thrillers (fiction), Romans

Title: Paradise Travel
Translator(s): Katherine Silver
Author: Jorge Franco Ramos
Original work: Paraíso travel
Publisher: Picador
City: New York, NY
Year of Publication: 2006
Number of pages: 228 pp.
ISBN: 9780312425968
Summary/Reviews: (WorldCat) A tragicomic story of unrequited love and a view of New York through the wide eyes of an illegal immigrant. This book recounts the adventures of Marlon Cruz, a naïve young man from Medellín, Colombia, who agrees to accompany… read more
Literary Genre: Novels, Fiction, Romans