Latinx Best Seller List - May 2026

The Latinx Best Seller List highlights the most widely read and purchased works of adult fiction by Latinx authors over the prior quarter. Curated by LatineLit, the list is designed to promote visibility for contemporary Latinx writers and to serve as a discovery tool for readers, booksellers, librarians, educators, and writers.

Each list reflects recent publishing activity rather than lifetime sales or canonical status. By focusing on newly published titles, the list creates space for emerging and mid-career authors whose work might otherwise be overshadowed by older, established classics.

This edition reflects publishing and sales activity from January 2026.

How This List Is Compiled

The Latinx Best Seller List includes adult fiction titles by Latinx authors that meet the following criteria:

• Books must be adult fiction

• Authors must be Latinx

• Titles must be available in English (including works originally published in another language)

• Books must have been published within the past twelve months

  
  

Older canonical works are intentionally excluded so that newer voices are not crowded out. Bestseller status reflects recent sales performance and industry signals rather than lifetime importance or historical reputation.

The top 10 Latinx Best Sellers - May 2026

1.         Starside                                                            Alex Aster

Enter the world of Starside, where swords wield magic and power is not inherited...but claimed.

2.         On Earth as It Is Beneath                                Ana Paula Maia

This gripping survival story follows prisoners in an isolated penal colony who are hunted by a deranged warden.

3.         Last Night in Brooklyn                                     Xochitl Gonzalez

Ambition, friendship, and compromise in a world on the verge of change.

4.         Graceless Heart                                                Isabel Ibañez

In Renaissance Italy, a sculptress with magical powers must fight to save her brother.

5.         A Vow in Vengeance                                         Jaclyn Rodriguez

            In this blend of romance and fantasy, a human battles immortals.

6.         The Starter Ex                                                   Mia Sosa

A playful and prank-filled romance from the Queen of Rom-Com.

7.         The Bewitching                                                 Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Three women encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga.

8.         Devil of the Deep                                              Falencia Jean-Francois

            A high-fantasy queer pirate mermaid story where the price of betrayal is death.

9.         You Should Have Been Nicer to My Mom      Vincent Tirado

Demons clash with inheritance claims as secrets unfold and violence is unleashed.

10.       The Ghosts of Gwendolyn Montgomery        Clarence A. Haynes

A NYC publicist at the top of her game must confront her secret mystical past.

This month we are recommending:

La Lady Fund by José Muñoz

A fast-paced novel about immigration told from the perspective of people coming to the US.

My Train Leaves at Three by Natalie Guerrero

An ambitious young woman from Washington Heights tries to make it on Broadway.