Books I Recommend

Hello. Welcome back to my Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today, I am going recommend six Mexican short novel writers. I have read all the books I recommend here and hope that they interest you enough to pick them up too. Let’s begin: 1. Juan Rulfo Despite having published only one collection of short stories, El llano en llamas (1953), and one novella, Pedro Páramo (1955), Juan Rulfo is considered today one of the great masters of 20th-century Spanish-American literature. Pedro Páramo is a pioneering work of magical realism that influenced other authors of the Latin American literary boom such as Gabriel…

I love the song of the mockingbird, the bird of four hundred voices, I love the color of jade and the intoxicating perfume of flowers, but most of all my brother, man. (English translation: mikistli) Hello. Welcome back to my Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today, following the celebration of the 216th anniversary of Mexico’s independence, I am going to list the most famous Mexican authors I have read—writers who, in my opinion, truly deserve the place they hold today in Mexican literature. I will publish this list in three parts: poetry, novellas, and novels. Let’s start with the most famous and…

Happy International Day of Friendship everyone! In this post I am going to recommend books that feature friendship between two or more of the characters. Most of these you want to aspire to, but there is one that I don’t recommend (and I will point it out in due course). Also, some of these books have been recommended to me and I have yet to read them, but I still wanted to include them here because friendship is very prominent to the plot. Note: These books are in no particular order. So, let’s begin: 1. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry…

Nonfiction has been my most read genre this year, so this list is a bit longer than that of my previous post. Thus far, I have read 12 books in this genre and in this post, I will be ranking those books from my least favorite to my new favorite nonfiction read of the year. Here goes: 12. Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green This book was not what I had expected or what I wanted to read about tuberculosis. Nonetheless, I commend the author (a popular YA novel author) for using…

I read a lot of historical fiction, so I am a bit surprised that I’ve only read 5 so far this year. Here is my ranking though, from least favorite to my new favorite in the genre. 5. Homeseeking by Karissa Chen I know this book is very popular and very much loved by many readers, but I didn’t fall in love with it enough to root for this couple. Yes, the (love) story between Haiwen and Suchi is sad and heart-wrenching at times but I think the book is a bit overhyped. It just didn’t live up to my…

Hello everyone. Welcome to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today, I’ll be rating the 10 short novels and stories that I’ve read so far in 2026. To qualify, a book needs to be less than 200 pages long. The book I liked the least is mentioned first all the way down to the one I loved the most and that made it to my New Favorite list. Here goes: 10. A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr (Page count: 104 pages) Read my review for this book here. 9. Querido Diego, te abraza Quiela (Dear Diego) by Elena Poniatowska (Page count:…