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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    April 1994
  • Latest Book:
    June 2023
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Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • Written in language that pops off the page, peopled with appealing characters, chock-full of humor, and packed with adventure, this stunning first novel by the author of the acclaimed non-fiction work Across the Wire is alive with the unique racial m...



  • "Home isn't just a place, it is also a language."

    Born in Tijuana, the son of an Anglo woman and a Mexican father, Urrea says that "Home isn't just a place, it is also a language." In these six stories--each wandering beneath different kinds of sky...



  • Discover an epic historical novel of a young saint escaping death from Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels.

    This historical novel is based on Urrea's real great-aunt Teresita, who had healing powe...



  • Nineteen-year-old Nayeli works at a taco shop in her Mexican village and dreams about her father, who journeyed to the US to find work. Recently, it has dawned on her that he isn't the only man who has left town. In fact, there are almost no men in t...



  • Mr. Mendoza, Mexico’s self-described king of graffiti, blesses the small town of Rosario with his sardonic wit. "Deflate your pomp or float away!” he paints on the body of an unexpectedly exhumed monk. "No intelligent life for 100 kilometers,...



  • At turns heartbreaking, uplifting, fiercely romantic, and riotously funny, QUEEN OF AMERICA tells the unforgettable story of a young woman coming of age and finding her place in a new world. Beginning where Luis Alberto Urrea's bestselling The Hummin...



  • From one of America's preeminent literary voices comes a new story collection that proves once again why the writing of Luis Alberto Urrea has been called "wickedly good" (Kansas City Star), "cinematic and charged" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), and "stud...



  • The definitive Mexican-American immigrant story, at once intimate and epic, from an acclaimed storyteller. In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel De La Cruz, known affectionately as Big Angel, has summoned his entire clan fo...



  • This New York Times bestselling novel tells an exhilarating World War II epic that chronicles an extraordinary young woman’s heroic frontline service in the Red Cross. “Urrea’s touch is sure, his exuberance carries you through . . . He is a ge...





Award-Winning Books by Luis Alberto Urrea

The Hummingbird's Daughter
2006 Kiriyama Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Luis Alberto Urrea has published 9 books.

Luis Alberto Urrea does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Good Night, Irene, was published in June 2023.

The first book by Luis Alberto Urrea, In Search of Snow, was published in April 1994.

No. Luis Alberto Urrea does not write books in series.