Esquivel's second novel, The Law of Love, published in 1996, begins with the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlan, the future location of Mexico City. Many centuries later, the reincarnated characters of this historical event face each other as an astroanalyst, her missing soulmate, and a candidate for planetary president.

The House of the Spirits (1982) by Chilean author Isabel Allende is a magical tale about a Latin American family enduring both internal and external challenges.

Whitney Otto's 1991 novel, How to Make an American Quilt, centers on women who share the stories of their lives while they gather to sew a quilt.

One Hundred Years of Solitude, written by Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1967, is widely regarded as the quintessential example of magic realism. The novel chronicles multiple generations of a Latin American family against the backdrop of revolutionary times.

The recipes in Ntozake Shange's 1982 novel, Sassafras, Cypress & Indigo, are woven into the narrative, which focuses on the lives of three sisters.

Shirlene Ann Soto's 1990 study, Emergence of the Modern Mexican Woman: Her Participation in Revolution and Struggle for Equality, 1910-1940, offers an insightful look at the diverse roles of Mexican women during the period covered by the novel.