We’ve curated a selection of our books on the history and culture of Cuba, from early colonial years to the 1959 Revolution to daily life today, for those wanting to learn more about the island nation.
Havana Hardball
Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and The Cuban League
Ninety Miles and a Lifetime Away
Memories of Early Cuban Exiles
Modern Art in 1940s Cuba
Havana's Artists, Critics, and Exhibitions
Seagull One
The Amazing True Story of Brothers to the Rescue
Operation Pedro Pan, Revised Edition
The Untold Exodus of 14,048 Cuban Children
Operation Pedro Pan and the Exodus of Cuba's Children
The Mariel Boatlift
A Cuban-American Journey
Voices from Mariel
Oral Histories of the 1980 Cuban Boatlift
The Cuban Sandwich
A History in Layers
Modern Cuban
A Contemporary Approach to Classic Recipes
Fleeing Castro
Operation Pedro Pan and the Cuban Children's Program
Bay of Pigs
An Oral History of Brigade 2506
Cuban Revelations
Behind the Scenes in Havana
Revolutionary Cuba
A History
In the Vortex of the Cyclone
Selected Poems
Portraits of Cuba
Picturing Cuba
Art, Culture, and Identity on the Island and in the Diaspora
Embracing Cuba
Handmade in Cuba
Rolando Estévez and the Beautiful Books of Ediciones Vigía
Delivering Cuba Through the Mail
Cuba’s Presence in Non-Cuban Postage Stamps and Envelopes
Cuba on the Labels
A Selection of Cuba-Themed Cigar Labels Printed Outside of Cuba
Inspired by Cuba
A Survey of Cuba-themed Ceramics
Cuba’s Cosmopolitan Enclaves
Imperialism and Internationalism in Eastern Sugar Towns
The Cuban Revolution and the New Left
Transnational Histories of Gender, Sexuality, and Family
Black Freedom and Education in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
Democracy and Time in Cuban Thought
The Elusive Present
Corporeal Readings of Cuban Literature and Art
The Body, the Inhuman, and Ecological Thinking
Cuba and Puerto Rico
Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture
Revolutions in Cuba and Venezuela
One Hope, Two Realities
Cuban Cultural Heritage
A Rebel Past for a Revolutionary Nation
The Dissidence of Reinaldo Arenas
Queering Literature, Politics, and the Activist Curriculum
Staging Discomfort
Performance and Queerness in Contemporary Cuba
Cuba’s Digital Revolution
Citizen Innovation and State Policy
Black Women, Citizenship, and the Making of Modern Cuba
Ritual, Discourse, and Community in Cuban Santería
Speaking a Sacred World
Afro-Cuban Voices
On Race and Identity in Contemporary Cuba
The Guerrilla Legacy of the Cuban Revolution
Wage-Earning Slaves
Coartación in Nineteenth-Century Cuba
Key to the New World
A History of Early Colonial Cuba
Indigenous Passages to Cuba, 1515-1900
The Cubalogues
Beat Writers in Revolutionary Havana
Exile and Revolution
José D. Poyo, Key West, and Cuban Independence
Circulating Culture
Transnational Cuban Networks of Exchange