Here are some Mexican authors and novels to read.
Carlos Fuentes, *The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo, Terra Nostra
Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo
Elena Garro, Recollections of Things to Come
Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate
Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs
Martín Luis Guzmán, The Eagle and the Serpent, The Shadow of the Strongman