Books by Yenny Astrid Londoño
Stories that started in real life and somehow ended up in a book
I write about what I know: people, loss, relationships, family, work, mistakes, grief, business, human stupidity, and our remarkable talent for making life more complicated than it needs to be.
Some of these books came from things that hurt. Others came from situations so absurd that writing them down was cheaper than staying angry about them. You’ll find memory, dark humor, sarcasm, criticism, true stories, and the parts of life people usually talk about only after they stop pretending everything has a neat explanation.
I don’t write every book the same way because not every story needs the same voice. Some are better told laughing. Some still hurt. And some need both.
The library
Spanish edition · Published
Putas historias, putos escritos
Sarcástica, loca y puta como la vida misma.
The original Spanish edition: real stories about loss, relationships, family, memory, anger, and everything we carry for years before it finally finds its way onto the page.
English edition · Published
F*cked-Up Stories, Brutally Honest Words
Sarcastic, Unfiltered, and as Messy as Life Itself.
The English edition of Putas historias, putos escritos: stories about relationships, loss, family, survival, memory, anger, and the messier parts of being human.
Spanish edition · Published
No estoy loca, estoy rodeada de incompetentes
A survival manual for anyone who thinks, works, and somehow ends up fixing what everybody else left half-done.
Work, customer service, technology, bureaucracy, family, and the everyday talent people have for turning a simple problem into an archaeological dig.
Spanish edition · Published
No todos los hijos de puta vienen con advertencia
A sarcastic guide to the people who smile while they slowly wreck your peace.
Manipulators, convenient friendships, exhausting relationships, and the people who never arrive wearing a warning label.
Spanish edition · Published
100 formas de hacer el ridículo sin perder la dignidad
Embarrassment lasts five minutes. The story can last forever.
A reminder that almost everyone has done something so painfully awkward that remembering it years later still makes the body react.
Spanish edition · Published
Los millonarios que necesitan tu dinero
How fake gurus turn desperation into a multimillion-dollar business.
A look at miracle courses, instant wealth, financial-freedom theater, and the curious business of selling prosperity to people who must pay first to learn the secret.
Spanish edition · Published
Gente de mierda con excelente autoestima
The problem isn’t loving yourself. It’s loving yourself so much that self-reflection becomes optional.
Ego, zero accountability, and the astonishing confidence of people who leave fires behind them while remaining convinced they are wonderful.
Spanish edition · Free digital edition
Sobreviviendo a mis muertos
Surviving My Dead
You don’t get over your dead. You learn to live with them dead.
A deeply personal book about siblings, a mother, funerals, phone calls, guilt, memory, objects, God, fear, and everything that keeps happening after someone is gone.
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Where should I start?
Not everyone lands on this page looking for the same thing. Sometimes you want to laugh. Sometimes you want to understand what happened to you. Sometimes you arrive because grief rearranged your life.
- If you want to start with my voice and my own story
- Start with Putas historias, putos escritos — or F*cked-Up Stories, Brutally Honest Words if you prefer English. That’s where my own life, relationships, family, loss, bad decisions, good decisions, and the way I learned to look at life all collide.
- If you need to laugh at everyday life
- No estoy loca, estoy rodeada de incompetentes and 100 formas de hacer el ridículo sin perder la dignidad come from two very human pleasures: watching other people create chaos and, with slightly less enthusiasm, recognizing our own.
- If you’re trying to understand someone who left you wondering what the hell happened
- No todos los hijos de puta vienen con advertencia looks at people who hide their intentions well. Gente de mierda con excelente autoestima looks at the ones who genuinely believe they did nothing wrong.
- If gurus, easy money, and internet promises fascinate you
- Los millonarios que necesitan tu dinero looks at the business of selling financial freedom to people who, oddly enough, need to hand over their credit card first.
- If you came here because someone died
- Sobreviviendo a mis muertos — and Surviving My Dead in English — is not a five-step grief guide. It is about what remains: memory, guilt, dates, objects, family, anger, faith, fear, and the strange obligation to keep living.
These books did not all come from the same place
My books resemble each other because I wrote them, but they are not the same story in different clothes. Some look inward: memory, family, loss, relationships, and decisions that only make sense years later.
Others look outward: everyday incompetence, difficult people, fake gurus, ego, and the endless collection of situations that would be far less interesting if humans did not insist on making them complicated.
I have no interest in writing the same book over and over with a new cover. Each one should have a reason to exist.
True stories, not court transcripts
A lot of what I write begins with real experiences: people I knew, conversations, losses, relationships, work, business, family, and things that actually happened.
But writing is not security-camera footage. Memory selects. Narrative organizes. Some people need to remain unnamed. Some stories need distance. And sometimes a personal experience ends up representing something much larger than the moment that started it.
They are books. Not sworn testimony.
Dark humor and serious things
Humor does not make grief smaller, and it does not turn pain into a joke. Sometimes it simply gives you another angle from which to look at it.
You can miss someone and still remember the ridiculous thing they once did. You can talk about a relationship that broke you and, years later, see how absurd parts of it were. Emotions have never had the courtesy to arrive one at a time. My books don’t either.
Formats, languages, and editions
Different titles may be available as Kindle, paperback, hardcover, free digital editions, signed copies, or translated editions.
- Putas historias, putos escritos
SpanishKindlePaperbackHardcover
- F*cked-Up Stories, Brutally Honest Words
EnglishKindlePaperbackHardcover
- No estoy loca, estoy rodeada de incompetentes
SpanishKindlePaperbackHardcover
- No todos los hijos de puta vienen con advertencia
SpanishKindlePaperback
- 100 formas de hacer el ridículo sin perder la dignidad
SpanishKindlePaperbackHardcover
- Los millonarios que necesitan tu dinero
SpanishKindlePaperback
- Gente de mierda con excelente autoestima
SpanishKindlePaperbackHardcover
- Sobreviviendo a mis muertos
SpanishFree digital edition
Readers’ Club
Some books are bought. Others arrive because you decided to stick around.
The Readers’ Club is how I stay in touch with people who actually want to keep reading. I do not send daily emails, and I have no intention of turning your inbox into a sales department.
I write when there is something worth telling: a new book, a review, a project, a story, or an idea that is not ready to become a book but deserves more than a social post.
When a free digital edition or reader gift is active, subscribers can access it from here, including Sobreviviendo a mis muertos when applicable.
Frequently asked questions
- Where can I buy Yenny Astrid Londoño’s books?
- Each individual book page shows its current purchase options. Many titles are available through Amazon, and some can also be purchased directly in Colombia, depending on stock.
- Can I buy signed books in Colombia?
- Yes, when signed copies are available. Titles eligible for a signature or personalized dedication should be clearly marked in the Buy in Colombia section.
- Are any books available in English?
- Yes. Available English editions appear inside the same library with a clear label. As new translations are published, they should be added to the same grid rather than placed in a separate mini-catalog.
- Are any books free?
- Yes, when a promotional digital edition is active. Sobreviviendo a mis muertos has a digital edition for Readers’ Club subscribers.
- Are the books based on real experiences?
- Many of them begin with personal experiences, memories, relationships, loss, work, family, and events from the author’s life, while using the narrative tools each book requires.
- Which book should I read first?
- That depends on what you want: personal memory, everyday humor, difficult relationships, fake gurus, or grief. The Where should I start? section is designed to guide you.
- Are all books available in the same formats?
- No. Kindle, paperback, hardcover, free digital editions, and direct availability in Colombia vary by title. Each book page should show only formats that actually exist.
There are still stories waiting
This library is not finished. That would be worrying. I still have things to write, people to observe, memories to sort through, and a few questions that will probably end up becoming books.
The books you see here are the ones that already made it out of my head. The rest are still waiting their turn.