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Best Latin American Books of All Time

Latin America has been the cradle of some of the best literary works because of its harsh reality and rich culture. Here are some of the best novels and short stories (as well as some essays and poems) from Latin American authors.
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100 Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez)
100 Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcí­A Márquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
No One Writes to the Colonel
3
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
4
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
5
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero
6
The Feast of the Goat (Mario Vargas Llosa, Trans. Edith Grossman)
The Feast of the Goat
7
Mario Vargas Llosa, Trans. Edith Grossman
The Bad Girl
The Bad Girl
8
Notes on the Death of Culture (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Notes on the Death of Culture
9
Mario Vargas Llosa
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
10
Julio Cortázar
Bestiario
Bestiario
11
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
12
Juan Rulfo
The Burning Plain (Juan Rulfo)
The Burning Plain
13
Juan Rulfo
City of Beasts by Isabel Allende
City of Beasts by Isabel Allende
14
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon
15
Forest of the Pygmies (Isabel Allende)
Forest of the Pygmies
16
Isabel Allende
No Man's Land (Juan Carlos Onetti)
No Man's Land
17
Juan Carlos Onetti
The Short Life (Juan Carlos Onetti)
The Short Life
18
Juan Carlos Onetti
Let the Wind Speak (Juan Carlos Onetti)
Let the Wind Speak
19
Juan Carlos Onetti
Fictions (Jorge Luis Borges)
Fictions
20
Jorge Luis Borges
Book of Sand & Shakespeare's Memory (Jorge Luis Borges)
Book of Sand & Shakespeare's Memory
21
Jorge Luis Borges
Dreamtigers
Dreamtigers
22
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories
23
Jorge Luis Borges
Book of Dreams (Jorge Luis Borges)
Book of Dreams
24
Jorge Luis Borges
Captains of the Sands (Jorge Amado)
Captains of the Sands
25
Jorge Amado
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
26
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (Jorge Amado)
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
27
Jorge Amado
The President
The President
28
Men of Maize
Men of Maize
29
The Labyrinth of Solitude
The Labyrinth of Solitude
30
Sunstone (Octavio Paz)
Sunstone
31
Octavio Paz
2666 (Roberto Bolano)
2666
32
Roberto Bolano
The Savage Detectives (Roberto Bolano)
The Savage Detectives
33
Roberto Bolano
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