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Good Reading Guide: World Fiction

This list comes from the special 2007 Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide for fiction from around the world, edited by Vincent Cassar and Nik Kalinowski. All of the titles in bold are included here.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
1
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
2
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The General in His Labyrinth (Marquez)
The General in His Labyrinth
3
Marquez
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
4
Isabel Allende
Daughter of Fortune (Isabel Allende)
Daughter of Fortune
5
Isabel Allende
Portrait in Sepia (Isabelle Allende)
Portrait in Sepia
6
Isabelle Allende
Of Love and Shadows (Isabel Allende)
Of Love and Shadows
7
Isabel Allende
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (Louis De Bernieres)
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
8
Louis De Bernieres
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (Louis De Bernières)
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord
9
Louis De Bernières
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman
10
Journey Through the Wilderness (Moris Farhi)
Journey Through the Wilderness
11
Moris Farhi
Nostromo (Joseph Conrad)
Nostromo
12
Joseph Conrad
The Dark Bride (Laura Restrepo)
The Dark Bride
13
Laura Restrepo
Rosario Tijeras (Jorge Franco)
Rosario Tijeras
14
Jorge Franco
By Night in Chile (Roberto Bolano)
By Night in Chile
15
Roberto Bolano
The Mermaid and the Drunks (Ben Richards)
The Mermaid and the Drunks
16
Ben Richards
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch (Anne Enright)
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch
17
Anne Enright
Eva Luna (Isabel Allende)
Eva Luna
18
Isabel Allende
Keepers of the House (Lisa St. Aubin De Teran)
Keepers of the House
19
Lisa St. Aubin De Teran
The Shipyard
The Shipyard
20
The City of Your Final Destination (Peter Cameron)
The City of Your Final Destination
21
Peter Cameron
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories (Luis Sepulveda)
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
22
Luis Sepulveda
Indecision (Benjamin Kunkel)
Indecision
23
Benjamin Kunkel
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
24
Jorge Luis Borges
The Tango Singer (Tomas Eloy Martinez)
The Tango Singer
25
Tomas Eloy Martinez
The Peron Novel (Tomas Eloy Martinez)
The Peron Novel
26
Tomas Eloy Martinez
Santa Evita - Tomás Eloy Martínez
Santa Evita - Tomás Eloy Martínez
27
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Manuel Puig)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
28
Manuel Puig
The Hare (Cesar Aira)
The Hare
29
Cesar Aira
Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
30
Julio Cortazar
The Story of the Night (Colm Toibin)
The Story of the Night
31
Colm Toibin
The Buenos Aires Quintet (Manuel Vazquez Montalban)
The Buenos Aires Quintet
32
Manuel Vazquez Montalban
The Seven Madmen (Roberto Arlt)
The Seven Madmen
33
Roberto Arlt
Open Door (Luisa Valenzuela)
Open Door
34
Luisa Valenzuela
The Invention of Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
The Invention of Morel
35
Adolfo Bioy Casares
The Moldavian Pimp (Edgardo Cozarinsky)
The Moldavian Pimp
36
Edgardo Cozarinsky
The Honorary Consul
The Honorary Consul
37
City of God (Paulo Lins)
City of God
38
Paulo Lins
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands by Jorge Amado
39
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (Jorge Amado)
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
40
Jorge Amado
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