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Here's the list of the 200 most important books written by authors from different North, Central and South American countries.
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Hopscotch (Julio Cortazar)
Hopscotch
81
Julio Cortazar
The House of the Spirits (Isabel Allende)
The House of the Spirits
82
Isabel Allende
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
83
Sandra Cisneros
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (Julia Alvarez)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
84
Julia Alvarez
I Am the Cheese
I Am the Cheese
85
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
86
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
87
Maya Angelou
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
88
Isaac Asimov
I, the Supreme (Augusto Roa Bastos)
I, the Supreme
89
Augusto Roa Bastos
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
90
Ralph Ellison
It Can't Happen Here (Sinclair Lewis)
It Can't Happen Here
91
Sinclair Lewis
Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Richard Bach)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
92
Richard Bach
The Jungle (Upton Sinclair)
The Jungle
93
Upton Sinclair
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved (Hunter S Thompson)
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
94
Hunter S Thompson
Kiss of the Spider Woman (Manuel Puig)
Kiss of the Spider Woman
95
Manuel Puig
The Labyrinth of Solitude (Octavio Paz)
The Labyrinth of Solitude
96
Octavio Paz
The Last of the Mohicans (James Fenimore Cooper)
The Last of the Mohicans
97
James Fenimore Cooper
Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman)
Leaves of Grass
98
Walt Whitman
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
99
Washington Irving
The Library of Babel (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Library of Babel
100
Jorge Luis Borges
Light in August (William Faulkner)
Light in August
101
William Faulkner
The Light in the Forest (Conrad Richter)
The Light in the Forest
102
Conrad Richter
Like Water for Chocolate (Laura Esquivel)
Like Water for Chocolate
103
Laura Esquivel
The Line of the Sun
The Line of the Sun
104
La Invención De Morel (Adolfo Bioy Casares)
La Invención De Morel
105
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
106
Louisa May Alcott
Longfellow's Complete Poems (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Longfellow's Complete Poems
107
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
108
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Love of Life (Jack London)
Love of Life
109
Jack London
Main Street (Sinclair Lewis)
Main Street
110
Sinclair Lewis
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
111
Manhattan Transfer (John Dos Passos)
Manhattan Transfer
112
John Dos Passos
Manuscript Found in a Bottle
Manuscript Found in a Bottle
113
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
114
Ray Bradbury
Martin Eden (Jack London)
Martin Eden
115
Jack London
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
116
Arthur Golden
Misery (Stephen King)
Misery
117
Stephen King
Moby-Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby-Dick
118
Herman Melville
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
119
Robert A. Heinlein
A Moveable Feast (Ernest Hemingway)
A Moveable Feast
120
Ernest Hemingway
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