Best South American Books

1.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,962 ratings
2.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,577 ratings
3.
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon 4.15 avg rating — 9,313 ratings
3.
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas 4.26 avg rating — 36,384 ratings
5.
The Invention of Morel
The Invention of Morel 3.97 avg rating — 31,641 ratings
6.
Conversation in the Cathedral
Conversation in the Cathedral 4.38 avg rating — 11,135 ratings
7.
Dom Casmurro
Dom Casmurro 4.32 avg rating — 36,381 ratings
7.
The Thinking-About-Gladys Machine
The Thinking-About-Gladys Machine 4.14 avg rating — 65 ratings
9.
Captains of the Sands
Captains of the Sands 4.37 avg rating — 29,598 ratings
9.
Fever Dream
Fever Dream 3.72 avg rating — 48,068 ratings
11.
Barren Lives
Barren Lives 4.23 avg rating — 18,253 ratings
12.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.36 avg rating — 3,901 ratings
13.
Rebellion in the Backlands
Rebellion in the Backlands 3.95 avg rating — 1,155 ratings
14.
The Slum
The Slum 3.91 avg rating — 15,546 ratings
15.
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell
The Two Deaths of Quincas Wateryell 3.82 avg rating — 7,150 ratings
16.
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands
The Devil to Pay in the Backlands 4.62 avg rating — 6,057 ratings
17.
Macunaima
Macunaima 3.58 avg rating — 5,632 ratings
18.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,259 ratings
19.
Collected Fictions
Collected Fictions 4.56 avg rating — 25,156 ratings
20.
The Tango Singer
The Tango Singer 3.53 avg rating — 875 ratings
21.
Hopscotch
Hopscotch 4.20 avg rating — 47,312 ratings
22.
The Seven Madmen
The Seven Madmen 3.89 avg rating — 4,958 ratings
23.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire 4.05 avg rating — 55,312 ratings
24.
The Divorce
The Divorce 3.82 avg rating — 797 ratings
25.
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter 3.87 avg rating — 4,177 ratings
26.
The Tunnel
The Tunnel 4.02 avg rating — 88,885 ratings
27.
On Heroes and Tombs
On Heroes and Tombs 4.27 avg rating — 13,733 ratings
28.
The Sound of Things Falling
The Sound of Things Falling 3.84 avg rating — 20,628 ratings
29.
Delirium
Delirium 3.95 avg rating — 11,191 ratings
30.
Oblivion: A Memoir
Oblivion: A Memoir 4.39 avg rating — 21,269 ratings
31.
Our Lady of the Assassins
Our Lady of the Assassins 3.71 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
32.
Opio en las nubes
Opio en las nubes 3.76 avg rating — 2,826 ratings
33.
The Divine Boys
The Divine Boys 3.81 avg rating — 2,654 ratings
34.
Satanás
Satanás 4.21 avg rating — 8,760 ratings
35.
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time 3.85 avg rating — 20,593 ratings
36.
Death in the Andes
Death in the Andes 3.71 avg rating — 9,139 ratings
37.
The Conquest of the Incas
The Conquest of the Incas 4.12 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
38.
The Last Days of the Incas
The Last Days of the Incas 4.20 avg rating — 6,886 ratings
39.
Los perros hambrientos
Los perros hambrientos 3.96 avg rating — 630 ratings
40.
Trilce
Trilce 4.24 avg rating — 1,505 ratings
41.
Huasipungo
Huasipungo 3.72 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
42.
Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle
Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle 3.92 avg rating — 527 ratings
43.
The Boy on the Back of the Turtle: Seeking God, Quince Marmalade, and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin's Islands
The Boy on the Back of the Turtle: Seeking God, Quince Marmalade, and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin's Islands 3.52 avg rating — 84 ratings
44.
Poso Wells
Poso Wells 3.49 avg rating — 512 ratings
45.
Bruna and Her Sisters in the Sleeping City
Bruna and Her Sisters in the Sleeping City 3.57 avg rating — 86 ratings
46.
It Would Be Night in Caracas
It Would Be Night in Caracas 3.71 avg rating — 7,568 ratings
47.
The Sickness
The Sickness 3.75 avg rating — 746 ratings
48.
Bolívar: American Liberator
Bolívar: American Liberator 4.20 avg rating — 3,476 ratings
49.
Casas muertas (Casas muertas #1)
Casas muertas (Casas muertas #1) 3.98 avg rating — 1,311 ratings
50.
Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela
Comandante: Hugo Chávez's Venezuela 3.89 avg rating — 618 ratings
51.
Las memorias de Mamá Blanca
Las memorias de Mamá Blanca 3.78 avg rating — 714 ratings
52.
Doña Inés vs. Oblivion: A Novel
Doña Inés vs. Oblivion: A Novel 3.47 avg rating — 73 ratings
53.
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon 3.90 avg rating — 106,821 ratings
54.
Norte
Norte 3.67 avg rating — 242 ratings
55.
The Sly Company of People Who Care
The Sly Company of People Who Care 3.21 avg rating — 599 ratings
56.
The Ventriloquist's Tale
The Ventriloquist's Tale 3.53 avg rating — 539 ratings
57.
Palace of the Peacock
Palace of the Peacock 3.44 avg rating — 551 ratings
58.
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple 4.16 avg rating — 18,737 ratings
59.
Of Marriageable Age
Of Marriageable Age 4.19 avg rating — 2,667 ratings
60.
The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q
The Small Fortune of Dorothea Q 4.23 avg rating — 559 ratings
61.
Buxton Spice
Buxton Spice 3.20 avg rating — 241 ratings
62.
La tregua
La tregua 4.17 avg rating — 39,877 ratings
63.
A Brief Life
A Brief Life 3.79 avg rating — 1,144 ratings
64.
Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte
Cuentos de amor, de locura y de muerte 3.99 avg rating — 19,366 ratings
65.
The Book of Embraces
The Book of Embraces 4.34 avg rating — 10,984 ratings
66.
The Gods of Tango
The Gods of Tango 4.07 avg rating — 2,818 ratings
67.
Crocodile Tears
Crocodile Tears 3.47 avg rating — 206 ratings
68.
I the Supreme
I the Supreme 3.89 avg rating — 935 ratings
69.
The News from Paraguay
The News from Paraguay
by: Lily Tuck
3.06 avg rating — 2,441 ratings
70.
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
Ada's Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay 4.38 avg rating — 2,115 ratings
71.
Invisible Country
Invisible Country 3.51 avg rating — 84 ratings
72.
Travels with My Aunt
Travels with My Aunt 3.80 avg rating — 16,567 ratings
73.
The Drunken Forest
The Drunken Forest 4.19 avg rating — 2,045 ratings
74.
Calumnia: La historia de Elisa Lynch y la Guerra de la Triple Alianza
Calumnia: La historia de Elisa Lynch y la Guerra de la Triple Alianza 4.31 avg rating — 39 ratings
75.
Hoe duur was de suiker?
Hoe duur was de suiker? 3.74 avg rating — 1,864 ratings
76.
Wij slaven van Suriname
Wij slaven van Suriname 4.30 avg rating — 2,739 ratings
77.
The Free Negress Elisabeth
The Free Negress Elisabeth 3.94 avg rating — 155 ratings
78.
De koningin van Paramaribo : Kroniek van Maxi Linder
De koningin van Paramaribo : Kroniek van Maxi Linder 3.65 avg rating — 423 ratings
79.
Oroonoko
Oroonoko 3.01 avg rating — 16,384 ratings
80.
Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge
Wild Coast: Travels on South America's Untamed Edge 3.88 avg rating — 718 ratings
81.
The Boy Between Worlds
The Boy Between Worlds 3.93 avg rating — 12,760 ratings
82.
Papillon
Papillon 4.23 avg rating — 74,111 ratings
83.
The Jungle and the Damned
The Jungle and the Damned 3.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
84.
The Governor's Daughter
The Governor's Daughter 3.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
85.
Black Label: Poèmes
Black Label: Poèmes 3.94 avg rating — 52 ratings
86.
Batouala
Batouala 3.33 avg rating — 233 ratings
87.
Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French Guiana
Empire and Underworld: Captivity in French Guiana 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
88.
Little Black Lies
Little Black Lies 3.97 avg rating — 12,474 ratings
89.
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World
Bleaker House: Chasing My Novel to the End of the World 3.41 avg rating — 1,736 ratings
90.
Erebus: The Story of a Ship
Erebus: The Story of a Ship 4.28 avg rating — 10,834 ratings
91.
A Falkland Islander Till I Die
A Falkland Islander Till I Die 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
92.
Dangerous Girls
Dangerous Girls 4.07 avg rating — 25,422 ratings
93.
Dancer from the Dance
Dancer from the Dance 3.98 avg rating — 10,104 ratings
94.
Nights in Aruba
Nights in Aruba 3.68 avg rating — 432 ratings
95.
An Island Away
An Island Away 3.68 avg rating — 181 ratings
96.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating — 21,971 ratings
97.
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle
The White Woman on the Green Bicycle 3.47 avg rating — 3,396 ratings
98.
Golden Child
Golden Child 3.45 avg rating — 8,596 ratings
99.
Miguel Street
Miguel Street 3.95 avg rating — 5,158 ratings
100.
Love After Love
Love After Love 4.05 avg rating — 12,554 ratings
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