Gabriel García Márquez’s Formative Reading List

1.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,599 ratings
2.
The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne, #4)
The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne, #4) 3.99 avg rating — 66,594 ratings
3.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,346 ratings
4.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,273 ratings
5.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,475 ratings
6.
The Wild Palms
The Wild Palms 3.86 avg rating — 5,693 ratings
7.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,009 ratings
8.
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables 3.45 avg rating — 42,104 ratings
9.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,366 ratings
10.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,802 ratings
11.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,124 ratings
12.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,396 ratings
13.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,464 ratings
14.
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating — 46,744 ratings
15.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.29 avg rating — 37,556 ratings
16.
Point Counter Point
Point Counter Point 3.87 avg rating — 12,093 ratings
17.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,025 ratings
18.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,606 ratings
19.
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road 3.71 avg rating — 15,712 ratings
20.
Stories
Stories 4.18 avg rating — 890 ratings
21.
Manhattan Transfer
Manhattan Transfer 3.64 avg rating — 7,032 ratings
22.
Portrait of Jennie
Portrait of Jennie 4.02 avg rating — 1,335 ratings
23.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,449 ratings
24.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,960 ratings