Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Latin American Books

1.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,996 ratings
2.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,619 ratings
3.
The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives 4.17 avg rating — 50,130 ratings
4.
Hopscotch
Hopscotch 4.20 avg rating — 47,314 ratings
5.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,464 ratings
6.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,520 ratings
7.
Signs Preceding the End of the World
Signs Preceding the End of the World 3.89 avg rating — 15,404 ratings
8.
The Feast of the Goat
The Feast of the Goat 4.34 avg rating — 40,755 ratings
9.
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star 4.11 avg rating — 48,399 ratings
10.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,697 ratings
11.
Faces in the Crowd
Faces in the Crowd 3.58 avg rating — 6,742 ratings
12.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Down the Rabbit Hole 3.78 avg rating — 7,155 ratings
13.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Kiss of the Spider Woman 4.02 avg rating — 21,118 ratings
14.
The Invention of Morel
The Invention of Morel 3.98 avg rating — 31,642 ratings
15.
The President
The President 3.97 avg rating — 6,420 ratings
16.
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands 4.03 avg rating — 9,152 ratings
17.
Distant Star
Distant Star 3.92 avg rating — 13,897 ratings
18.
The Japanese Lover
The Japanese Lover 3.88 avg rating — 93,825 ratings
19.
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings
The Labyrinth of Solitude and Other Writings 4.10 avg rating — 14,441 ratings
20.
This Is How You Lose Her
This Is How You Lose Her 3.74 avg rating — 99,565 ratings
21.
The Story of My Teeth
The Story of My Teeth 3.48 avg rating — 9,508 ratings
22.
Thus Were Their Faces
Thus Were Their Faces 3.89 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
22.
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair
Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair 4.20 avg rating — 79,715 ratings
24.
Blow-Up and Other Stories
Blow-Up and Other Stories 4.20 avg rating — 7,837 ratings
25.
Captains of the Sands
Captains of the Sands 4.37 avg rating — 29,600 ratings
26.
Daughter of Fortune
Daughter of Fortune 3.94 avg rating — 138,055 ratings
27.
The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World 3.78 avg rating — 7,900 ratings
28.
The Postman
The Postman 3.65 avg rating — 19,080 ratings
29.
The Sound of Things Falling
The Sound of Things Falling 3.84 avg rating — 20,628 ratings
30.
By Night in Chile
By Night in Chile 3.90 avg rating — 16,026 ratings
31.
Aura
Aura 3.82 avg rating — 41,022 ratings
32.
A Thousand Forests in One Acorn: An Anthology of Spanish-Language Fiction
A Thousand Forests in One Acorn: An Anthology of Spanish-Language Fiction 4.39 avg rating — 41 ratings
33.
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service 3.97 avg rating — 12,551 ratings
34.
Dreaming in Cuban
Dreaming in Cuban 3.68 avg rating — 12,207 ratings
35.
Three Novels: Ghosts, An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter, The Literary Conference
Three Novels: Ghosts, An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter, The Literary Conference 3.73 avg rating — 124 ratings
36.
Talking to Ourselves
Talking to Ourselves 3.91 avg rating — 1,974 ratings
37.
One Out of Two
One Out of Two 3.34 avg rating — 475 ratings
38.
The Blue Line
The Blue Line 3.60 avg rating — 653 ratings
38.
The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher 3.32 avg rating — 630 ratings
40.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.36 avg rating — 3,901 ratings
41.
Super Extra Grande
Super Extra Grande
by: Yoss
3.18 avg rating — 873 ratings
42.
The Private Lives of Trees
The Private Lives of Trees 3.74 avg rating — 10,815 ratings
43.
The Uncomfortable Dead
The Uncomfortable Dead 3.76 avg rating — 609 ratings
44.
Thursday Night Widows
Thursday Night Widows 3.59 avg rating — 6,644 ratings
45.
The Musical Brain: And Other Stories
The Musical Brain: And Other Stories 3.91 avg rating — 750 ratings
46.
The Villagers
The Villagers 3.72 avg rating — 1,258 ratings
47.
The Literary Conference
The Literary Conference 3.59 avg rating — 2,367 ratings
47.
Lucia Zarate
Lucia Zarate 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
49.
A Crack in the Wall
A Crack in the Wall 3.56 avg rating — 1,800 ratings
50.
A Legend of the Future
A Legend of the Future 3.53 avg rating — 172 ratings
50.
Camanchaca
Camanchaca 3.54 avg rating — 804 ratings
52.
Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems
Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems 4.27 avg rating — 233 ratings
53.
All Yours
All Yours 3.77 avg rating — 10,969 ratings
54.
Bad Vibes
Bad Vibes 3.33 avg rating — 2,473 ratings
55.
Before
Before 3.50 avg rating — 423 ratings
56.
Before Night Falls
Before Night Falls 4.21 avg rating — 7,135 ratings
57.
Betty Boo
Betty Boo 3.89 avg rating — 2,810 ratings
58.
Birds in the Mouth
Birds in the Mouth 3.72 avg rating — 14,865 ratings
59.
Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings--An Anthology
Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings--An Anthology 4.39 avg rating — 326 ratings
59.
Ways of Going Home
Ways of Going Home 3.94 avg rating — 12,788 ratings
61.
With My Dog Eyes
With My Dog Eyes 3.77 avg rating — 751 ratings
62.
Cecilia Valdés, or, El Angel Hill
Cecilia ValdĂ©s, or, El Angel Hill 3.83 avg rating — 389 ratings
63.
Crimes of August
Crimes of August 4.04 avg rating — 1,782 ratings
64.
Delirium
Delirium 3.95 avg rating — 11,192 ratings
65.
Encyclopedia of a Life in Russia
Encyclopedia of a Life in Russia 3.06 avg rating — 31 ratings
66.
Everyone Leaves
Everyone Leaves 3.67 avg rating — 977 ratings
67.
Family Ties
Family Ties 4.01 avg rating — 4,809 ratings
68.
General Sun, My Brother
General Sun, My Brother 4.21 avg rating — 135 ratings
69.
Good Offices
Good Offices 3.61 avg rating — 132 ratings
70.
Leopard in the Sun
Leopard in the Sun 3.84 avg rating — 903 ratings
71.
Loquela
Loquela 3.18 avg rating — 128 ratings
72.
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy 3.95 avg rating — 679 ratings
73.
Madwomen: Poems of Gabriela Mistral
Madwomen: Poems of Gabriela Mistral 3.91 avg rating — 558 ratings
74.
Massacre River
Massacre River 3.78 avg rating — 102 ratings
75.
Masters of the Dew
Masters of the Dew 3.93 avg rating — 1,105 ratings
76.
Memory
Memory really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings
77.
My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain
My Fathers' Ghost Is Climbing in the Rain 3.45 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
78.
Near to the Wild Heart
Near to the Wild Heart 4.02 avg rating — 15,028 ratings
79.
Ophelias/Ofelias
Ophelias/Ofelias
by: Aida Bahr
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
80.
Pedro PĂĄramo de Juan Rulfo: Murmullos, susurros y silencios
Pedro Páramo de Juan Rulfo: Murmullos, susurros y silencios 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
81.
Rage
Rage 4.08 avg rating — 3,278 ratings
82.
Residence on Earth
Residence on Earth 4.32 avg rating — 4,225 ratings
83.
Rilke shake
Rilke shake 3.84 avg rating — 241 ratings
84.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,326 ratings
85.
The Antiquarian
The Antiquarian 3.23 avg rating — 771 ratings
86.
The Best of Spanish Steampunk
The Best of Spanish Steampunk 3.81 avg rating — 26 ratings
87.
The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems
The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems 4.58 avg rating — 38 ratings
88.
The Body Where I Was Born
The Body Where I Was Born 3.86 avg rating — 5,719 ratings
89.
The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories
The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories 3.48 avg rating — 432 ratings
90.
The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry: An Anthology
The FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Latin American Poetry: An Anthology 4.29 avg rating — 83 ratings
91.
The House of Memory: Stories by Jewish Women Writers of Latin America (The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish Women's Series)
The House of Memory: Stories by Jewish Women Writers of Latin America (The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish Women's Series) 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
92.
The Inhabited Woman
The Inhabited Woman 4.21 avg rating — 6,943 ratings
93.
The Law of Love
The Law of Love 3.58 avg rating — 3,974 ratings
94.
The Man Who Loved Dogs
The Man Who Loved Dogs 4.47 avg rating — 11,676 ratings
95.
The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra
The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra 3.86 avg rating — 3,954 ratings
96.
The Old Gringo
The Old Gringo 3.53 avg rating — 3,830 ratings
97.
The School of Solitude: Collected Poems
The School of Solitude: Collected Poems 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
98.
The Shadow of What We Were
The Shadow of What We Were 3.71 avg rating — 1,272 ratings
99.
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom
The Surrender Tree: Poems of Cuba's Struggle for Freedom 3.95 avg rating — 2,917 ratings
100.
The Things We Don't Do
The Things We Don't Do 3.80 avg rating — 522 ratings
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