The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Argentina

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
45 Fictions Jorge Luis Borges 1944 Argentinian Spanish
312 Labyrinths Jorge Luis Borges 1962 Argentinian Spanish
354 Hopscotch Julio Cortazar 1963 Argentinian Spanish
436 El Aleph Jorge Luis Borges 1949 Argentinian Spanish
614 Facundo Domingo Faustino Sarmiento 1845 Argentinian Spanish
930 The Seven Madmen Roberto Arlt 1929 Argentinian Spanish
1135 The Tunnel Ernesto Sábato 1948 Argentinian Spanish
1191 Blow Up And Other Stories Julio Cortazar 1968 Argentinian Spanish
1335 Kiss of the Spider Woman Manuel Puig 1976 Argentinian Spanish
1533 Dreamtigers Jorge Luis Borges 1960 Argentinian Spanish
1727 The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1839 British English
2083 Santa Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez 1995 Argentinian Spanish
2325 The Sixty Five Years Of Washington Juan José Saer 1983 Argentine Spanish
2385 Don Segundo Sombra Ricardo Güiraldes 1926 Argentinian Spanish
2548 Martín Fierro José Hernández 1872 Argentinian Spanish
2599 The Witness Juan José Saer 1983 Argentinian Spanish
3049 Fever Dream Samanta Schweblin 2014 Argentinian Spanish
3080 Los lanzallamas Roberto Arlt 1931 Argentinian Spanish
3156 The Honorary Consul Graham Greene 1973 British English
3432 Betrayed by Rita Hayworth Manuel Puig 1968 Argentinian Spanish
3502 Borges Adolfo Bioy Casares 2006 Argentine Spanish
3638 Trans-Atlantyk Witold Gombrowicz 1953 Polish Polish
3954 Toate Pânzele Sus! Radu Tudoran 1954 Romanian Romanian
4208 Heartbreak Tango Manuel Puig 1969 Argentinian Spanish
4416 Diary Witold Gombrowicz 1986 Polish Polish
4879 Heroes And Tombs Ernesto Sábato 1961 Argentinian Spanish
5619 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5937 Las Poetas Visitan A Andrea Del Sarto Juana Bignozzi 1993 Argentinian Spanish
6400 La Grande Juan José Saer 2012 Argentinian Spanish
6463 Things We Lost In The Fire Mariana Enríquez 2016 Argentinian Spanish
6690 In Patagonia Bruce Chatwin 1977 British English
6714 Diccionario De Autores Latinoamericanos César Aira 2001 Argentinian Spanish
6840 Other Inquisitions Jorge Luis Borges 1952 Argentinian Spanish
7116 Malvinas Requiem Fogwill 1983 Argentine Spanish
7119 The Optic Nerve Maria Gainza 2015 Argentinian Spanish
7186 A Funny Dirty Little War Osvaldo Soriano 1983 Argentinian Spanish
7569 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7654 Tropical Night Falling Manuel Puig 1988 Argentinian Spanish
7700 El vuelo de la reina Tomás Eloy Martínez 1986 Argentinian Spanish
7726 Stupidity Rafael Spregelburd 2007 Argentinian Spanish
8062 Santo Oficio De La Memoria Mempo Giardinelli 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8167 In A State Of Memory Tununa Mercado 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8195 Ghosts César Aira 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8292 Crónica De Un Iniciado Abelardo Castillo 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8426 Un Campeón Desparejo Adolfo Bioy Casares 1993 Argentinian Spanish
8443 Diaries 1959 1971 Alejandra Pizarnik 2003 Argentinian Spanish
8473 Three Novels Witold Gombrowicz 1960 Polish Polish
8501 Shadows Osvaldo Soriano 1993 Argentine Unknown
8605 Hot Moon Mempo Giardinelli 1994 Argentinian Unknown
8689 The One Before Juan José Saer 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8705 The Last Books of Hector Viel Temperley Hector Viel Temperley
 2011 Argentinian Spanish
8789 The Diaries Of Emilio Renzi Ricardo Piglia 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8955 Money To Burn Ricardo Piglia 1997 Argentinian Spanish
9009 A Personal Anthology Jorge Luis Borges 1967 Argentinian Spanish
9047 Death as a Side Effect Ana María Shua 1997 Argentinian Spanish
9069 Son Memorias Tulio Halperin Donghi 2008 Argentinian Spanish
9227 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9231 El Traductor Salvador Benesdra 1998 Argentinian Spanish
9732 Una Novela China César Aira 2001 Argentinian Spanish
9913 The Past Alan Pauls 2003 Argentinian Spanish
10092 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10194 Che Guevara Jon Lee Anderson 1997 American English
10454 Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A Number Jacobo Timerman 1981 Argentinian Spanish
10574 The Censors Luisa Valenzuela 1976 Argentinian Spanish
10841 The Story Of The Night Colm Toibin 1996 Irish English
11015 Birthday César Aira 2019 Argentinian Spanish
11016 La Sexta Lámpara Pablo de Santis 2008 Argentinian Spanish
11068 The Thatcher Decade Peter Riddell 1989 British English
11302 The Adventures Of China Iron Gabriela Cabezón Cámara 2017 Argentinian Spanish
11366 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11613 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11861 Swimming To Antarctica Lynne Cox 1994 American English
12251 The Endurance Caroline Alexander 1998 Unknown English
12750 La Llamada Leila Guerriero Argentinian Spanish
13006 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
13154 Southernmost Leo Boix 2025 British English
14499 The Trial Of Henry Kissinger Christopher Hitchens 2001 British English
14624 The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1916 Spanish Spanish
14956 Vol De Nuit Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1931 French French
15721 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
15916 Tschiffely's Ride A. F. Tschiffely 1933 British English
15916 People In The Room Norah Lange 1950 Argentine Spanish
16606 Zama Antonio di Benedetto 1956 Argentinian Spanish
16639 Borges On Writing Jorge Luis Borges 1973 Argentinian Spanish
17163 Las Malas Camila Sosa Villada 2019 Argentinian Spanish
17163 Hunger Martin Caparros 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17163 The 4 Hour Work Week Timothy Ferriss 2007 American English
16984 El Eternauta H. G. Oesterheld 1957 Argentinian Spanish
16867 Eternaut 1969 (The Alberto Breccia Library) H. G. Oesterheld, Alberto Breccia 1969 Argentinian Spanish
17163 The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed Mariana Enríquez 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17163 Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore 2013 British English
17163 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17163 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17163 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17163 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17163 Elena Knows Claudia Piñeiro 2007 Argentinian Spanish
17163 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17163 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17163 Bestiario Julio Cortazar 1994 Argentinian Spanish
17163 Soccer In Sun And Shadow Eduardo Galeano 1995 Uruguayan Spanish
17163 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17163 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17061 Inquisiciones Jorge Luis Borges 1925 Argentinian Spanish
17163 The Book Of Sand And Shakespeare's Memory Jorge Luis Borges 1977 Argentinian Spanish
17163 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17163 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17163 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17077 Candide And Other Stories Voltaire 1759 French French
17163 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17163 Eichmann Before Jerusalem Bettina Stangneth 2011 German German
17163 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17163 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17163 January Sara Gallardo 2023 Argentine Spanish
17163 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17163 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17163 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17163 The Four Hour Body Tim Ferriss 2010 American English
17163 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17163 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17163 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English