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
1728 The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1839 British English
2082 Santa Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez 1995 Argentinian Spanish
2323 The Sixty Five Years Of Washington Juan José Saer 1983 Argentine Spanish
2383 Don Segundo Sombra Ricardo Güiraldes 1926 Argentinian Spanish
2545 Martín Fierro José Hernández 1872 Argentinian Spanish
2598 The Witness Juan José Saer 1983 Argentinian Spanish
3046 Fever Dream Samanta Schweblin 2014 Argentinian Spanish
3078 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
3953 Toate Pânzele Sus! Radu Tudoran 1954 Romanian Romanian
4207 Heartbreak Tango Manuel Puig 1969 Argentinian Spanish
4415 Diary Witold Gombrowicz 1986 Polish Polish
4877 Heroes And Tombs Ernesto Sábato 1961 Argentinian Spanish
5616 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
5933 Las Poetas Visitan A Andrea Del Sarto Juana Bignozzi 1993 Argentinian Spanish
6397 La Grande Juan José Saer 2012 Argentinian Spanish
6461 Things We Lost In The Fire Mariana Enríquez 2016 Argentinian Spanish
6689 In Patagonia Bruce Chatwin 1977 British English
6713 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
7185 A Funny Dirty Little War Osvaldo Soriano 1983 Argentinian Spanish
7568 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7653 Tropical Night Falling Manuel Puig 1988 Argentinian Spanish
7699 El vuelo de la reina Tomás Eloy Martínez 1986 Argentinian Spanish
7724 Stupidity Rafael Spregelburd 2007 Argentinian Spanish
8061 Santo Oficio De La Memoria Mempo Giardinelli 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8165 In A State Of Memory Tununa Mercado 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8193 Ghosts César Aira 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8290 Crónica De Un Iniciado Abelardo Castillo 1991 Argentinian Spanish
8422 Un Campeón Desparejo Adolfo Bioy Casares 1993 Argentinian Spanish
8439 Diaries 1959 1971 Alejandra Pizarnik 2003 Argentinian Spanish
8468 Three Novels Witold Gombrowicz 1960 Polish Polish
8496 Shadows Osvaldo Soriano 1993 Argentine Unknown
8601 Hot Moon Mempo Giardinelli 1994 Argentinian Unknown
8685 The One Before Juan José Saer 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8701 The Last Books of Hector Viel Temperley Hector Viel Temperley
 2011 Argentinian Spanish
8784 The Diaries Of Emilio Renzi Ricardo Piglia 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8951 Money To Burn Ricardo Piglia 1997 Argentinian Spanish
9005 A Personal Anthology Jorge Luis Borges 1967 Argentinian Spanish
9043 Death as a Side Effect Ana María Shua 1997 Argentinian Spanish
9064 Son Memorias Tulio Halperin Donghi 2008 Argentinian Spanish
9223 Poems Jorge Luis Borges 2010 Argentinian Spanish
9227 El Traductor Salvador Benesdra 1998 Argentinian Spanish
9728 Una Novela China César Aira 2001 Argentinian Spanish
9909 The Past Alan Pauls 2003 Argentinian Spanish
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10188 Che Guevara Jon Lee Anderson 1997 American English
10448 Prisoner Without A Name, Cell Without A Number Jacobo Timerman 1981 Argentinian Spanish
10567 The Censors Luisa Valenzuela 1976 Argentinian Spanish
10835 The Story Of The Night Colm Toibin 1996 Irish English
11008 Birthday César Aira 2019 Argentinian Spanish
11009 La Sexta Lámpara Pablo de Santis 2008 Argentinian Spanish
11061 The Thatcher Decade Peter Riddell 1989 British English
11295 The Adventures Of China Iron Gabriela Cabezón Cámara 2017 Argentinian Spanish
11360 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11859 Swimming To Antarctica Lynne Cox 1994 American English
12250 The Endurance Caroline Alexander 1998 Unknown English
12748 La Llamada Leila Guerriero Argentinian Spanish
13003 Thus Were Their Faces Silvina Ocampo 1988 Argentinian Spanish
13151 Southernmost Leo Boix 2025 British English
14498 The Trial Of Henry Kissinger Christopher Hitchens 2001 British English
14623 The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1916 Spanish Spanish
14954 Vol De Nuit Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1931 French French
15713 What The River Knows Isabel Ibañez 2023 Unknown English
15897 Tschiffely's Ride A. F. Tschiffely 1933 British English
15897 People In The Room Norah Lange 1950 Argentine Spanish
16572 Zama Antonio di Benedetto 1956 Argentinian Spanish
16606 Borges On Writing Jorge Luis Borges 1973 Argentinian Spanish
17117 Las Malas Camila Sosa Villada 2019 Argentinian Spanish
17117 Hunger Martin Caparros 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The 4 Hour Work Week Timothy Ferriss 2007 American English
16939 El Eternauta H. G. Oesterheld 1957 Argentinian Spanish
16822 Eternaut 1969 (The Alberto Breccia Library) H. G. Oesterheld, Alberto Breccia 1969 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed Mariana Enríquez 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17117 Margaret Thatcher Charles Moore 2013 British English
17117 The Endtimes Of Human Rights Stephen Hopgood 2013 British English
17117 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17117 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17117 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17117 Elena Knows Claudia Piñeiro 2007 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17117 Bestiario Julio Cortazar 1994 Argentinian Spanish
17117 Soccer In Sun And Shadow Eduardo Galeano 1995 Uruguayan Spanish
17117 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17117 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17009 Inquisiciones Jorge Luis Borges 1925 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Book Of Sand And Shakespeare's Memory Jorge Luis Borges 1977 Argentinian Spanish
17117 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17117 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17117 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17044 Candide And Other Stories Voltaire 1759 French French
17117 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17117 Eichmann Before Jerusalem Bettina Stangneth 2011 German German
17117 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17117 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17117 January Sara Gallardo 2023 Argentine Spanish
17117 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17117 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17117 Mouthful Of Birds Samanta Schweblin 2009 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Four Hour Body Tim Ferriss 2010 American English
17117 Tim Ferriss the four hour workweek 2007 Unknown English
17117 El Nervio óptico Maria Gainza 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17117 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English