The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Chile

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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
291 The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende 1982 Chilean Spanish
608 Canto General Pablo Neruda 1950 Chilean Spanish
1171 Residence on Earth Pablo Neruda 1933 Chilean Spanish
1728 The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1839 British English
1780 Poems of Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda 1970 Chilean Spanish
3050 By Night in Chile Roberto Bolaño 2000 Chilean Spanish
3421 The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein 2007 Canadian English
3942 Of Love and Shadows Isabel Allende 1984 Chilean Spanish
4399 The Obscene Bird Of Night José Donoso 1970 Chilean Spanish
4452 Zurita Raul Zurita 1979 Chilean Spanish
5860 Twenty Love Poems And A Song Of Despair Pablo Neruda 1924 Chilean Spanish
6146 My Tender Matador Pedro Lemebel 2001 Chilean Spanish
6263 Burning Patience Antonio Skármeta 1985 Chilean Spanish
6379 A Voyage Round The World Georg Forster 1777 German German
6459 Never Did The Fire Diamela Eltit 2022 Chilean Spanish
6689 In Patagonia Bruce Chatwin 1977 British English
6857 Hell Has No Limits José Donoso 1965 Chilean Spanish
7140 E. Luminata Diamela Eltit 1983 Chilean Spanish
7158 The Wager David Grann 2023 American English
7939 The Fourth World Diamela Eltit 1988 Chilean Spanish
8008 100 Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda 1959 Chilean Spanish
8105 New Islands And Other Stories María Luisa Bombal 1939 Chilean Spanish
8489 Paula Isabel Allende 1994 Chilean Spanish
8625 Custody Of The Eyes Diamela Eltit 1994 Chilean Spanish
8651 El Hermano Asno Eduardo Barrios 1922 Chilean Spanish
8843 Seeing Red Lina Meruane 2012 Chilean Spanish
9149 La Brecha Mercedes Valdivieso 1961 Chilean Spanish
9832 Fully Empowered Pablo Neruda 1975 Chilean Spanish
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10093 Deep Down Dark Héctor Tobar 2014 American English
10275 La Burla Del Tiempo Mauricio Electorat 2004 Chilean Spanish
10282 El Inútil De La Familia Jorge Edwards 2004 Chilean Spanish
10418 Internal Ecology Morals For Xxi Century Dario Salas Sommer 2007 Chilean Spanish
10984 A Brief History Of Neoliberalism David Harvey 2005 British English
10990 The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández 2016 Chilean Spanish
11250 Scraps Of Life Marjorie Agosín 1983 Chilean Spanish
11360 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11513 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11536 Benito Cereno Herman Melville 1855 American English
11544 Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral Gabriela Mistral 1922 Chilean Spanish
12955 38 Londres Street Philippe Sands 2025 British English
14323 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14498 The Trial Of Henry Kissinger Christopher Hitchens 2001 British English
14980 Alive Piers Paul Read 1974 British English
14983 The Wager David Grann 2023 American English
17117 Death And The Maiden Ariel Dorfman 1991 Chilean Spanish
17117 The Edge Of Physics Anil Ananthaswamy 2010 Indian English
17117 The Sum Of Our Days Isabel Allende 2008 Chilean Spanish
17117 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17117 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17117 Sea Of Glory Nathaniel Philbrick 2003 American English
17117 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17117 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17117 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17117 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17117 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17117 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17117 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17117 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English