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
1727 The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1839 British English
1780 Poems of Pablo Neruda Pablo Neruda 1970 Chilean Spanish
3012 By Night in Chile Roberto Bolaño 2000 Chilean Spanish
3421 The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein 2007 Canadian English
3943 Of Love and Shadows Isabel Allende 1984 Chilean Spanish
4400 The Obscene Bird Of Night José Donoso 1970 Chilean Spanish
4453 Zurita Raul Zurita 1979 Chilean Spanish
5863 Twenty Love Poems And A Song Of Despair Pablo Neruda 1924 Chilean Spanish
6149 My Tender Matador Pedro Lemebel 2001 Chilean Spanish
6266 Burning Patience Antonio Skármeta 1985 Chilean Spanish
6382 A Voyage Round The World Georg Forster 1777 German German
6461 Never Did The Fire Diamela Eltit 2022 Chilean Spanish
6690 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
7940 The Fourth World Diamela Eltit 1988 Chilean Spanish
8009 100 Love Sonnets Pablo Neruda 1959 Chilean Spanish
8107 New Islands And Other Stories María Luisa Bombal 1939 Chilean Spanish
8494 Paula Isabel Allende 1994 Chilean Spanish
8629 Custody Of The Eyes Diamela Eltit 1994 Chilean Spanish
8655 El Hermano Asno Eduardo Barrios 1922 Chilean Spanish
8847 Seeing Red Lina Meruane 2012 Chilean Spanish
9154 La Brecha Mercedes Valdivieso 1961 Chilean Spanish
9835 Fully Empowered Pablo Neruda 1975 Chilean Spanish
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10098 Deep Down Dark Héctor Tobar 2014 American English
10280 La Burla Del Tiempo Mauricio Electorat 2004 Chilean Spanish
10287 El Inútil De La Familia Jorge Edwards 2004 Chilean Spanish
10423 Internal Ecology Morals For Xxi Century Dario Salas Sommer 2007 Chilean Spanish
10990 A Brief History Of Neoliberalism David Harvey 2005 British English
10996 The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández 2016 Chilean Spanish
11256 Scraps Of Life Marjorie Agosín 1983 Chilean Spanish
11365 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11515 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11538 Benito Cereno Herman Melville 1855 American English
11546 Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral Gabriela Mistral 1922 Chilean Spanish
12958 38 Londres Street Philippe Sands 2025 British English
14324 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14499 The Trial Of Henry Kissinger Christopher Hitchens 2001 British English
14982 Alive Piers Paul Read 1974 British English
14985 The Wager David Grann 2023 American English
17161 Death And The Maiden Ariel Dorfman 1991 Chilean Spanish
17161 The Edge Of Physics Anil Ananthaswamy 2010 Indian English
17161 The Sum Of Our Days Isabel Allende 2008 Chilean Spanish
17161 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17161 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17161 Sea Of Glory Nathaniel Philbrick 2003 American English
17161 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17161 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17161 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17161 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17161 Let My People Go Surfing Carolyn Chouinard 2005 Unknown English
17161 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17161 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17161 The Remainder Alia Trabucco Zerán 2015 Chilean Spanish
17161 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English