The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Havana

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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
452 A Heart So White Javier Marias 1992 Spanish Spanish
672 Three Trapped Tigers Guillermo Cabrera Infante 1965 Cuban Spanish
1215 Explosion In A Cathedral Alejo Carpentier 1962 Cuban Spanish
1310 Our Man In Havana Graham Greene 1958 British English
1832 Paradiso José Lezama Lima 1966 Cuban Spanish
2031 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
3132 The Man Who Loved Dogs Leonardo Padura 2009 Cuban Spanish
4581 The Autobiography Of A Runaway Slave Miguel Barnet 1966 Cuban Spanish
5241 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
7120 The Color Of Summer Reinaldo Arenas 1991 Cuban Spanish
7615 Dirty Havana Trilogy Pedro Juan Gutierrez 1998 Cuban Spanish
8384 Ella Cantaba Boleros Guillermo Cabrera Infante 1992 Cuban Spanish
9283 1898 Kate Clarke Lemay, Taína Caragol 2017 Unknown English
10189 Che Guevara Jon Lee Anderson 1997 American English
10692 The Faraway World Patricia Engel 2023 American English
10748 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
11415 Waiting for Snow in Havana Carlos Eire 2003 Cuban English
11850 Havana Real Yoani Sánchez 2011 Cuban Spanish
13511 The Norton Anthology Of Latino Literature Ilan Stavans 2005 Multiple English
14120 They Flew Carlos Eire 2023 Unknown English
15899 A Short Account Of The Destruction Of The Indies Bartolomé de las Casas 1552 Spanish Spanish
15899 The Traveller's Tree Patrick Leigh Fermor 1950 British English
17120 Pirate Latitudes Michael Crichton 2009 American English
17120 Havana Black Leonardo Padura 1998 Cuban Spanish
17120 Theodore Rex Edmund Morris 2001 American English
17120 Caribbean James A. Michener 1989 American English
17120 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17120 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17120 Stokely Speaks Stokely Carmichael 1971 American English
17120 Refugee Alan Gratz 2017 American English
17120 Of Women And Salt Gabriela Garcia 2021 Unknown English
17120 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17120 Ways Of Escape Graham Greene 1971 British English
17120 Voyage Of The Damned Frances White 2024 Unknown English