The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Mexico

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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
63 Under the Volcano Malcolm Lowry 1947 British English
187 The Power and the Glory Graham Greene 1940 British English
197 Blood Meridian Cormac McCarthy 1985 American English
232 2666 Roberto Bolaño 2004 Chilean Spanish
259 Naked Lunch William S. Burroughs 1959 American English
271 The Awakening Kate Chopin 1899 American English
280 The Adventures of Augie March Saul Bellow 1953 American English
355 The Savage Detectives Roberto Bolaño 1998 Chilean Spanish
623 Lonesome Dove Larry McMurtry 1985 American English
751 All the Pretty Horses Cormac McCarthy 1992 American English
756 The Labyrinth of Solitude Octavio Paz 1950 Mexican Spanish
884 Homo Faber Max Frisch 1957 Swiss German
973 The Burning Plain and Other Stories Juan Rulfo 1953 Mexican Spanish
1059 The True History of the Conquest of New Spain Bernal Díaz del Castillo 1632 Spanish Spanish
1280 The Death of Artemio Cruz Carlos Fuentes 1962 Mexican Spanish
1293 Salem's Lot Stephen King 1975 American English
1367 Like Water For Chocolate Laura Esquivel 1989 Mexican Spanish
1666 Zami Audre Lorde 1982 American English
1669 The Underdogs Mariano Azuela 1915 Mexican Spanish
1681 The Teachings Of Don Juan Carlos Castaneda 1968 American English
1804 Cartucho And My Mother's Hands Nellie Campobello 1931 Mexican Spanish
1868 Junky William S. Burroughs 1953 American English
2032 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
2170 Terra Nostra Carlos Fuentes 1975 Mexican Spanish
2286 The Crossing Cormac McCarthy 1994 American English
2339 The Pearl John Steinbeck 1947 American English
2483 Blood and Guts in High School Kathy Acker 1978 American English
2514 Howl, Kaddish And Other Poems Allen Ginsberg 1956 American English
2647 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2661 The Years with Laura Diaz Carlos Fuentes 1999 Mexican Spanish
2828 A Manual For Cleaning Women Lucia Berlin 2015 American English
2859 The Dog Of The South Charles Portis 1979 American English
3070 Caramelo Sandra Cisneros 2002 American English
3118 The Nine Guardians Rosario Castellanos 1957 Mexican Spanish
3132 The Man Who Loved Dogs Leonardo Padura 2009 Cuban Spanish
3390 La Realidad Y El Deseo Luis Cernuda 1936 Spanish Spanish
3450 The Satin Slipper Paul Claudel 1929 French French
3580 Flowering Judas and Other Stories Katherine Anne Porter 1930 American English
3638 Gods, Graves, And Scholars C. W. Ceram 1949 German German
3902 Cities of the Plain Cormac McCarthy 1998 American English
3914 Sudden Death Alvaro Enrigue 2013 Mexican Spanish
4090 Silk Alessandro Baricco 1996 Italian Italian
4208 Here's to You, Jesusa! Elena Poniatowska 1969 Mexican Spanish
4310 The Getaway Jim Thompson 1958 American English
4501 Night Visitor B. Traven 1966 German Unknown
4741 Tell Me How It Ends Valeria Luiselli 2017 Mexican English
4815 Dreamland Sam Quinones 2015 American English
5009 Against the Day Thomas Pynchon 2006 American English
5173 The Citadel Of Fear Francis Stevens 1918 American English
5242 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
5330 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5393 Poems Of Juana Inés De La Cruz Juana Inés de la Cruz 1689 Mexican Spanish
5424 The City And The Pillar Gore Vidal 1948 American English
5939 The Turning Point Fritjof Capra 1982 American English
5978 1491 Charles C. Mann 2005 American English
6081 The Power Of The Dog Don Winslow 2005 American English
6138 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6140 Tear This Heart Out Ángeles Mastreta 1985 Mexican Spanish
6301 Ecology Of Fear Mike Davis 1998 American English
6317 Borderlands/La Frontera Gloria Anzaldúa 1987 American English
6438 History Of The Conquest Of Mexico William H. Prescott 1843 American English
6568 The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Ann Brashares 2001 American English
6593 The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis 1983 American English
6717 My Life Leon Trotsky 1930 Russian Russian
6881 Tinísima Elena Poniatowska 1992 Mexican Spanish
6978 News From The Empire Fernando del Paso 1987 Mexican Spanish
7133 Desolation Angels Jack Kerouac 1965 American English
7176 Out Of Sheer Rage Geoff Dyer 1997 British English
7216 The Empty Book Josefina Vicens 1958 Mexican English
7698 The Ruins Scott Smith 2006 American English
7766 In Search of Klingsor Jorge Volpi Escalante 1999 Mexican Spanish
7883 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
8197 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8230 Solito Javier Zamora 2022 Unknown English
8280 Poems Of Octavio Paz Octavio Paz 1957 Mexican Spanish
8296 La Guerra De Galio Héctor Aguilar Camín 1991 Mexican Spanish
8617 Enrique's Journey Sonia Nazario 2006 American English
8618 Sidewalks Valeria Luiselli 2013 Mexican Spanish
8722 Dancing With Cuba Alma Guillermoprieto 2004 Mexican Spanish
8836 Stones For Ibarra Harriet Doerr 1984 American English
8862 Mexico Enrique Krauze 1997 Mexican Spanish
8900 The Art Of Flight Sergio Pitol 1997 Mexican Spanish
8975 Mantra Rodrigo Fresán 2001 Argentinian Spanish
9009 A Change Of Skin Carlos Fuentes 1967 Mexican Spanish
9088 City Of Kings Rosario Castellanos 1960 Mexican Unknown
9192 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9251 Sor Juana Or, The Traps Of Faith Octavio Paz 1982 Mexican Spanish
9507 False Years Josefina Vicens 1964 Mexican Unknown
9808 America, América Greg Grandin 2009 Unknown English
9929 The Eagle's Throne Carlos Fuentes 2002 Mexican Spanish
9947 El Testigo Juan Villoro 2004 Mexican Spanish
10057 Diablo Guardián Xavier Velasco 2003 Mexican Spanish
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10308 The Broken Spears Miguel Leon-Portilla 1959 Mexican Spanish
10453 Mr. Palomar Italo Calvino 1983 Italian Italian
10505 Signs Preceding the End of the World Yuri Herrera 2009 Mexican Spanish
10540 The Rediscovery Of America Ned Blackhawk 2023 Unknown English
10669 Our Migrant Souls Héctor Tobar 2023 American English
10751 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
10828 This Bridge We Call Home Gloria Anzaldúa, AnaLouise Keating 2002 Multiple English
11085 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 American English
11112 The Falling Woman Pat Murphy 1986 American English
11140 The End of the Myth Greg Grandin 2019 American English
11222 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11231 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11256 Frida Hayden Herrera 1983 American English
11277 The Ill Fated Peregrinations Of Fray Servando Reinaldo Arenas 1987 Cuban Spanish
11277 Where We Come From Oscar Cásares 2019 American English
11298 The Border Don Winslow 2019 American English
11306 My Last Sigh Luis Buñuel 1982 Spanish Spanish
11309 James Tiptree, Jr. Julie Phillips 2006 Unknown English
11345 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11365 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11428 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11515 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11581 The Mixquiahuala Letters Ana Castillo 1986 American English
11612 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11636 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11662 Only To Sleep Lawrence Osborne 2018 British English
12302 Shadows Of Tender Fury Subcomandante Marcos 1995 Mexican Spanish