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
198 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
2031 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
2168 Terra Nostra Carlos Fuentes 1975 Mexican Spanish
2285 The Crossing Cormac McCarthy 1994 American English
2337 The Pearl John Steinbeck 1947 American English
2481 Blood and Guts in High School Kathy Acker 1978 American English
2512 Howl, Kaddish And Other Poems Allen Ginsberg 1956 American English
2646 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2660 The Years with Laura Diaz Carlos Fuentes 1999 Mexican Spanish
2826 A Manual For Cleaning Women Lucia Berlin 2015 American English
2856 The Dog Of The South Charles Portis 1979 American English
3068 Caramelo Sandra Cisneros 2002 American English
3117 The Nine Guardians Rosario Castellanos 1957 Mexican Spanish
3131 The Man Who Loved Dogs Leonardo Padura 2009 Cuban Spanish
3390 La Realidad Y El Deseo Luis Cernuda 1936 Spanish Spanish
3449 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
3903 Cities of the Plain Cormac McCarthy 1998 American English
3915 Sudden Death Alvaro Enrigue 2013 Mexican Spanish
4089 Silk Alessandro Baricco 1996 Italian Italian
4207 Here's to You, Jesusa! Elena Poniatowska 1969 Mexican Spanish
4309 The Getaway Jim Thompson 1958 American English
4499 Night Visitor B. Traven 1966 German Unknown
4739 Tell Me How It Ends Valeria Luiselli 2017 Mexican English
4813 Dreamland Sam Quinones 2015 American English
5005 Against the Day Thomas Pynchon 2006 American English
5170 The Citadel Of Fear Francis Stevens 1918 American English
5240 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
5328 Grant Ron Chernow 2017 American English
5390 Poems Of Juana Inés De La Cruz Juana Inés de la Cruz 1689 Mexican Spanish
5421 The City And The Pillar Gore Vidal 1948 American English
5935 The Turning Point Fritjof Capra 1982 American English
5974 1491 Charles C. Mann 2005 American English
6078 The Power Of The Dog Don Winslow 2005 American English
6135 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6137 Tear This Heart Out Ángeles Mastreta 1985 Mexican Spanish
6298 Ecology Of Fear Mike Davis 1998 American English
6314 Borderlands/La Frontera Gloria Anzaldúa 1987 American English
6435 History Of The Conquest Of Mexico William H. Prescott 1843 American English
6566 The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Ann Brashares 2001 American English
6591 The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis 1983 American English
6716 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
7175 Out Of Sheer Rage Geoff Dyer 1997 British English
7215 The Empty Book Josefina Vicens 1958 Mexican English
7697 The Ruins Scott Smith 2006 American English
7764 In Search of Klingsor Jorge Volpi Escalante 1999 Mexican Spanish
7882 Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2020 Mexican English
8195 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8228 Solito Javier Zamora 2022 Unknown English
8278 Poems Of Octavio Paz Octavio Paz 1957 Mexican Spanish
8294 La Guerra De Galio Héctor Aguilar Camín 1991 Mexican Spanish
8613 Enrique's Journey Sonia Nazario 2006 American English
8614 Sidewalks Valeria Luiselli 2013 Mexican Spanish
8718 Dancing With Cuba Alma Guillermoprieto 2004 Mexican Spanish
8832 Stones For Ibarra Harriet Doerr 1984 American English
8858 Mexico Enrique Krauze 1997 Mexican Spanish
8896 The Art Of Flight Sergio Pitol 1997 Mexican Spanish
8971 Mantra Rodrigo Fresán 2001 Argentinian Spanish
9005 A Change Of Skin Carlos Fuentes 1967 Mexican Spanish
9083 City Of Kings Rosario Castellanos 1960 Mexican Unknown
9188 Happy City Charles Montgomery 2013 Canadian English
9247 Sor Juana Or, The Traps Of Faith Octavio Paz 1982 Mexican Spanish
9502 False Years Josefina Vicens 1964 Mexican Unknown
9805 America, América Greg Grandin 2009 Unknown English
9925 The Eagle's Throne Carlos Fuentes 2002 Mexican Spanish
9943 El Testigo Juan Villoro 2004 Mexican Spanish
10052 Diablo Guardián Xavier Velasco 2003 Mexican Spanish
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10303 The Broken Spears Miguel Leon-Portilla 1959 Mexican Spanish
10448 Mr. Palomar Italo Calvino 1983 Italian Italian
10500 Signs Preceding the End of the World Yuri Herrera 2009 Mexican Spanish
10534 The Rediscovery Of America Ned Blackhawk 2023 Unknown English
10663 Our Migrant Souls Héctor Tobar 2023 American English
10745 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
10822 This Bridge We Call Home Gloria Anzaldúa, AnaLouise Keating 2002 Multiple English
11079 The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 American English
11106 The Falling Woman Pat Murphy 1986 American English
11134 The End of the Myth Greg Grandin 2019 American English
11216 The Color Of Violence INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence 2006 Unknown English
11225 The Real Lolita Sarah Weinman 2018 Unknown English
11250 Frida Hayden Herrera 1983 American English
11271 The Ill Fated Peregrinations Of Fray Servando Reinaldo Arenas 1987 Cuban Spanish
11271 Where We Come From Oscar Cásares 2019 American English
11292 The Border Don Winslow 2019 American English
11300 My Last Sigh Luis Buñuel 1982 Spanish Spanish
11303 James Tiptree, Jr. Julie Phillips 2006 Unknown English
11339 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11360 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11423 Gods Of Jade And Shadow Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2019 Mexican English
11513 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11579 The Mixquiahuala Letters Ana Castillo 1986 American English
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11660 Only To Sleep Lawrence Osborne 2018 British English
12301 Shadows Of Tender Fury Subcomandante Marcos 1995 Mexican Spanish