The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Peru

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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
631 The Bridge of San Luis Rey Thornton Wilder 1927 American English
687 The Time of the Hero Mario Vargas Llosa 1963 Peruvian Spanish
856 Conversation in the Cathedral Mario Vargas Llosa 1969 Peruvian Spanish
1075 The Kon-Tiki Expedition Thor Heyerdahl 1948 Norwegian Norwegian
1081 The War of the End of the World Mario Vargas Llosa 1981 Peruvian Spanish
1577 Deep Rivers José María Arguedas 1958 Peruvian Spanish
2000 Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 Peruvian Spanish
2014 Poems Of César Vallejo César Vallejo 1922 Peruvian Spanish
2032 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
3050 A World for Julius Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1970 Peruvian Spanish
3191 Trilce César Vallejo 1922 Peruvian Spanish
3324 Broad and Alien is the World Ciro Alegría 1941 Peruvian Spanish
3387 Human Poems César Vallejo 1939 Peruvian Spanish
3460 Captain Pantoja And The Special Service Mario Vargas Llosa 1973 Peruvian Spanish
3638 Gods, Graves, And Scholars C. W. Ceram 1949 German German
4195 The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield 1993 American English
5978 1491 Charles C. Mann 2005 American English
7023 La Vida Exagerada De Martín Romaña Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1981 Peruvian Spanish
7612 Aunt Julia And The Script Writer Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 Peruvian Spanish
8197 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8595 The Adventures Of Tintin Hergé 1929 Belgian French
8601 No Me Esperen En Abril Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1994 Peruvian Spanish
9032 The Storyteller Mario Vargas Llosa 1987 Peruvian Spanish
9184 A Theology Of Liberation Gustavo Gutierrez 1971 Peruvian Spanish
9681 Tropical Nature Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata 1984 Unknown English
9820 The Way To Paradise Mario Vargas Llosa 2003 Peruvian Spanish
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
11322 The Neighborhood Mario Vargas Llosa 2016 Peruvian English
11365 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11515 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11612 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11636 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12049 Red April Santiago Roncagliolo 2002 Peruvian Spanish
13362 Letters Of A Peruvian Woman Françoise de Graffigny 1747 French French
13814 The Bad Girl Mario Vargas Llosa 2006 Peruvian Spanish
14001 Conquest Of The Useless Werner Herzog 2009 German German
14680 Letters To A Young Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa 2002 Peruvian Spanish
14985 Touching the Void Joe Simpson 1988 British English
14975 The Complete Poetry of César Vallejo César Vallejo 1968 Peruvian Spanish
14985 The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta Mario Vargas Llosa 1984 Peruvian Spanish
14985 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
15915 Apu Ollontay Peru 1780 Peruvian Quechua
15915 A Short Account Of The Destruction Of The Indies Bartolomé de las Casas 1552 Spanish Spanish
15915 Tschiffely's Ride A. F. Tschiffely 1933 British English
16706 Los Jefes, Los Cachorros Mario Vargas Llosa 1959 Peruvian Spanish
17161 Running the Amazon Joe Kane 1989 American English
17161 Death In Andes Mario Vargas Llosa 1993 Peruvian Spanish
17161 Turn Right At Machu Picchu Mark Adams 2011 American English
17161 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17161 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17161 The Last Days Of The Incas Kim MacQuarrie 2007 Unknown English
17161 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17161 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17161 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17161 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17161 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17161 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17161 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17161 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17161 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17161 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English