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
2013 Poems Of César Vallejo César Vallejo 1922 Peruvian Spanish
2031 Cosmos Alexander von Humboldt 1845 German German
3047 A World for Julius Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1970 Peruvian Spanish
3190 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
4194 The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield 1993 American English
5974 1491 Charles C. Mann 2005 American English
7023 La Vida Exagerada De Martín Romaña Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1981 Peruvian Spanish
7611 Aunt Julia And The Script Writer Mario Vargas Llosa 1977 Peruvian Spanish
8195 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8591 The Adventures Of Tintin Hergé 1929 Belgian French
8597 No Me Esperen En Abril Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1994 Peruvian Spanish
9028 The Storyteller Mario Vargas Llosa 1987 Peruvian Spanish
9180 A Theology Of Liberation Gustavo Gutierrez 1971 Peruvian Spanish
9678 Tropical Nature Adrian Forsyth, Ken Miyata 1984 Unknown English
9817 The Way To Paradise Mario Vargas Llosa 2003 Peruvian Spanish
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
11316 The Neighborhood Mario Vargas Llosa 2016 Peruvian English
11360 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11513 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11610 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
12048 Red April Santiago Roncagliolo 2002 Peruvian Spanish
13359 Letters Of A Peruvian Woman Françoise de Graffigny 1747 French French
13813 The Bad Girl Mario Vargas Llosa 2006 Peruvian Spanish
14001 Conquest Of The Useless Werner Herzog 2009 German German
14679 Letters To A Young Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa 2002 Peruvian Spanish
14983 Touching the Void Joe Simpson 1988 British English
14974 The Complete Poetry of César Vallejo César Vallejo 1968 Peruvian Spanish
14983 The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta Mario Vargas Llosa 1984 Peruvian Spanish
14983 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
15897 Apu Ollontay Peru 1780 Peruvian Quechua
15897 A Short Account Of The Destruction Of The Indies Bartolomé de las Casas 1552 Spanish Spanish
15897 Tschiffely's Ride A. F. Tschiffely 1933 British English
16675 Los Jefes, Los Cachorros Mario Vargas Llosa 1959 Peruvian Spanish
17117 Running the Amazon Joe Kane 1989 American English
17117 Death In Andes Mario Vargas Llosa 1993 Peruvian Spanish
17117 Turn Right At Machu Picchu Mark Adams 2011 American English
17117 The Jakarta Method Vincent Bevins 2020 American English
17117 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17117 The Last Days Of The Incas Kim MacQuarrie 2007 Unknown English
17117 The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara 1993 Argentinian Spanish
17117 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17117 Wild Chocolate Rowan Jacobsen 2024 Unknown English
17117 This Thing Of Darkness Harry Thompson 2005 British English
17117 Inés Da Minha Alma Isabel Allende 2006 Chilean Spanish
17117 The Incas Daniel Peters 1991 Unknown English
17117 Worn Sofi Thanhauser 2022 Unknown English
17117 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17117 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17117 To Shake The Sleeping Self Jedidiah Jenkins 2018 American English