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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
882 books — 1,181 voters
Illegal by John DennehyThe Lost City of Z by David GrannThe Travelers Within by Daniel ModeTurn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark AdamsIn Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin
Adventure Travel & Exploration In South America
86 books — 116 voters

Pachinko by Min Jin LeeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenTomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle ZevinA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesAngels & Demons by Dan Brown
52 Book Club 2025: #49 Set In A Country With An Active Volcano
252 books — 114 voters
Nuestra parte de noche by Mariana EnriquezTemporada de huracanes by Fernanda MelchorLa casa de los espíritus by Isabel AllendeDistancia de rescate by Samanta SchweblinCadáver exquisito by Agustina Bazterrica
Novelas en español escritas por mujeres
220 books — 110 voters

Los Sangurimas by José de la CuadraHuasipungo by Jorge IcazaLas cruces sobre el agua by Joaquín Gallegos LaraPelea de gallos by María Fernanda AmpueroUn hombre muerto a puntapiés by Pablo Palacio
Ecuadorian Literature
320 books — 51 voters
Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz RyanGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-GarciaSilver People by Margarita EngleTreasure of the World by Tara SullivanCity of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
YA/Children's Books in Latin America
217 books — 29 voters

El grupo Domak. Los siete puntos by Luzco LumagaHechizo de Mar y Luna by Mara OliverLos Apátridas. La Resucitadora. by Ester PablosHermandad de la Nueva Era by María ViqueiraAmapola de sangre by Enara de la Peña
Fantasía y ficción en español
44 books — 23 voters
El Mundo del Olvido by Cristian Otárola JiménezPangea by Nicolás OrellanaEl pilar de un imperio by A.C. GodoysinnAlternativa S.A by Jorge Sanhueza BastíasEl arca by Javier Valderrama Fontecilla
Latin American SciFi
92 books — 23 voters

Nefando by Mónica OjedaMandíbula by Mónica OjedaFever Dream by Samanta SchweblinLa desfiguración Silva by Mónica OjedaLos cuerpos del verano by Martín Felipe Castagnet
Bogota 39 - 2017
49 books — 13 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezTwenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo NerudaMemórias póstumas de Brás Cubas by Machado de AssisThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Latin American Classics / Clásicos latinoamericanos
72 books — 12 voters

El beso de la mujer araña by Manuel PuigTengo miedo torero by Pedro LemebelUn beso de Dick by Fernando Molano VargasEl vampiro de la colonia Roma by Luis ZapataAsfalto by Renato Pellegrini
Literatura Gay en Latinoamerica
63 books — 11 voters
Journey Into Mexico by Alex GrandAngola Janga by Marcelo d'SaleteTungstênio by Marcello QuintanilhaSob o Solo by Bianca PinheiroHicotea by Lorena Alvarez Gomez
Cómic/ novela gráfica latinoamericana / Latin American Comics/Graphic novels
110 books — 8 voters

La escritora muerta by Núria AñóFeminismo by Carolina CarlessiLa Lucha by Jon SackLas feministas queremos by Isabel MastrodoménicoLa Voz de la Mujer. Periódico comunista anárquico by Virginia Bolten
Feminismo en el mundo hispanohablante
18 books — 6 voters
Mandíbula by Mónica OjedaLa desfiguración Silva by Mónica OjedaNefando by Mónica OjedaIncendiamos las yeguas en la madrugada by Ernesto CarriónSalvo el calvario by Lucrecia Maldonado
Mejores novelas ecuatorianas
69 books — 6 voters

Rosa by Leo PolitiUna Navidad en Boquete by Mayra De GraciaA Doll For Navidades by Esmeralda SantiagoNine Days to Christmas by Marie Hall EtsThe Farolitos of Christmas by Rudolfo Anaya
Christmas in Latin America, South America & the Caribbean
51 books — 5 voters
Before We Were Free by Julia AlvarezI Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie AgosínCaminar by Skila BrownBarefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. DobbsThe Lightning Queen by Laura Resau
YA & Middle Grade Historical Fiction set in Latin America
38 books — 5 voters

Historia de la leche by Mónica OjedaEl ciclo de las piedras by Mónica OjedaEl árbol del bien y del mal by Medardo Ángel SilvaSelected poems of Jorge Carrera Andrade by Jorge Carrera AndradeJardín transparente by Camila Peña
Ecuadorian Poetry
33 books — 4 voters
Sacrificios humanos by María Fernanda AmpueroUn hombre muerto a puntapiés by Pablo PalacioPelea de gallos by María Fernanda AmpueroLos que se van by Demetrio Aguilera MaltaFlujo escarlata by Sonia Manzano Vela
Libros de cuentos ecuatorianos
37 books — 4 voters

A Single Shard by Linda Sue ParkNory Ryan's Song by Patricia Reilly GiffThe Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGrawRed Sails to Capri by Ann WeilMara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Read Around the World FOR KIDS (No picture books)
167 books — 4 voters
Pequeños palacios en el pecho by Luis Borja CorralUn hombre muerto a puntapiés by Pablo PalacioAngelote, amor mío by Javier VásconezSalvo el calvario by Lucrecia MaldonadoEses fatales by Sonia Manzano Vela
Ecuadorian LGBT+ Themed Books
48 books — 2 voters

Sacrificios humanos by María Fernanda AmpueroEl lugar de las apariciones by Solange Rodríguez PappeEl palacio de los espejos by Abdón UbidiaLa Escala Humana by Abdón UbidiaFunventions by Abdón Ubidia
Ecuadorian Sci-Fi, Horror and Fantasy / Ciencia Ficción, Horror y Fantasía Ecuatoriana
7 books — 2 voters
Uncivilized by Sawyer BennettSeek by Mia SheridanFonseca's Fury by Abby GreenBehind the Mask by Carolyn CraneSettling the Score by R.S. Grey
Romance: Novels Set in South America
50 books — 2 voters

Marco, Pablo, & Olivia Volume One by Ana CortesThe Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric JorgensonA Story or Two to Tell by Alan CrawfordThe Intelligent Investor by Benjamin GrahamThe Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Heartwarming Adventures and Cultural Stories for Young Readers
7 books — 2 voters
Jawbone by Mónica OjedaNefando by Mónica OjedaBruna and Her Sisters in the Sleeping City by Alicia Yánez CossíoWolves' Dream by Abdón UbidiaThe Villagers by Jorge Icaza
Ecuadorian Books Translated into English
33 books — 1 voter

Colombiana by Mariana VelásquezArt of South American Cooking by Felipe Rojas-LombarPeru by Gastón AcurioLima by Virgilio MartínezSeven Fires by Francis Mallmann
Best South American Cookbooks
42 books — 1 voter
Homegoing by Yaa GyasiDva Svijeta by Vjenceslav NovakTorto Arado by Itamar Vieira JuniorEquador by Miguel Sousa TavaresPedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
Copa do Mundo Literária 2022 Literary World Cup
32 books — 1 voter

Oi from Brazil by C. ManicaNations Of South America by Speedy PublishingAnimals of South America by KeriAnne JelinekA Kid's Guide to South America by Jack L. RobertsAround The Globe - Must See Places in South America by Baby Professor
Travel in South America for Kids
16 books — 1 voter
Rue by Lenin Mendieta ToledoLa princesa y el nativo (Colección Dorada Editorial c.a) by Isaac NayapiClaudia (Colección Dorada Editorial c.a) by Javier Bosmediano
Ecuadorian Romance / Romance Ecuatoriano
3 books — 1 voter

Dear Haiti, Love Alaine by Maika MouliteShipped by Angie HockmanThe Night in Lover's Bay by Liz AldenThe Layover by Lacie WaldonDigging Dr Jones by Olivia Jackson
Caribbean and Latin American Romance
40 books — 1 voter

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