The best books by Jorge Luis Borges
The top 3 according to 4 votes from people: The Book of Sand · Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi · Seven Nights. (Updated Nov 2, 2024.)
Borges's story, essay and poetry collections most recommended by critics and readers, with Ficciones and The Aleph well ahead.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 14
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The Book of Sand
1975. An infinite book and other late stories.
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Six Problems for Don Isidro Parodi
1942. With Bioy Casares, as "Bustos Domecq".
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Seven Nights
1980. Seven lectures, from Dante to blindness.
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Ficciones
1944. Tlön, the Babylon lottery, the garden of forking paths.
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The Aleph
1949. The point that contains every point in the universe.
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Dreamtigers
1960. Short prose and poems; a good way in.
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Brodie's Report
1970. More straightforward stories, another recommended entry point.
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Other Inquisitions
1952. His most important essays.
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A Universal History of Infamy
1935. Lives of villains retold his way.
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Discusión
1932. Essays on literature and philosophy.
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Fervor de Buenos Aires
1923. His first book of poems.
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12
A History of Eternity
1936. Essays on time and eternity.
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13
In Praise of Darkness
1969. Poems of old age and blindness.
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The Book of Imaginary Beings
1957. With Margarita Guerrero; an imaginary bestiary.
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