# The best Julio Cortázar books

Hopscotch, the cronopios and the great story collections: what to read by Cortázar according to critics and readers.

- 17 votes · 14 items
- Mar 30, 2024 · caliratondebiblioteca
- https://even.best/en/l/3056/the-best-julio-cortazar-books

## Top 14

1. **Bestiario** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1951. His first story collection, with "House Taken Over".
2. **Las armas secretas** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1959. With "The Pursuer", about a saxophonist inspired by Charlie Parker.
3. **Hopscotch** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1963. The novel you can read in order or by jumping between chapters.
4. **End of the Game** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1956. "Continuity of Parks", "Axolotl" and "The Night Face Up".
5. **Cronopios and Famas** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1962. Instructions for climbing a staircase and other games.
6. **All Fires the Fire** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1966. "The Southern Thruway" and "The Island at Noon".
7. **The Winners** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1960. His first published novel: a mysterious cruise.
8. **62: A Model Kit** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1968. Born from chapter 62 of Hopscotch.
9. **We Love Glenda So Much** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1980. Mature stories, with "Graffiti".
10. **Around the Day in Eighty Worlds** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1967. A collage book of texts and images.
11. **A Manual for Manuel** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1973. A political novel written in Paris.
12. **A Certain Lucas** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1979. The whims of an alter ego.
13. **Alguien que anda por ahí** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1977. Stories under the shadow of the dictatorships.
14. **Octaedro** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1974. Eight stories, including "Manuscript Found in a Pocket".

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