The best Roberto Bolaño books
The top 3 according to 43 votes from people: 2666 · By Night in Chile · Nazi Literature in the Americas. (Updated Jun 8, 2024.)
Where to start with Bolaño and what to read next, from The Savage Detectives to 2666, according to readers and critics.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 12
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2666
2004. His posthumous masterpiece, with Santa Teresa at its centre.
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By Night in Chile
2000. The monologue of a priest and literary critic in a single night.
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Nazi Literature in the Americas
1996. An encyclopedia of invented writers; the book that made his name.
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Antwerp
2002. His most experimental novel, written in the 1980s.
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Monsieur Pain
1999. A mesmerist in 1930s Paris.
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The Savage Detectives
1998. Two poets search for a vanished poet; Herralde and Rómulo Gallegos prizes.
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Amulet
1999. Auxilio Lacouture locked in a UNAM bathroom in 1968.
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Last Evenings on Earth
1997. His first story collection, with "Sensini".
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Distant Star
1996. A poet and pilot tied to the Chilean dictatorship.
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Woes of the True Policeman
2011. Posthumous, linked to the world of 2666.
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The Third Reich
2010. Posthumous: a war-game champion on holiday on the Costa Brava.
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The Insufferable Gaucho
2003. Stories and essays, the last book he prepared.
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