Latin American literature has always represented that most magical and peculiar aspect of writing.

Defined largely by the so-called "Latin American boom" of the 1960s, magical realism was the style that most represented it.  The other side of the pond finds these books the best of Latin American literature when it comes to immersing ourselves in those stories of lost peoples, unique characters and political criticism.

1. Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada, by Pablo Neruda
2. Pedro Páramo, by Juan Rulfo
3. Cien años de soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez
4. La casa de los espíritus ,by Isabel Allende
5. El reino de este mundo, by Alejo Carpentier
6.  Rayuela, by Julio Cortázar
7.  La fiesta del chivo, by Mario Vargas Llosa
8.  Como agua para chocolate,bye Laura Esquivel
9.  La maravillosa vida breve de Óscar Wao, by Junot Díaz
10. 2666, by Roberto Bolaño

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