Infinite libraries and knife fights in the suburbs, late lectures and early poems: Borges wrote short, but every book here has readers who swear it is the one.
1FiccionesBorges' 1944 story collection with 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius', 'The Library of Babel' and 'The Garden of Forking Paths'.1000pts
2Shakespeare's MemoryLa memoria de Shakespeare (1983), Borges' final collection of stories.703pts
3In Praise of DarknessElogio de la sombra (1969), a collection of poems and prose on old age, blindness and ethics.568pts
4The Book of Imaginary BeingsA bestiary of mythical creatures from world literature, compiled by Borges with Margarita Guerrero.481pts
5DreamtigersEl hacedor (1960), a mix of short prose pieces and poems that Borges called his most personal book.481pts
6A Universal History of InfamyBorges' 1935 first book of fiction, retelling the lives of real and invented outlaws, impostors and pirates.481pts
7The Book of SandBorges' 1975 collection, including the title story of an infinite book with no first or last page.481pts
8The AlephThe 1949 collection whose title story describes a point in a Buenos Aires cellar that contains every other point in the universe.374pts
9Fervor de Buenos AiresBorges' 1923 debut poetry collection, a portrait of the streets and patios of his native city.374pts
10Seven NightsSiete noches (1980), seven lectures on topics from The Divine Comedy and nightmares to blindness.374pts
11Brodie's ReportEl informe de Brodie (1970), a late collection of plain, mostly realist stories of Buenos Aires knife fighters and gauchos.0pts
12LabyrinthsThe 1962 English-language selection of stories, essays and parables that introduced Borges to a wide Anglophone readership.0pts
13Other InquisitionsThe 1952 essay collection that ranges from Kafka's precursors to the analytical language of John Wilkins.0pts
14A History of EternityHistoria de la eternidad (1936), essays on time, eternity and the art of translation, including 'The Approach to Al-Mu'tasim'.0pts
