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What is the best Jorge Luis Borges short story collection?

By YPB Team

Early labyrinths or late, plainer tales? Readers of Borges split along that line more than any other.

  1. Ficciones — ranked #11
    Ficciones
    The 1944 collection containing Tlon, The Library of Babel and The Garden of Forking Paths, his most celebrated book.
    1000pts
  2. The Aleph — ranked #22
    The Aleph
    The 1949 collection of labyrinths, immortals and the point that contains all points in the universe.
    733pts
  3. The Book of Sand — ranked #33
    The Book of Sand
    El libro de arena (1975), late fantastic tales including the infinite book of its title.
    599pts
  4. Shakespeare's Memory — ranked #44
    Shakespeare's Memory
    La memoria de Shakespeare (1983), his final short collection of four stories.
    599pts
  5. A Universal History of Infamy — ranked #55
    A Universal History of Infamy
    Borges's 1935 debut story collection of embellished lives of pirates, gangsters and impostors.
    0pts
  6. Dreamtigers — ranked #66
    Dreamtigers
    El hacedor (1960), the short prose pieces and poems Borges considered his most personal book.
    0pts
  7. Labyrinths — ranked #77
    Labyrinths
    The 1962 English selection of stories and essays that introduced Borges to Anglophone readers.
    0pts
  8. Doctor Brodie's Report — ranked #88
    Doctor Brodie's Report
    El informe de Brodie (1970), plainer late stories of knife fighters and Buenos Aires outskirts.
    0pts
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