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Gabriel García Márquez

Born

in Aracataca, Magdalena, Colombia

March 06, 1927

Died

April 17, 2014

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Magical Realism

Influences

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Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespr ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 2,199,036 ratings · 122,414 reviews · 829 distinct works • Similar authors

	One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 985,986 ratings — published 1967 — 1034 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 510,732 ratings — published 1985 — 624 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chronicle of a Death Foretold 3.97 avg rating — 198,553 ratings — published 1981 — 530 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman (Translator) 3.59 avg rating — 88,636 ratings — published 2004 — 239 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Love and Other Demons 3.97 avg rating — 77,569 ratings — published 1994 — 319 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El coronel no tiene quien le escriba 3.80 avg rating — 55,015 ratings — published 1961 — 358 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez, Randolph Hogan (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 29,820 ratings — published 1955 — 212 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories by Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 25,499 ratings — published 1992 — 235 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Autumn of the Patriarch 3.87 avg rating — 24,104 ratings — published 1975 — 297 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The General in His Labyrinth 3.69 avg rating — 23,568 ratings — published 1989 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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1984 by George Orwell

125 votes, 21.7%

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

111 votes, 19.3%

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

92 votes, 16.0%

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden

78 votes, 13.5%

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Lord of the Flies by William Golding

57 votes, 9.9%

Dune by Frank Herbert

49 votes, 8.5%

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