100 Years of Solitude by Marquez fits like 3 of the 4 genres you listed. Isabel Allende is also great. The House of the Spirits also fits most of your listed genres. Of the two, Allende’s is more accessible.
Yes yes yes to 100 years of solitude, same with his book love in the time of cholera.
I went to Colombia for the first time because I was so in love with those books. My favourite in the world.
Diary of Helena Morely is the late 19th century diary of a girl growing up in a rural mining town. It is a beloved classic in Brazil and was lovingly translated over a three year period by poet Elizabeth Bishop.
**[Love in the Time of Cholera](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9712.Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez** ^((Matching 100% ☑️))
^(348 pages | Published: 1985 | 324.2k Goodreads reviews)
> **Summary:** In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the (...)
> **Themes**: Books-i-own, Novels, Classic, Latin-america, Fiction, 1001-books, Classics
> **Top 5 recommended:**
> \- [One Hundred Years of Solitude](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320.One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
> \- [The Hottest State](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/786267.The_Hottest_State) by Ethan Hawke
> \- [All the Names](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2528.All_the_Names) by Jose Saramago
> \- [The House of the Spirits](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9328.The_House_of_the_Spirits) by Isabel Allende
> \- [The Moor's Last Sigh](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9865.The_Moor_s_Last_Sigh) by Salman Rushdie
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Have a look at the Read Around The World Challenge website. You can find books there by just clicking on a country on a map or by continent, among many other options.
Here are [books written by authors from South America](https://readaroundtheworldchallenge.com/challenge/south-america) in general.
Books by Isabel Allende
100 Years of Solitude by Marquez fits like 3 of the 4 genres you listed. Isabel Allende is also great. The House of the Spirits also fits most of your listed genres. Of the two, Allende’s is more accessible.
Yes yes yes to 100 years of solitude, same with his book love in the time of cholera. I went to Colombia for the first time because I was so in love with those books. My favourite in the world.
Diary of Helena Morely is the late 19th century diary of a girl growing up in a rural mining town. It is a beloved classic in Brazil and was lovingly translated over a three year period by poet Elizabeth Bishop.
{{Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez}}
**[Love in the Time of Cholera](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9712.Love_in_the_Time_of_Cholera) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez** ^((Matching 100% ☑️)) ^(348 pages | Published: 1985 | 324.2k Goodreads reviews) > **Summary:** In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the (...) > **Themes**: Books-i-own, Novels, Classic, Latin-america, Fiction, 1001-books, Classics > **Top 5 recommended:** > \- [One Hundred Years of Solitude](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/320.One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude) by Gabriel Garcia Marquez > \- [The Hottest State](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/786267.The_Hottest_State) by Ethan Hawke > \- [All the Names](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2528.All_the_Names) by Jose Saramago > \- [The House of the Spirits](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9328.The_House_of_the_Spirits) by Isabel Allende > \- [The Moor's Last Sigh](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9865.The_Moor_s_Last_Sigh) by Salman Rushdie ^([Feedback](https://www.reddit.com/user/goodreads-rebot) | [GitHub](https://github.com/sonoff2/goodreads-rebot) | ["The Bot is Back!?"](https://www.reddit.com/r/suggestmeabook/comments/16qe09p/meta_post_hello_again_humans/) | v1.5 [Dec 23] | )
Have a look at the Read Around The World Challenge website. You can find books there by just clicking on a country on a map or by continent, among many other options. Here are [books written by authors from South America](https://readaroundtheworldchallenge.com/challenge/south-america) in general.
I believe The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe is set in/around Brazil. It's a sci-fi/fantasy.
Epitaph of a Small Winner is Brazilian, 1880.
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A famously non horror and non heavy book! Kidding. I like it. But it's a kind of a book they specified, they don't want