Books

Classics

100

Tragic love story by Shakespeare

What is Romeo and Juliet

200

This novel by George Orwell is an allegory of the Russian Revolution and features a group of farm animals who overthrow their human farmer.

Animal Farm

300

About a rich man that loves to throw extravagant parties and loves a women named Daisy

What is The Great Gatsby

400

Written by a little girl during the Holocaust

What is The Diary of Anne Frank

500

In this tale, a wooden puppet dreams of becoming a real boy.  

Pinocchio

Fairytales

100

A story of a girl that has to be home at midnight

What is Cinderella

200

A story of a girl that is friends with 7 dwarfs

What is Snow White

300

A story of a prince that climbs up a girls hair to save her

What is Rapunzel

400

A story of two lost children who leave a trail of breadcrumbs to find their way back

What is Hansel and Gretel

500

A story of a boy that plants a magic bean

What is Jack and the beanstalk

Authors from South America

100

This Chilean poet won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971 and is known for his Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

Pablo Neruda 

200

This Chilean novelist and journalist wrote The House of the Spirits.

Isabel Allende 

300

This Argentine author wrote Rayuela, a novel known for its unconventional structure.

Julio Cortázar

400

This Colombian author is known for his novel The Sound of Things Falling, which explores the impact of the drug trade on Colombian society.

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

500

This Ecuadorian writer and poet wrote Manuela, a historical novel about Manuela Sáenz, the lover of Simón Bolívar.

Eugenia Viteri

Colombian Authors and books

100

This author is known for his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

Gabriel García Márquez

200

This novel by Héctor Abad Faciolince is a moving memoir about his father, a Colombian doctor and human rights activist.

Oblivion: A Memoir

300

This novel by Gabriel García Márquez tells the story of Santiago Nasar's murder in a small town.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold?

400

This Colombian author wrote Satanás, a novel inspired by a real-life massacre in Bogotá in 1986.

Mario Mendoza

500

This Colombian author wrote The Informers, a novel dealing with secrets and betrayal during World War II.

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

Quotes

100

"Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aquella tarde remota en que su padre lo llevó a conocer el hielo."

Cien años de soledad 

200

"¿Y si fuera cierto que todo lo que amamos y perdemos vuelve a nosotros en alguna forma?"

"Rayuela" de Julio Cortázar:

300

"El tiempo se detiene para los que se detienen, no para los que se detienen en su andar."

"La vorágine" de José Asunción Silva

400

"Nunca comprendas realmente a una persona hasta que consideres las cosas desde su punto de vista."

"Matar a un ruiseñor" de Harper Lee

500

"Los hombres de tu planeta cultivan cinco mil rosas en un jardín... y no encuentran lo que buscan."  

"El principito" de Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: