Order of Gabriel García Márquez Books

Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014) was a Colombian author and journalist. He earned the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1972 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. His writing is considered part of the Latin American Boom and the magic realism movements. In his fiction, Márquez would leave out key elements in order to allow the reader the chance to participate in the story’s development. Carlos Fuentes referred to Márquez as “the most popular and perhaps the best writer in Spanish since Cervantes.” When he died, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said he was “the greatest Colombian who ever lived.”

Gabriel García Márquez made his debut as an author in 1955 with the short story collection Leaf Storm and Other Stories. Below is a list of Gabriel García Márquez’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Publication Order of The Last Interview Books

Publication Order of Anthologies

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Gabriel García Márquez Synopses: The General in His Labyrinth is a standalone novel by Gabriel García Márquez. General Simón Bolívar, the legendary “Liberator” of five South American nations, embarks on a final, somber journey down the Magdalena River. As he travels, he revisits the cities that once celebrated his victories, haunted by memories of his triumphs, passions, and betrayals.

Despite his declining health, Bolívar remains a charismatic force—captivating, endlessly charming, and still dancing with a vigor that defies his illness. Yet beneath the surface, he is consumed by the ghosts of his past—the power he wielded, the love he inspired, and the dream of a united continent that slipped through his grasp. In his final days, Bolívar stands as a poignant testament to the heights one can reach—and the depths one can fall—within a single lifetime.

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez is a standalone novel. In 1955, while working as a journalist for El Espectador in Bogotá, Gabriel García Márquez covered a remarkable true story: the fate of eight crew members washed overboard from the Colombian destroyer Caldas. Presumed lost at sea, the sailors vanished—until, ten days later, one survivor was discovered barely alive on a remote northern Colombian beach.

Originally published as a series of newspaper articles, this gripping account chronicles the sailor’s harrowing struggle for survival. Through vivid, immersive storytelling, García Márquez brings to life the ordeal of a man lost at sea, battling hunger, thirst, and despair, while exposing deeper truths about heroism, fate, and the nature of truth itself.

Of Love and Other Demons by Gabriel García Márquez is a standalone novel. On her twelfth birthday, Sierva María, the only child of a crumbling noble family in an 18th-century South American port city, is bitten by a rabid dog. When whispers of demonic possession spread, she is sent to a convent for observation.

There, Father Cayetano Delaura—who has already dreamed of a girl with hair like a trailing bridal train—enters her life. Charged with her spiritual care, he anoints her with holy water and sacramental oils, only to discover something far more dangerous than possession: love. As passion and obsession take hold, Sierva María is drawn into his torment, their fates bound by forces beyond their control.

News of a Kidnapping is a standalone novel by Gabriel García Márquez. In 1990, fearing extradition to the United States, Pablo Escobar—the notorious leader of the Medellín drug cartel—ordered the kidnapping of ten prominent Colombians, using them as pawns in a high-stakes game of power and negotiation.

With the precision of a journalist and the lyricism of a poet, Gabriel García Márquez recounts their harrowing captivity, the tense and often surreal negotiations for their release, and the broader turmoil gripping Colombia—a nation ravaged by decades of guerrilla warfare, right-wing death squads, economic collapse, and the pervasive influence of the drug trade.