10 of the Best Jorge Luis Borges Stories Everyone Should Read
- 'The Garden of Forking Paths'.
- 'The Lottery in Babylon'.
- 'Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote'.
- 'The Circular Ruins'.
- 'The Library of Babel'.
- 'Funes the Memorious'.
- 'The Sect of the Phoenix'.
- 'Emma Zunz'.
Is Borges the 20th century's most important writer?
Over the decades since his death in 1986, Borges' global stature has continued to grow. “Today one could consider Borges the most important writer of the 20th Century,” says Suzanne Jill Levine, translator and general editor of the Penguin Classics five-volume Borges series.
Where do I start with Jose Luis Borges?
The best stories, in my opinion:
- "The Library of Babel"
- "Funes the Memorious"
- "Pierre Menard, Author of The Quixote"
- "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"
- "The Garden of Forking Paths"
- "Three Versions of Judas"
- "The Aleph"
