Love in the Time of Cholera
Colombian novelist, 1927–2014.
Love in the Time of Cholera is a 1985 novel by Gabriel García Márquez, translated from Spanish.
In romance and love stories, magical realism
On 4 of the 11 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Gabriel García Márquez
- First published
- 1985
- Length
- 368 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Spanish
- Genre
- Romance and love stories, Magical realism
Is Love in the Time of Cholera worth reading?
4 of the 11 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs) and Oprah's Book Club picks.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Oprah's Book Club picks (Oprah's Book Club, 1996-) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 93 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 97 | See the list |
Best edition of Love in the Time of Cholera
The edition we link to is the Penguin paperback (2014), 368 pages, translated by Edith Grossman.
- Publisher
- Penguin (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 368
- Translator
- Edith Grossman
- ISBN
- 9780241968567
How critics and readers rate Love in the Time of Cholera
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 46% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 16% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Love in the Time of Cholera
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