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Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. He was described by the New York Times as being “one of the most admired writers in the Spanish-speaking world” in his obituary. Fuentes considered himself to be a pre-modern writer, and only used pens, ink and paper. The son of a Mexican diplomat, he would go onto become one himself, serving as ambassador to France.

Carlos Fuentes made his debut as a published author in 1958 with the novel Where the Air is Clear. He continued to write until his death in 2012. Below is a list of Carlos Fuentes’ books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Where the Air is Clear (1958)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Good Conscience (1959)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Aura (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Change of Skin (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Terra Nostra (1975)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hydra Head (1978)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Distant Relations (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Old Gringo (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Christopher Unborn (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Campaign (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Orange Tree (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diana (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Crystal Frontier (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Years with Laura Diaz (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Inez (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Eagle's Throne (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vlad (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Happy Families (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Destiny and Desire (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Adam in Eden (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Burnt Water (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Myself with Others (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Juan Rulfo's Mexico (With: Margo Glantz,Jorge Alberto Lozoya,Eduardo Rivero,Víctor Jiménez,E. Billeter) (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Buried Mirror (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A New Time for Mexico (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Voluptuario (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Territories of Time (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
This I Believe (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Frida Kahlo: National Homage 1907-2007 (With: Frida Kahlo,James Oles,Salomon Grimberg,Raquel Tibol) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fragile Demon: Juan Soriano in Mexico, 1935 to 1950 (With: Octavio Paz,Edward J. Sullivan) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Eye of the Heart(1973)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Magical Realist Fiction(1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Penguin Book of Latin American Short Stories(1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Oxford Book of Latin American Short Stories(1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Picador Book of Latin American Stories(1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Vintage Book of Latin American Stories(2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bordering Fires: The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Very Mexican Christmas(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Note: The Picador Book of Latin American Stories was edited with Julio Ortega.

If You Like Carlos Fuentes Books, You’ll Love…

Carlos Fuentes Synopses: In The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes, Artemio Cruz is an all-powerful newspaper magnate and land baron who is confined to his bed and, in dream-like flashes, recalls the pivotal aspects of his life. Tales are told from Cruz’s heroic campaigns during the Mexican Revolution, through his relentless climb from poverty to wealth, to his uneasy death. This novel is a haunting voyage into the soul of modern Mexico.

The Campaign is a standalone title by Carlos Fuentes. Set during Spanish America’s struggle for independence, Baltasar Bustos sets out across several South American nations and Mexico on campaign of redemption that is both public and personal.

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