The Garden of Forking Paths

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1. newer_viennaMay 2026
   Obligatory Borges mention for magical realism.

   Read his Garden of Forking Paths and Lottery in Babylon. Short stories which leave you with much to think about

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2. jgwil2Nov 2022
   I'd recommend anyone new to Borges to begin with "The Garden of Forking Paths." It's a sort of spy thriller story but also includes his trademark meditations on time and infinity.
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3. bryanrasmussenFeb 2022
   In no particular order, except that #1 is #1.

   1. Adventures of Huckelberry Finn

   2. Little, Big

   3. Winter's Tale

   4. Titus Groan

   5. Gormenghast

   6. Titus Alone

   7. Dune

   8. The manuscript found in saragossa

   9. The Three Musketeers

   10. A Scanner Darkly

   11. The Man in the High Castle

   12. Do Androids dream of Electronic Sheep

   13. Ubik

   14. Valis, basically almost every book by Phil Dick.

   15. Life on the Mississippi.

   16. The Garden of Forking Paths

   17. Dhalgren

   18. The Gods of Pegāna, basically all the fantasy work of Dunsany.

   19. The Lathe of Heaven. Anything by LeGuin.

   20. Their Eyes Were Watching God

   21. The Master and Margarita

   22. The Gulag Archipelago

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4. jgwil2May 2020
   For anyone looking for an intro to Borges I would recommend "The Garden of Forking Paths." It's a tight, exciting narrative that also explores his great themes.

   https://archive.org/stream/TheGardenOfForkingPathsJorgeLuisB...

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5. sn41Nov 2018
   IIRC "The Garden of Forking Paths" is an interesting story by J. L. Borges, from where the title of the paper is probably taken.
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6. vagab0ndJul 2018
   If you want to get a taste of Jorge Luis Borges, I strongly recommend the short story, The Garden of Forking Paths. Especially if you like twist at the end.
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