Paco Ignacio Taibo II is a historian, writer, and one of the fathers of the neo-noir genre in Latin America, as well as a university professor and current director of the Fondo de Cultura Económica. In 1986, he was one of the founders of the International Association of Crime Writers. Th following year he created Semana Negra de Gijón, which is now the oldest festival dedicated to crime fiction. He directed it until 2012. His books have been translated into multiple languages and have won awards including the Grijalbo Novel Prize in 1982, the Café Gijón and National History Prize in 1986, the Hammett Prize for best noir novel in 1988, 1991, and 1994; the 1992 Planeta Mexico Prize; the Bellas Artes de Narrativa Colina Prize; and the Captain Alonso de León Steel Medal for Historical Merit in 2012.

The books on this page are a representative sample of all the books he has published.

BY PACO IGNACIO TAIBO II:

Pancho Villa
NONFICITON, 2006
La libertad
NONFICTION, 2022
La historia del gueto de varsovia
NONFICTION, 2022
Todo Belascoarán
FICTION, 2021
El general orejón ese
NONFICTION, 1997
Yaquis
NONFICTION, 2013
Cuentos incompletos
SHORT STORIES, 2020
Cuatro manos
FICTION, 1990
Retornamos como sombras
FICTION, 2001
Temporada de zopilotes
NONFICTION, 2009
La bicicleta de Leonardo
FICTION, 1993
Bolcheviques
NONFICTION, 2008
De paso
FICTION, 1987
68
NONFICTION, 2016
Héroes convocados
FICTION, 2016
El Álamo
NONFICTION, 2013
El ciego, la cabeza y el golpe
SHORT STORIES, 2013
La vida misma
FICTION, 2012
Los libres no reconocen rivales
NONFICTION, 2012
La lejanía del tesoro
FICTION, 2011
El retorno de los tigres de Malasia
FICTION, 2011
Olga Lavanderos
FICTION, 2012
Doña Eustolia blandió el cuchillo cebollero
SHORT STORIES, 2003
Arcángeles
FICTION, 1998
Ernesto Guevara, también conocido como el Che
NONFICTION, 1996