The book by Argentine author Mariana Enríquez, «Alguien camina sobre tu tumba» («Someone Walks Over Your Grave»), has been chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best books of 2025. It is the only work by an Argentine author included in the 2025 edition, although Enríquez was also featured on the list in 2023 for «Nuestra parte de noche». According to TIME, the list is the result of a review of thousands of titles published in the United States and covers narrative, essay, chronicle, and poetry. The committee highlights the works for their cultural impact, originality, and literary quality.
Originally published in 2014 and later expanded, «Alguien camina sobre tu tumba» features texts in which Enríquez recounts her visits to cemeteries on different continents, including Montparnasse (Paris), Highgate (London), and the Jewish cemetery in Prague. TIME notes that the stories function as «windows into the mysteries of mortality», articulating funeral practices, funerary architecture, and social ways of processing grief and memory.
The English translation by Megan McDowell boosted its circulation in the U.S. market. This recognition adds to Enríquez's growing international acclaim, whose works—such as «Los peligros de fumar en la cama», a finalist for the International Booker Prize—are published in dozens of editions and translations. With this distinction, Enríquez strengthens her presence in the global literary scene and confirms the growing international interest in contemporary Argentine narrative.
TIME's list also includes titles such as «Hostage» by Eli Sharabi, «Atmosphere» by Taylor Jenkins Reid, «Pan de ángeles» by Patti Smith, «Libro de las vidas» by Margaret Atwood, «Claire McCardell» by Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson, «Gwyneth» by Amy Odell, and «No nos separamos» by Han Kang.
Among the selected works is also «A Flower Traveled in My Blood» by Haley Cohen Gilliland, a debut that addresses the appropriation of children during the Argentine dictatorship and the work of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo. Based on testimonies and journalistic research, it reconstructs the story of Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit and the decisive contribution of forensic genetics to the restitution of identities.
