BOOKS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION
By Night in Chile. 2003. Novel, tr. Chris Andrews.
Distant Star. 2004. Novel, tr. Chris Andrews.
Last Evenings on Earth. 2006. Stories, tr. Chris Andrews.
Amulet. 2006. Novel, tr. Chris Andrews.
The Savage Detectives. 2007. Novel, tr. Natasha Wimmer.
Nazi Literature in the Americas. 2008. Novel, tr. Chris Andrews.
2666. 2008. Novel, tr. Natasha Wimmer.
The Romantic Dogs. 2008. (Bilingual). Poems, tr. Laura Healy.
The Skating Rink. 2009. Novel, tr. Chris Andrews.
Roberto Bolaño: The Last Interview. 2009. Interview by Mónica Maristain, tr. Sybil Perez, introd. Marcela Valdes.
Monsieur Pain. 2010. Novel, tr. Chris Andrews.
Antwerp. 2010. Prose, tr. Natasha Wimmer.
The Return. 2010. Stories, tr. Chris Andrews.
The Insufferable Gaucho. 2010. Stories & essays, tr. Chris Andrews.
Between Parentheses: Essays, Articles, and Speeches (1998-2003). 2011. Nonfiction & fiction, ed. Ignacio Echevarría, tr. Natasha Wimmer.
Tres. 2011. (Bilingual). Poems, tr. Laura Healy.
The Third Reich. 2011. Novel, tr. Natasha Wimmer.
The Secret of Evil. 2012. Prose, tr. Chris Andrews and Natasha Wimmer.
Woes of the True Policeman. 2012. Novel, tr. Natasha Wimmer.
The Unknown University. 2013. (Bilingual). Poems, tr. Laura Healy.
Woes of the True Policeman. 2012. Novel, tr. Natasha Wimmer.
The Unknown University. 2013. (Bilingual). Poems, tr. Laura Healy.
A Little Lumpen Novelita. 2014. Novel, tr. Natasha Wimmer.
SELECTED BOOKS IN SPANISH
Muchachos desnudos bajo el arcoiris de fuego. 11 jóvenes poetas latinoamericanos. 1979. ("Naked Boys Under the Rainbow of Fire", anthology of poems by 11 young Latin American poets, selected by Bolaño).
La senda de los elefantes. 1982. ("The Elephant Track", novel published in 1999 as Monsieur Pain).
Consejos de un discípulo de Morrison a un fanático de Joyce. 1984. ("Advice from a Morrison Follower to a Joyce Fanatic", novel co-written with Antoni García Porta).
Fragmentos de la universidad desconocida. 1993. ("Fragments of the Unknown University", poems).
La pista de hielo. 1993. / The Skating Rink (novel, 2009).
Estrella distante. 1996. / Distant Star (novel, 2004).
Llamadas telefónicas. 1997. ("Telephone Calls", stories).
Los detectives salvajes. 1998. / The Savage Detectives (novel, 2007).
Amuleto. 1999. / Amulet (novel, 2006).
Monsieur Pain. 1999. / Monsieur Pain (novel, 2010).
Tres. 2000. / Tres (poems, 2011).
Los perros románticos: Poemas 1980-1998. 2000. / The Romantic Dogs (poems, 2008).
Putas asesinas. 2001. ("Murdering Whores", stories).
Una novelita lumpen. 2002. / A Little Lumpen Novelita (novel, 2014).
El gaucho insufrible. 2003. / The Insufferable Gaucho (stories & essays, 2010).
Entre paréntesis. 2004. (articles, columns, interviews, fiction, & speeches, ed. Ignacio Echevarría). / Between Parentheses (2011).
2666. 2004. / 2666 (novel, 2008).
Bolaño por sí mismo, entrevistas escogidas. 2006. (selected interviews, ed. Andrés Braithwaite).
El secreto del mal. 2007. (ed. Ignacio Echevarría). / The Secret of Evil (prose, 2012).
El tercer Reich. 2010. (written in 1989). / The Third Reich (novel, 2011).
Cuentos. 2010. (omnibus edition of 3 previous story collections).
"Diorama". Unpublished.
"The Spirit of Science Fiction". Unpublished.
"DF, La Paloma, Tobruk". Unpublished.