He told Newsweek about his five most important books.
One title on the list:
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez.Read about all five books on Kraft's list.
It plays elegant games that came to be called magical realism, but may be better called realism in the service of romance.
One Hundred Years of Solitude also appears on James Patterson's five most important books list.
--Marshal Zeringue