This study defines the "Boom" in the new Hispanic American novel between the years 1962 and 1968 beginning from a proposal that is interrelated with the social context of the group of countries where it arises and that of texts that, because they were experimental, were considered aesthetically isolated and new. The following novels are studied: La casa verde, Rayuela, Cien años de soledad, La muerte de Antonio Cruz, Gracias por el juego, and José Trigo.