Until August — the final novel Gabriel Garcia Marquez was working on before he died — landed in bookstores this year on March 6th. The Columbian author passed away in 2014, after decades of stunning the world with magical realism — the literary device most associated with him and his iconic novel, 100 Years of Solitude. Almost a decade later, Marquez's sons have published his last novel, one he reportedly insisted should be destroyed.

As the Hollywood guild of actors...