Los mejores libros del siglo XXI, elegidos por 21 librerías españolas

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elDiario.es, 25 Books

A Spanish survey published at the end of 2025 to identify the 25 most important books of the first quarter of the 21st century. The list was compiled from Top 10 selections submitted by 21 independent bookstores across Spain. The only eligibility requirement was that the books had been published in Spain after January 1, 2000, regardless of language, country of origin, or genre. The final Top 25 was determined by cross-referencing all ballots and counting repeated titles. In the event of ties, literary and critical significance (such as awards and major reviews) was prioritized over recent commercial success when establishing the final ranking.

This list was originally published in 2025 and was added to this site 6 months ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
13591 Papyrus Irene Vallejo 2019 Spanish Spanish
13709 Canto Yo Y La Montaña Baila Irene Solà 2019 Spanish Catalan
2589 Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell 2020 Irish English
5618 Our Share of Night Mariana Enríquez 2019 Argentinian Spanish
232 2666 Roberto Bolaño 2004 Chilean Spanish
4442 Oblivion Héctor Abad Faciolince 2006 Colombian Spanish
14552 La Península De Las Casas Vacías David Uclés 2021 Unknown Spanish
2902 Cremation Rafael Chirbes 2007 Spanish Spanish
1394 Soldiers of Salamis Javier Cercas 2001 Spanish Spanish
1809 The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2001 Spanish Spanish
14827 Bad Habit Alana S. Portero Unknown Unknown
14086 The Burnout Society Byung-Chul Han 2010 German German
1252 Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari 2011 Israeli Hebrew
13922 Blind Sunflowers Alberto Méndez 2004 Spanish Spanish
2311 Solenoid Mircea Cărtărescu 2015 Romanian Romanian
6632 Confessions Jaume Cabré 2011 Spanish Catalan
290 The Road Cormac McCarthy 2006 American English
2647 Hurricane Season Fernanda Melchor 2017 Mexican Spanish
2681 El Día Del Watusi Francisco Casavella 2002 Spanish Spanish
670 Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
6341 Nothing Holds Back The Night Delphine de Vigan 2011 French French
14426 The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes Tatiana Țîbuleac 2016 Moldovan Romanian
701 The Feast of the Goat Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 Peruvian Spanish
898 My Struggle Karl Ove Knausgård 2009 Norwegian Norwegian
6148 My Tender Matador Pedro Lemebel 2001 Chilean Spanish