The best books in Spanish for the last 25 years

This is one of the 743 lists we use to generate our main The Greatest Books list.

About this list

El Pais, 24 Books

50 critics, writers and booksellers from both sides of the Atlantic choose the milestones of the last quarter century.

This list was originally published in 2016 and was added to this site about 9 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
700 The Feast of the Goat Mario Vargas Llosa 2000 Peruvian Spanish
354 The Savage Detectives Roberto Bolaño 1998 Chilean Spanish
1983 Your Face Tomorrow Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
2352 Bartleby & Co Enrique Vila-Matas 2000 Spanish Spanish
2107 The Luminous Novel Mario Levrero 2005 Uruguayan Spanish
1394 Soldiers of Salamis Javier Cercas 2001 Spanish Spanish
3499 Borges Adolfo Bioy Casares 2006 Argentine Spanish
451 A Heart So White Javier Marias 1992 Spanish Spanish
8285 Lizard Tails Juan Marsé 2004 Spanish Spanish
6390 La Grande Juan José Saer 2012 Argentinian Spanish
4359 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
7698 The Desert And Its Seed Jorge Barón Biza 1998 Argentine Spanish
2895 Cremation Rafael Chirbes 2007 Spanish Spanish
6872 Tinísima Elena Poniatowska 1992 Mexican Spanish
5112 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
4617 The Abyss Fernando Vallejo 2001 Colombian Spanish
7065 The Investigation Juan José Saer 1994 Argentinian Spanish
9049 Son Memorias Tulio Halperin Donghi 2008 Argentinian Spanish
10044 Campo De Retamas Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio 2013 Spanish Spanish
7986 Fragmentos De Un Libro Futuro José Ángel Valente 2000 Spanish Spanish
6451 Never Did The Fire Diamela Eltit 2022 Chilean Spanish
7001 Variable Cloud Carmen Martín Gaite 1993 Spanish Spanish
2077 Santa Evita Tomás Eloy Martínez 1995 Argentinian Spanish
2677 El Día Del Watusi Francisco Casavella 2002 Spanish Spanish