The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Barcelona

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
448 Homage to Catalonia George Orwell 1938 British English
656 The Time Of The Doves Merce Rodoreda 1962 Spanish Catalan
949 Nada Carmen Laforet 1944 Spanish Spanish
1469 Last Afternoons With Teresa Juan Marsé 1966 Spanish Spanish
1784 Marks of Identity Juan Goytisolo 1966 Spanish Spanish
1809 The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2001 Spanish Spanish
2361 Bartleby & Co Enrique Vila-Matas 2000 Spanish Spanish
2405 The City Of Marvels Eduardo Mendoza 1986 Spanish Spanish
2568 Poesías Completas Antonio Machado 1940 Spanish Spanish
2681 El Día Del Watusi Francisco Casavella 2002 Spanish Spanish
3131 The Man Who Loved Dogs Leonardo Padura 2009 Cuban Spanish
3637 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
4253 Autumn Journal Louis MacNeice 1939 British English
4611 Las Personas Del Verbo Jaime Gil de Biedma
 1975 Spanish Spanish
4718 A Life of Picasso John Richardson 1991 British English
4825 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
5146 Southern Seas Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1979 Spanish Spanish
6621 Zone Mathias Enard 2008 French French
6632 Confessions Jaume Cabré 2011 Spanish Catalan
6668 Strange Pilgrims Gabriel García Márquez 1992 Colombian Spanish
6992 A Light Comedy Eduardo Mendoza 1996 Spanish Spanish
8730 The History of Silence Pedro Zarraluki 1995 Spanish Spanish
8910 Carreteras Secundarias Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 1996 Spanish Spanish
9295 Poems Of J. V. Foix J. V. Foix 1970 Catalan Catalan
9886 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
9907 A Broken Mirror Merce Rodoreda 1974 Spanish Catalan
9950 An Apartment On Uranus Paul B. Preciado 2019 Spanish French
10130 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10226 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
14232 In Ascension Martin MacInnes 2024 British English
14985 Call Me Zebra Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi 2018 American English
14985 The Battle For Spain Antony Beevor 2006 British English
14985 The Man Who Ate Everything Jeffrey Steingarten 1997 American English
15916 Medieval Cities Henri Pirenne 1925 Belgian French
16722 El Quadern Gris Josep Pla 1966 Spanish Catalan
17164 Castillos De Fuego Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17164 Permafrost Eva Baltasar 2018 Spanish Catalan
17164 El Metall Impur Julià de Jòdar 2006 Spanish Catalan
17164 Origin Dan Brown 2017 American English
16809 The Angst Ridden Executive Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1977 Spanish Spanish
17164 Marina Carlos Ruiz Zafon 1999 Spanish Spanish
17164 The Labyrinth Of The Spirits Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2016 Spanish Spanish
17164 In The Wake Of The Plague Norman F. Cantor 2001 American English
17164 Why Orwell Matters Christopher Hitchens 2002 British English
17164 Kantika Elizabeth Graver 2023 Unknown English
17164 Soccer In Sun And Shadow Eduardo Galeano 1995 Uruguayan Spanish
17164 Big Game, Small World Alexander Wolff 2002 Unknown English
17164 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17164 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
17164 Threshold Rob Doyle 2020 Irish English
17164 Atlas Obscura Joshua Foer 2016 American English
17164 It's Not About The Bike Lance Armstrong 1999 American English
17164 On Bullfighting AL Kennedy 1999 British English
17164 Retrospective Juan Gabriel Vásquez 2023 Colombian Spanish
17164 Tomorrow Perhaps The Future Sarah Watling 2023 Unknown English
17164 Picasso The Foreigner Annie Cohen‑Solal 2023 Unknown French
17164 The City Of Mist Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2021 Spanish Spanish
17164 Roads To Santiago Cees Nooteboom 1992 Dutch Dutch
17164 The Four Hour Body Tim Ferriss 2010 American English
17164 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown