The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Madrid

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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
452 A Heart So White Javier Marias 1992 Spanish Spanish
476 The Monk Matthew Lewis 1796 British English
523 Fortunata and Jacinta Benito Pérez Galdós 1887 Spanish Spanish
630 The Swindler Francisco de Quevedo 1626 Spanish Spanish
1710 The Club Dumas Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1993 Spanish Spanish
1989 Your Face Tomorrow Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
2494 All Souls Javier Marias 1989 Spanish Spanish
2568 Poesías Completas Antonio Machado 1940 Spanish Spanish
2752 Young Henry Of Navarre Heinrich Mann 1935 German German
2788 A Cultural History Of The Modern Age Egon Friedell 1927 Austrian English
3053 National Episodes Benito Pérez Galdós 1873 Spanish Spanish
3272 Bohemian Lights Ramón del Valle-Inclán 1920 Spanish Spanish
3294 Sonnets Francisco de Quevedo 1648 Spanish Spanish
3323 Compassion Benito Pérez Galdós 1897 Spanish Spanish
3386 Human Poems César Vallejo 1939 Peruvian Spanish
3389 La Realidad Y El Deseo Luis Cernuda 1936 Spanish Spanish
3390 Selected Poetry Of Francisco De Quevedo Francisco de Quevedo 1648 Spanish Spanish
3422 The Back Room Carmen Martín Gaite 1978 Spanish Spanish
3596 Time of Silence Luis Martín-Santos 1962 Spanish Spanish
3637 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
4056 Leaving the Atocha Station Ben Lerner 2011 American English
4365 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
4611 Las Personas Del Verbo Jaime Gil de Biedma
 1975 Spanish Spanish
4655 Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Javier Marias 1994 Spanish Spanish
5122 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
5242 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
5412 Captain Alatriste Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1996 Spanish Spanish
5478 Larva Julián Ríos 1983 Spanish Spanish
5907 Death In The Afternoon Ernest Hemingway 1932 American English
6005 The Story Of My Life Giacomo Casanova 1822 Italian French
6005 Marginalia On Casanova Miklós Szentkuthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
6005 Theatre Of The World Frances A. Yates 1969 British English
6401 The Fencing Master Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1988 Spanish Spanish
6668 Strange Pilgrims Gabriel García Márquez 1992 Colombian Spanish
7008 Gente Que Se Fue David Gistau 2010 Spanish Spanish
7010 Variable Cloud Carmen Martín Gaite 1993 Spanish Spanish
7169 Julio Jurenito Ilya Ehrenburg 1921 Russian Russian
7611 Winter In Lisbon Antonio Muñoz Molina 1987 Spanish Spanish
7832 La Larga Marcha Rafael Chirbes 1996 Spanish Spanish
7935 Fever And Spear Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
7980 Berta Isla Javier Marias 2017 Spanish Spanish
8466 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8622 Carnality Lina Wolff 2019 Swedish Swedish
8637 Donde Las Mujeres Álvaro Pombo 1996 Spanish Spanish
8718 La Cuadratura Del Círculo Álvaro Pombo 1995 Spanish Spanish
8827 Plenilunio Antonio Muñoz Molina 1997 Spanish Spanish
9023 Dark Back Of Time Javier Marias 1998 Spanish Spanish
9176 Homeland Fernando Aramburu 2016 Spanish Spanish
9252 Sor Juana Or, The Traps Of Faith Octavio Paz 1982 Mexican Spanish
9717 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9950 Retaguardia Roja Fernando del Rey 2019 Spanish Spanish
9991 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10130 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10647 The Vanishing Man Laura Cumming 2016 British English
11018 Camino de Perdición Luis Mateo Díez 2007 Spanish Spanish
11273 Seiobo There Below László Krasznahorkai 2008 Hungarian Hungarian
11637 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11663 Velazquez Jonathan Brown 1986 American English
12067 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
13533 Gardner's Art Through The Ages Helen Gardner 1926 American English
13743 Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art James Hall 1974 British English
14985 The Infatuations Javier Marias 2011 Spanish Spanish
14985 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
14985 The Battle For Spain Antony Beevor 2006 British English
15916 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
15904 The Adventures Of Gil Blas Alain-René Le Sage 1715 French French
17146 The Best Mayor, The King Lope de Vega 1635 Spanish Spanish
17164 Castillos De Fuego Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17164 Tomás Nevinson Javier Marias 2021 Spanish Spanish
17164 Origin Dan Brown 2017 American English
17164 Art History Marilyn Stokstad 1995 American English
17164 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17164 The Labyrinth Of The Spirits Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2016 Spanish Spanish
17164 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17164 Twilight Of Democracy Anne Applebaum 2020 American English
17164 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17164 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17164 The Last Days Of The Incas Kim MacQuarrie 2007 Unknown English
17164 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17164 Bury Me Standing Isobel Fonseca 1995 Unknown English
16916 Poemas Sociales, De Guerra Y De Muerte Miguel Hernández 1937 Spanish Spanish
17164 El Corazón Helado Almudena Grandes 2007 Spanish Spanish
17164 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17164 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17164 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
16907 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17164 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17106 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
16906 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17164 On Bullfighting AL Kennedy 1999 British English
17164 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17164 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17164 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17164 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17164 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
17164 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17164 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
17164 Roads To Santiago Cees Nooteboom 1992 Dutch Dutch
17164 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17164 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown