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
1709 The Club Dumas Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1993 Spanish Spanish
1989 Your Face Tomorrow Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
2492 All Souls Javier Marias 1989 Spanish Spanish
2567 Poesías Completas Antonio Machado 1940 Spanish Spanish
2750 Young Henry Of Navarre Heinrich Mann 1935 German German
2787 A Cultural History Of The Modern Age Egon Friedell 1927 Austrian English
3052 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
3324 Compassion Benito Pérez Galdós 1897 Spanish Spanish
3387 Human Poems César Vallejo 1939 Peruvian Spanish
3390 La Realidad Y El Deseo Luis Cernuda 1936 Spanish Spanish
3391 Selected Poetry Of Francisco De Quevedo Francisco de Quevedo 1648 Spanish Spanish
3423 The Back Room Carmen Martín Gaite 1978 Spanish Spanish
3597 Time of Silence Luis Martín-Santos 1962 Spanish Spanish
3638 An Outline Of European Architecture Nikolaus Pevsner 1943 British English
4055 Leaving the Atocha Station Ben Lerner 2011 American English
4364 The Anatomy Of A Moment Javier Cercas 2009 Spanish Spanish
4609 Las Personas Del Verbo Jaime Gil de Biedma
 1975 Spanish Spanish
4653 Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me Javier Marias 1994 Spanish Spanish
5119 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
5240 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
5409 Captain Alatriste Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1996 Spanish Spanish
5475 Larva Julián Ríos 1983 Spanish Spanish
5904 Death In The Afternoon Ernest Hemingway 1932 American English
6002 The Story Of My Life Giacomo Casanova 1822 Italian French
6002 Marginalia On Casanova Miklós Szentkuthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
6002 Theatre Of The World Frances A. Yates 1969 British English
6398 The Fencing Master Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1988 Spanish Spanish
6667 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
7168 Julio Jurenito Ilya Ehrenburg 1921 Russian Russian
7610 Winter In Lisbon Antonio Muñoz Molina 1987 Spanish Spanish
7831 La Larga Marcha Rafael Chirbes 1996 Spanish Spanish
7934 Fever And Spear Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
7979 Berta Isla Javier Marias 2017 Spanish Spanish
8461 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8617 Carnality Lina Wolff 2019 Swedish Swedish
8632 Donde Las Mujeres Álvaro Pombo 1996 Spanish Spanish
8713 La Cuadratura Del Círculo Álvaro Pombo 1995 Spanish Spanish
8821 Plenilunio Antonio Muñoz Molina 1997 Spanish Spanish
9018 Dark Back Of Time Javier Marias 1998 Spanish Spanish
9171 Homeland Fernando Aramburu 2016 Spanish Spanish
9247 Sor Juana Or, The Traps Of Faith Octavio Paz 1982 Mexican Spanish
9712 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9944 Retaguardia Roja Fernando del Rey 2019 Spanish Spanish
9985 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10125 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10640 The Vanishing Man Laura Cumming 2016 British English
11011 Camino de Perdición Luis Mateo Díez 2007 Spanish Spanish
11266 Seiobo There Below László Krasznahorkai 2008 Hungarian Hungarian
11634 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11660 Velazquez Jonathan Brown 1986 American English
12066 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
13532 Gardner's Art Through The Ages Helen Gardner 1926 American English
13742 Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art James Hall 1974 British English
14983 The Infatuations Javier Marias 2011 Spanish Spanish
14983 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
14983 The Battle For Spain Antony Beevor 2006 British English
15897 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
17100 The Best Mayor, The King Lope de Vega 1635 Spanish Spanish
17117 Castillos De Fuego Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17117 Tomás Nevinson Javier Marias 2021 Spanish Spanish
17117 Art History Marilyn Stokstad 1995 American English
17117 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17117 The Labyrinth Of The Spirits Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2016 Spanish Spanish
17117 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17117 Twilight Of Democracy Anne Applebaum 2020 American English
17117 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17117 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17117 The Last Days Of The Incas Kim MacQuarrie 2007 Unknown English
17117 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English
17117 Bury Me Standing Isobel Fonseca 1995 Unknown English
16864 Poemas Sociales, De Guerra Y De Muerte Miguel Hernández 1937 Spanish Spanish
17117 El Corazón Helado Almudena Grandes 2007 Spanish Spanish
17117 The Wages Of Destruction Adam Tooze 2006 British English
17117 Rizal In Saga Nick Joaquin 1996 Philippine English
17117 Great Spanish Stories Margaret Jull Costa 2014 Unknown Spanish
16858 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17117 The Wealth And Poverty Of Nations David S. Landes 1998 American English
17097 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
16865 A History Of Civilizations Fernand Braudel 1963 French French
17117 On Bullfighting AL Kennedy 1999 British English
17117 Rasero Francisco Rebolledo 1995 Mexican Spanish
17117 Sea Power Admiral James Stavridis 2017 American English
17117 Emperor Of Rome Mary Beard 2023 British English
17117 The World Simon Sebag Montefiore 2023 British English
17117 The 48 Laws Of Power robert green 1998 Unknown English
17117 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17117 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
17117 Roads To Santiago Cees Nooteboom 1992 Dutch Dutch
17117 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17117 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown