The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Spain

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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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4565 Mortal y rosa Francisco Umbral 1975 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
4686 Major Trends In Jewish Mysticism Gershom Scholem 1929 German German
4716 A Life of Picasso John Richardson 1991 British English
4730 Don Carlos Friedrich Schiller 1787 German German
4757 Claros Del Bosque María Zambrano 1977 Spanish Spanish
4823 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
4952 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
5102 Abel Sánchez Miguel de Unamuno 1917 Spanish Spanish
5119 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
5143 Southern Seas Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1979 Spanish Spanish
5187 The Marquis De Bolibar Leo Perutz 1920 Austrian German
5187 Tales Of The Alhambra Washington Irving 1832 American English
5240 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
5409 Captain Alatriste Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1996 Spanish Spanish
5435 Communism In Spain In The Franco Era Jorge Semprún 1980 Spanish Spanish
5475 Larva Julián Ríos 1983 Spanish Spanish
5691 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
5748 The Insult Rupert Thomson 1996 British English
5828 Fuente Ovejuna Lope de Vega 1619 Spanish Spanish
5912 Our Lord Don Quixote Miguel de Unamuno 1935 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
6135 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6340 Kriminalgeschichte Des Christentums Karlheinz Deschner 1986 German German
6379 A Voyage Round The World Georg Forster 1777 German German
6398 The Fencing Master Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1988 Spanish Spanish
6441 Mystical Dimensions Of Islam Annemarie Schimmel 1975 Unknown English
6486 This Is The Hour Lion Feuchtwanger 1951 German German
6526 The Painter Of Battles Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2006 Spanish Spanish
6556 Hernani Victor Hugo 1830 French French
6619 Zone Mathias Enard 2008 French French
6630 Confessions Jaume Cabré 2011 Spanish Catalan
6667 Strange Pilgrims Gabriel García Márquez 1992 Colombian Spanish
6697 Landscapes After the Battle Juan Goytisolo 1982 Spanish Spanish
6766 Sotileza Jose M. de Pereda 1885 Spanish Spanish
6813 La Barraca Vicente Blasco Ibáñez 1898 Spanish Spanish
6934 Shooting Script Gavin Lyall 1966 British English
6992 A Light Comedy Eduardo Mendoza 1996 Spanish Spanish
6996 Panegyric Guy Debord 1989 French French
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
7215 Prison Of Love Diego de San Pedro 1485 Spanish Spanish
7215 Visions Francisco de Quevedo 1627 Spanish Spanish
7215 Satirical Letter Of Censure Francisco de Quevedo 1601 Spanish Spanish
7215 Poems Of Fray Luis De León Fray Luis de León 1582 Spanish Spanish
7215 The Poems Of St. John Of The Cross St. John of the Cross 1578 Spanish Spanish
7215 Sonnets Luis de Góngora 1601 Spanish Spanish
7215 La Dorotea Lope de Vega 1632 Spanish Spanish
7215 Lost In A Mirror Lope de Vega 1600 Spanish Unknown
7215 The Knight Of Olmedo Lope de Vega 1620 Spanish Spanish
7215 The Mayor Of Zalamea Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1636 Spanish Spanish
7215 The Mighty Magician Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1637 Spanish Spanish
7215 The Doctor Of His Own Honor Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1635 Spanish Spanish
7215 The Spanish Tragedy Thomas Kyd 1587 British English
7215 Three Exemplary Novels Miguel de Unamuno 1933 Spanish Spanish
7215 My Voice Because Of You Pedro Salinas 1933 Spanish Spanish
7215 Selected Poems Federico García Lorca 1928 Spanish Spanish
7215 Poems Of Carles Riba Carles Riba 1943 Spanish Catalan
7215 Man's Hope Andre Malraux 1937 French French
7215 Poems Of Rubén Dário Rubén Dário 1896 Nicaraguan Spanish
7610 Winter In Lisbon Antonio Muñoz Molina 1987 Spanish Spanish
7615 The Heretic Miguel Delibes 1998 Spanish Spanish
7715 Three Tragedies Federico García Lorca 1947 Spanish Spanish
7779 The Pairing Casey McQuiston 2024 Unknown English
7831 La Larga Marcha Rafael Chirbes 1996 Spanish Spanish
7860 Poems Of Blas De Otero Blas de Otero 1950 Spanish Spanish
7934 Fever And Spear Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
7958 La Casa De La Fuerza Angélica Liddell 2009 Spanish Spanish
7979 Berta Isla Javier Marias 2017 Spanish Spanish
8000 Fragmentos De Un Libro Futuro José Ángel Valente 2000 Spanish Spanish
8195 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8259 Diccionario Sánscrito Español Oscar Pujol 2011 Spanish Spanish
8461 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8468 La Pell De Brau Salvador Espríu 1960 Catalan Catalan
8489 Paula Isabel Allende 1994 Chilean Spanish
8582 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
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
8724 The History of Silence Pedro Zarraluki 1995 Spanish Spanish
8821 Plenilunio Antonio Muñoz Molina 1997 Spanish Spanish
8905 Carreteras Secundarias Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 1996 Spanish Spanish
8971 Mantra Rodrigo Fresán 2001 Argentinian Spanish
8973 Clavícula Marta Sanz 2015 Spanish Spanish
9005 A Change Of Skin Carlos Fuentes 1967 Mexican 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
9271 Invisible Reality Juan Ramón Jiménez 1983 Spanish Unknown
9280 1898 Kate Clarke Lemay, Taína Caragol 2017 Unknown English
9289 Poems Of J. V. Foix J. V. Foix 1970 Catalan Catalan
9372 The Abbot Of Montserrat William Child Green 1826 Unknown Unknown
9545 Guillén On Guillén Jorge Guillén 1972 Spanish Spanish
9545 The Owl's Insomnia Rafael Alberti 1972 Spanish Spanish
9545 Selected Poems Pere Gimferrer 1972 Spanish Spanish
9673 Easy Reading Cristina Morales 2018 Spanish Spanish
9677 Ordesa Manuel Vilas 2018 Spanish Spanish
9707 The Etymologies Isidore of Seville 630 Spanish Latin
9708 Katherine Of Aragon Alison Weir 2016 British English
9712 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9773 The Garden Of Eden Ernest Hemingway 1986 American English
9881 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
9902 A Broken Mirror Merce Rodoreda 1974 Spanish Catalan
9944 An Apartment On Uranus Paul B. Preciado 2019 Spanish French
9944 Retaguardia Roja Fernando del Rey 2019 Spanish Spanish
9985 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10051 Tragic Sense Of Life Miguel de Unamuno 1912 Spanish Spanish
10066 Verdes Valles, Colinas Rojas Ramiro Pinilla 2004 Spanish Spanish
10086 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10103 Don Quixote's Delusions Miranda France 2001 British English
10118 The Invisible Guardian Dolores Redondo 2013 Spanish Spanish
10125 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10219 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10239 Persons and Places George Santayana 1944 American English
10258 Selected Poems Miguel Hernández 1979 Spanish Spanish