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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4567 Mortal y rosa Francisco Umbral 1975 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
4688 Major Trends In Jewish Mysticism Gershom Scholem 1929 German German
4718 A Life of Picasso John Richardson 1991 British English
4732 Don Carlos Friedrich Schiller 1787 German German
4759 Claros Del Bosque María Zambrano 1977 Spanish Spanish
4825 Vernon Subutex Virginie Despentes 2015 French French
4955 The Trickster of Seville and His Guest of Stone Tirso de Molina 1630 Spanish Spanish
5105 Abel Sánchez Miguel de Unamuno 1917 Spanish Spanish
5122 In The Night Of Time Antonio Muñoz Molina 2012 Spanish Spanish
5146 Southern Seas Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1979 Spanish Spanish
5190 The Marquis De Bolibar Leo Perutz 1920 Austrian German
5190 Tales Of The Alhambra Washington Irving 1832 American English
5242 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
5412 Captain Alatriste Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1996 Spanish Spanish
5438 Communism In Spain In The Franco Era Jorge Semprún 1980 Spanish Spanish
5478 Larva Julián Ríos 1983 Spanish Spanish
5694 Night Boat To Tangier Kevin Barry 2019 Irish English
5751 The Insult Rupert Thomson 1996 British English
5833 Fuente Ovejuna Lope de Vega 1619 Spanish Spanish
5917 Our Lord Don Quixote Miguel de Unamuno 1935 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
6138 The Queen Of The South Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2002 Spanish Spanish
6343 Kriminalgeschichte Des Christentums Karlheinz Deschner 1986 German German
6382 A Voyage Round The World Georg Forster 1777 German German
6401 The Fencing Master Arturo Pérez-Reverte 1988 Spanish Spanish
6444 Mystical Dimensions Of Islam Annemarie Schimmel 1975 Unknown English
6488 This Is The Hour Lion Feuchtwanger 1951 German German
6528 The Painter Of Battles Arturo Pérez-Reverte 2006 Spanish Spanish
6558 Hernani Victor Hugo 1830 French French
6621 Zone Mathias Enard 2008 French French
6632 Confessions Jaume Cabré 2011 Spanish Catalan
6668 Strange Pilgrims Gabriel García Márquez 1992 Colombian Spanish
6698 Landscapes After the Battle Juan Goytisolo 1982 Spanish Spanish
6767 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
7169 Julio Jurenito Ilya Ehrenburg 1921 Russian Russian
7216 Prison Of Love Diego de San Pedro 1485 Spanish Spanish
7216 Visions Francisco de Quevedo 1627 Spanish Spanish
7216 Satirical Letter Of Censure Francisco de Quevedo 1601 Spanish Spanish
7216 Poems Of Fray Luis De León Fray Luis de León 1582 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Poems Of St. John Of The Cross St. John of the Cross 1578 Spanish Spanish
7216 Sonnets Luis de Góngora 1601 Spanish Spanish
7216 La Dorotea Lope de Vega 1632 Spanish Spanish
7216 Lost In A Mirror Lope de Vega 1600 Spanish Unknown
7216 The Knight Of Olmedo Lope de Vega 1620 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Mayor Of Zalamea Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1636 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Mighty Magician Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1637 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Doctor Of His Own Honor Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1635 Spanish Spanish
7216 The Spanish Tragedy Thomas Kyd 1587 British English
7216 Three Exemplary Novels Miguel de Unamuno 1933 Spanish Spanish
7216 My Voice Because Of You Pedro Salinas 1933 Spanish Spanish
7216 Selected Poems Federico García Lorca 1928 Spanish Spanish
7216 Poems Of Carles Riba Carles Riba 1943 Spanish Catalan
7216 Man's Hope Andre Malraux 1937 French French
7216 Poems Of Rubén Dário Rubén Dário 1896 Nicaraguan Spanish
7611 Winter In Lisbon Antonio Muñoz Molina 1987 Spanish Spanish
7616 The Heretic Miguel Delibes 1998 Spanish Spanish
7717 Three Tragedies Federico García Lorca 1947 Spanish Spanish
7781 The Pairing Casey McQuiston 2024 Unknown English
7832 La Larga Marcha Rafael Chirbes 1996 Spanish Spanish
7861 Poems Of Blas De Otero Blas de Otero 1950 Spanish Spanish
7935 Fever And Spear Javier Marias 2002 Spanish Spanish
7959 La Casa De La Fuerza Angélica Liddell 2009 Spanish Spanish
7980 Berta Isla Javier Marias 2017 Spanish Spanish
8001 Fragmentos De Un Libro Futuro José Ángel Valente 2000 Spanish Spanish
8197 Against The Inquisition Marco Aguinis 1991 Argentine Spanish
8261 Diccionario Sánscrito Español Oscar Pujol 2011 Spanish Spanish
8466 La Dama Número Trece José Carlos Somoza 2003 Spanish Spanish
8473 La Pell De Brau Salvador Espríu 1960 Catalan Catalan
8494 Paula Isabel Allende 1994 Chilean Spanish
8586 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
8621 Carnality Lina Wolff 2019 Swedish Swedish
8636 Donde Las Mujeres Álvaro Pombo 1996 Spanish Spanish
8717 La Cuadratura Del Círculo Álvaro Pombo 1995 Spanish Spanish
8729 The History of Silence Pedro Zarraluki 1995 Spanish Spanish
8826 Plenilunio Antonio Muñoz Molina 1997 Spanish Spanish
8909 Carreteras Secundarias Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 1996 Spanish Spanish
8975 Mantra Rodrigo Fresán 2001 Argentinian Spanish
8977 Clavícula Marta Sanz 2015 Spanish Spanish
9009 A Change Of Skin Carlos Fuentes 1967 Mexican Spanish
9022 Dark Back Of Time Javier Marias 1998 Spanish Spanish
9175 Homeland Fernando Aramburu 2016 Spanish Spanish
9251 Sor Juana Or, The Traps Of Faith Octavio Paz 1982 Mexican Spanish
9276 Invisible Reality Juan Ramón Jiménez 1983 Spanish Unknown
9285 1898 Kate Clarke Lemay, Taína Caragol 2017 Unknown English
9294 Poems Of J. V. Foix J. V. Foix 1970 Catalan Catalan
9377 The Abbot Of Montserrat William Child Green 1826 Unknown Unknown
9550 Guillén On Guillén Jorge Guillén 1972 Spanish Spanish
9550 The Owl's Insomnia Rafael Alberti 1972 Spanish Spanish
9550 Selected Poems Pere Gimferrer 1972 Spanish Spanish
9676 Easy Reading Cristina Morales 2018 Spanish Spanish
9680 Ordesa Manuel Vilas 2018 Spanish Spanish
9708 The Etymologies Isidore of Seville 630 Spanish Latin
9711 Katherine Of Aragon Alison Weir 2016 British English
9715 Eros Is More Juan Antonio González Iglesias 2018 Spanish Spanish
9776 The Garden Of Eden Ernest Hemingway 1986 American English
9884 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
9905 A Broken Mirror Merce Rodoreda 1974 Spanish Catalan
9948 An Apartment On Uranus Paul B. Preciado 2019 Spanish French
9948 Retaguardia Roja Fernando del Rey 2019 Spanish Spanish
9989 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10056 Tragic Sense Of Life Miguel de Unamuno 1912 Spanish Spanish
10071 Verdes Valles, Colinas Rojas Ramiro Pinilla 2004 Spanish Spanish
10091 The Ends Of The World Peter Brannen 2017 American English
10108 Don Quixote's Delusions Miranda France 2001 British English
10122 The Invisible Guardian Dolores Redondo 2013 Spanish Spanish
10129 El Tiempo De Las Mujeres Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2003 Spanish Spanish
10225 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10245 Persons and Places George Santayana 1944 American English
10263 Selected Poems Miguel Hernández 1979 Spanish Spanish