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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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
10291 La Otra Mano De Lepanto Carmen Boullosa 2004 Mexican Spanish
10305 The Secret Life Of Salvador Dali Salvador Dali 1942 Spanish Spanish
10305 Memoirs Of A Revolutionary Victor Serge 1951 French French
10374 Al Morir Don Quijote Andrés Trapiello 2004 Spanish Spanish
10538 The Rediscovery Of America Ned Blackhawk 2023 Unknown English
10643 The Vanishing Man Laura Cumming 2016 British English
10748 The Moor's Account Laila Lalami 2014 American English
10913 La Casa Del Padre Justo Navarro 2015 Spanish Spanish
11014 Camino de Perdición Luis Mateo Díez 2007 Spanish Spanish
11055 Two Years Eight Months And Twenty Eight Nights Salman Rushdie 2015 British English
11072 Your Steps On The Stairs Antonio Muñoz Molina, Curtis Bauer 2019 Spanish English
11164 A World Lit Only By Fire William Manchester 1992 American English
11164 The Creators Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 American English
11269 Seiobo There Below László Krasznahorkai 2008 Hungarian Hungarian
11303 My Last Sigh Luis Buñuel 1982 Spanish Spanish
11307 Mysteries Of The Middle Ages Thomas Cahill 2006 American English
11342 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11363 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11436 A History Of Bombing Sven Lindqvist 1999 Swedish Swedish
11514 The Other Slavery Andrés Reséndez 2016 American English
11539 The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1869 American English
11572 Men Without Women Ernest Hemingway 1927 American English
11575 Inside The Whale And Other Essays George Orwell 1940 British English
11611 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11647 A Secular Age Charles Taylor 2007 Canadian English
11651 Mammoth Eva Baltasar 2022 Catalan Catalan
11661 Velazquez Jonathan Brown 1986 American English
11661 Federico Garcia Lorca Ian Gibson 1989 Spanish English
11835 I Gave You Eyes And You Looked Toward Darkness Irene Solà 2023 Unknown Catalan
11842 The Fate Of Rome Kyle Harper 2017 American English
11856 Dominion Tom Holland 2019 British English
11939 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Samuel Eliot Morison 1942 American English
12066 Discontent Beatriz Serrano, Mara Faye Lethem 2023 Unknown English
12325 Mazurka For Two Dead Men Camilo José Cela 1983 Spanish Spanish
12325 A Moment Of War Laurie Lee 1991 American English
12726 The Bird King G. Willow Wilson 2019 American English
13291 My Life Of Absurdity Chester Himes 1990 American English
13360 A Book of Mediterranean Food Elizabeth David 1950 British English
13523 The Vale Of Cedars Grace Aguilar 1850 British English
13533 Gardner's Art Through The Ages Helen Gardner 1926 American English
13591 Papyrus Irene Vallejo 2019 Spanish Spanish
13600 Cry, Mother Spain Lydie Salvayre 2014 French French
13709 Canto Yo Y La Montaña Baila Irene Solà 2019 Spanish Catalan
13734 The Spanish Love Deception Elena Armas 2021 Spanish English
13743 Dictionary Of Subjects And Symbols In Art James Hall 1974 British English
13922 Blind Sunflowers Alberto Méndez 2004 Spanish Spanish
14020 The South Colm Toibin 1990 Irish English
14070 Erste Erde Epos Raoul Schrott 2016 Austrian German
14232 In Ascension Martin MacInnes 2024 British English
14232 People Of The Book Geraldine Brooks 2008 Australian English
14629 The Gutenberg Galaxy Marshall McLuhan 1962 Canadian English
14676 Men Of The Old Stone Age Henry Fairfield Osborn 1915 American English
14720 The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Volume Ii Edward Gibbon 1781 British English
14787 The Making Of The Middle Ages R. W. Southern 1953 British English
14821 The Face Of War Martha Gellhorn 1959 American English
14925 Libro De Buen Amor Juan Ruiz 1330 Spanish Spanish
14950 Blood Wedding Federico García Lorca 1933 Spanish Spanish
14974 The Complete Poetry of César Vallejo César Vallejo 1968 Peruvian Spanish
14984 The Infatuations Javier Marias 2011 Spanish Spanish
14984 Call Me Zebra Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi 2018 American English
14984 In The Garden Of Iden Kage Baker 1997 American English
14984 Europe Norman Davies 1996 British English
14984 The Battle For Spain Antony Beevor 2006 British English
14984 Salt Mark Kurlansky 2002 American English
14984 The Man Who Ate Everything Jeffrey Steingarten 1997 American English
15663 Born In Blackness Howard W. French 2021 American English
15754 The Tree Of Knowledge Pío Baroja 1911 Spanish Spanish
15759 Punishment Without Revenge Lope de Vega 1631 Spanish Spanish
15903 The Guide for the Perplexed Moses Maimonides 1190 Jewish Arabic
15903 Averroes George F. Hourani 1961 American English
15903 The Gathering Storm Winston Churchill 1948 British English
15903 A Short Account Of The Destruction Of The Indies Bartolomé de las Casas 1552 Spanish Spanish
15903 Medieval Cities Henri Pirenne 1925 Belgian French
15903 A Rose For Winter Laurie Lee 1955 British English
15900 The Complete Stories Edgar Allan Poe 1832 American English
16494 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16596 Post Captain Patrick O'Brian 1972 British English
16703 El Quadern Gris Josep Pla 1966 Spanish Catalan
16752 Hills Like White Elephants Ernest Hemingway 1927 American English
16710 Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο Nikos Kazantzakis 1961 Greek Greek
17130 Pinckney's Treaty Samuel Flagg Bemis 1926 American English
16810 Castaways Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 1542 Spanish Spanish
17130 Operation Mincemeat Ben Macintyre 2010 British English
16819 The House Of Bernarda Alba Federico García Lorca 1936 Spanish Spanish
17118 The Best Mayor, The King Lope de Vega 1635 Spanish Spanish
17130 All Can Be Saved Stuart B. Schwartz 2008 American English
17130 Voices Of The Old Sea Norman Lewis 1984 British English
17130 Granada Radwa Ashour 1994 Egyptian Arabic
17130 Lo Demás Es Aire Juan Gómez Bárcena 2022 Spanish Spanish
17130 Castillos De Fuego Ignacio Martínez de Pisón 2022 Spanish Spanish
17130 Los Escorpiones Sara Barquinero 2024 Spanish Spanish; castilian
17130 Permafrost Eva Baltasar 2018 Spanish Catalan
17130 Digital Fortress Dan Brown 1998 American English
17130 Tomás Nevinson Javier Marias 2021 Spanish Spanish
17126 La Regenta Leopoldo Alas 1884 Spanish Spanish
17130 El Metall Impur Julià de Jòdar 2006 Spanish Catalan
17130 Cocaine Nights J. G. Ballard 1996 British English
17130 A Column Of Fire Ken Follett 2017 British English
16781 The Angst Ridden Executive Manuel Vázquez Montalbán 1977 Spanish Spanish
17130 The Discoverers Daniel J. Boorstin 1983 American English
17130 Aracoeli Elsa Morante 1982 Italian Italian
17086 San Manuel Bueno, Mártir Miguel de Unamuno 1931 Spanish Spanish
17130 Art History Marilyn Stokstad 1995 American English
17130 The Third Reich Michael Burleigh 2000 British English
17130 The Paris Wife Paula McLain 2011 American English
17130 Marina Carlos Ruiz Zafon 1999 Spanish Spanish
17130 Islam And The West Bernard Lewis 1993 British English
17130 All Out War Tim Shipman 2016 British English
17130 The Labyrinth Of The Spirits Carlos Ruiz Zafon 2016 Spanish Spanish
17130 Diplomacy Henry A. Kissinger 1994 American English
17130 We Need No Wings Ann Dávila Cardinal 2024 Unknown English
17130 Twilight Of Democracy Anne Applebaum 2020 American English
17130 The Lexus And The Olive Tree Thomas L. Friedman 1999 American English
17130 In The Wake Of The Plague Norman F. Cantor 2001 American English
17130 The Revolt Of The Public And The Crisis Of Authority In The New Millennium Martin Gurri 2014 Unknown English
17130 The Autobiography Of Henry Viii Margaret George 1986 American English
17130 The Last Days Of The Incas Kim MacQuarrie 2007 Unknown English
17130 Reasons To Stay Alive Matt Haig 2015 British English
17130 The Silk Roads Peter Frankopan 2015 British English