8 must-read spain books like Books Burn Badly by Manuel Rivas

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Books Burn Badly

By: Manuel Rivas

3.41

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

On August 19, 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruña and watches Fascist soldiers…

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Cover of Ojos de agua (Leo Caldas #1) by Domingo Villar

1. Ojos de agua (Leo Caldas #1)

By: Domingo Villar

3.71

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

Entre el aroma del mar y de los pinos gallegos, en una torre residencial junto a la playa, un joven… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • spain
  • fiction
"También, desde el púlpito, don José había enseñado a los alumnos de diez años a decidir en situaciones límite: cuando un terrorista amenaza a la familia de un niño con una ametralladora y pide a ese …"

-Domingo Villar, Ojos de agua (Leo Caldas #1)

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2. On the Road

By: Jack Kerouac

3.61

Format: 307 pages, Paperback

A quintessential novel of America & the Beat Generation On the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
"We wandered in a frenzy and a dream (301)."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"I forgave everybody, I gave up, I got drunk."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"It was a rainy night. It was the myth of a rainy night."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go."

-Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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3. Tropic of Cancer

By: Henry Miller

0.00

Format: None pages,

Now hailed as an American classic, Tropic of Cancer, Henry Miller's masterpiece, was banned as obsc… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
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4. Embroideries

By: Marjane Satrapi , Anjali Singh

3.95

Format: 161 pages, Paperback

From the best-selling author of Persepoliscomes this gloriously entertaining and enlightening look … read more

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5. El Conde Lucanor

By: Juan Manuel

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Don Juan Manuel's Tales of Count Lucanor, in Spanish Libro de los ejemplos del conde Lucanor y de P… read more

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6. Bad Feminist

By: Roxane Gay

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink--al… read more

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7. Letters to a Young Scientist

By: Edward O. Wilson

4.50

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Edward O. Wilson has distilled sixty year… read more

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8. Circe ou o pracer do azul

By: Begoña Caamaño

3.84

Format: 255 pages,

Nesta novela Begona Caamano relata o que nunca se contou da historia de Penelope e Circe, un dos mi… read more

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9. Resistencia

By: Rosa Aneiros

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Resistencia, a obra que constitue o debut de Rosa Aneiros en Xerais Narrativa, percorre a historia … read more

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10. Happening

By: Annie Ernaux

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more

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"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

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11. La mala costumbre

By: Alana S. Portero

4.55

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Narrada desde una singular y desgarradora voz en primera persona, La mala costumbre recorre la adol… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • spain
  • fiction
"Cuando reímos con ganas no tenemos edad, lo hacemos igual durante toda nuestra vida y puede adivinarse en nuestra mueca la niña que fuimos o la anciana que seremos."

-Alana S. Portero, La mala costumbre

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12. In.

By: Will McPhail

4.38

Format: 267 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and witty graphic novel by a leading New Yorker cartoonist, following a millennial's jou… read more

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  • fiction
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13. More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

By: Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the … read more

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  • fiction
  • books about books
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14. El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

By: Tatiana Țîbuleac

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Plena de emoción y crudeza, Tatiana Ţîbuleac muestra una intensísima fuerza narrativa en este bruta… read more

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  • literature
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
"De ce nu începuse mama să moară mai devreme?"

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"Te he querido, Aleksy, te he querido como he podido."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"Ni rien ni personne ne m'intéressait, et je ne pensais ni à l'avenir ni au présent. Je vivais du passé, comme les pauvres vivent de pain rassis."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

"La imposibilidad de morir cuando tenía la necesidad absoluta de hacerlo fue la injusticia más grande que se ha cometido conmigo, y conmigo se han cometido muchas injusticias."

-Tatiana Țîbuleac, El verano en que mi madre tuvo los ojos verdes

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15. No siento nada

By: Liv Strömquist

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Una radiografía del amor en la era del narcicismo extremo, el nuevo ensayo de la historietista más … read more

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16. Le cerf-volant

By: Laetitia Colombani

3.98

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Après le drame qui a fait basculer sa vie, Léna décide de tout quitter. Elle entreprend un voyage e… read more

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  • fiction
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17. Os seres queridos

By: Berta Dávila

4.06

Format: None pages, ebook

Cinco anos despois de ser nai, a protagonista desta novela atópase inesperadamente na disxuntiva de… read more

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  • fiction
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18. La nena (Elena Blanco, #3)

By: Carmen Mola

4.17

Format: 388 pages, Paperback

«Nadie regresa del infierno indemne.» Es la noche del fin de año chino, empieza el año del cerdo… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • spain
  • fiction
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19. El último barco (Leo Caldas #3)

By: Domingo Villar

4.25

Format: 712 pages, Paperback

La hija del doctor Andrade vive en una casa pintada de azul, en un lugar donde las playas de olas m… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • spain
  • fiction
"Debajo figuraban las fechas de nacimiento y defunción. Había vivido casi ochenta años. Encima, junto a una cruz, Arturo le miró desde una fotografía. Debía de haber sido tomada poco antes de su falle…"

-Domingo Villar, El último barco (Leo Caldas #3)

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20. La educación física

By: Rosario Villajos

4.04

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

«El jurado del Premio Biblioteca Breve 2023 ha destacado La educación física , novela ganadora por … read more

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  • spanish literature
  • spain
  • fiction
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21. La familia

By: Sara Mesa

3.73

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

La contundente radiografía de una familia, de sus heridas latentes, fragilidades, contradicciones y… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • spain
  • fiction
"Cansa que siempre haga eso, pero no lo puede evitar, ella es así, piensa como una cirujana, con la frialdad de una cirujana."

-Sara Mesa, La familia

"La contempla con lo que a ella le parece una sospecha impropia, ese tipo de actitud suspicaz de aquellos de quienes se ríen todo el tiempo y ya no se fían de nadie"

-Sara Mesa, La familia

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22. Frankenstein in Baghdad

By: Ahmed Saadawi

3.58

Format: 281 pages, Paperback

From the rubble-strewn streets of U.S.-occupied Baghdad, Hadi--a scavenger and an oddball fixture a… read more

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  • literature
  • war
  • fiction
"Death stalked the city like the plague."

-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad

"Each of us has a measure of criminality."

-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad

"None of us should think only of ourselves."

-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad

"Your wonderful stories saved you, my friend."

-Ahmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad

Cover of Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch by Rivka Galchen

23. Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

By: Rivka Galchen

3.40

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmos… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"That's what life is: a bunch of thorns, and a berry."

-Rivka Galchen, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

"I also felt that I had failed Hans in failing to save his child. Poor Susanna, in that house with me, but really alone. She mended every garment in the home, even those of the children. LittleHammer …"

-Rivka Galchen, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

"Scudding is calming work, as it requires all of my attention to not let the knife slip. When I do it, I feel the steady purpose a cat must feel when bathing itself with its coarse tongue. Some of my …"

-Rivka Galchen, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

"I was certain she would recover. She had so much strength in her, and spirit. I started making some pickles; I was thinking that many months ahead. The cucumbers were so green and compelling, and I c…"

-Rivka Galchen, Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch

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24. Golpes de luz

By: Ledicia Costas

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Julia es periodista, acaba de separarse y decide dejar atrás Madrid y regresar a su pueblo, en Gali… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • spain
  • fiction
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25. A culpa

By: María Solar

3.86

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Amanda non só herdou unha fortuna, tamén herdou unha culpa. Cada seis meses, coma un cravo, os emp… read more

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26. Solo humo

By: Juan José Millás

3.63

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

«¿Y lo imaginario es real? Claro, qué va a ser si no». El día en que cumple dieciocho años, Carl… read more

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  • fiction
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27. Senlleiras

By: Antía Yáñez

4.26

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

PREMIO DE NARRATIVA ILLA NOVA 2018 A novela das mulleres que rachan co silencio. Unha influen… read more

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  • fiction
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28. Non penses nun elefante rosa

By: Antía Yáñez

4.10

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

Aurora é nova, independente, ten traballo, amigas, vive soa na cidade, le novelas eróticas, sae can… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of As malas mulleres by Marilar Aleixandre

29. As malas mulleres

By: Marilar Aleixandre

3.90

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Dura e apaixonante viaxe polo tramo final do século XIX, nunha historia a varias voces. A trama est… read more

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30. Books Burn Badly

By: Manuel Rivas

3.41

Format: 560 pages, Hardcover

On August 19, 1936 Hercules the boxer stands on the quayside at Coruña and watches Fascist soldiers… read more

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  • unfinished
  • literature
  • historical
  • spain
  • war
  • spanish literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • sports
  • books about books
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31. As rulas de Bakunin

By: Antón Riveiro Coello

3.63

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

As rulas de Bakunin nace do gromo da sensibilidade dos derrotados e os perdedores. Antón Riveiro Co… read more

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21 must-read fiction books like Books Burn Badly by Manuel Rivas

Transform Your Habits

Ojos de agua (Leo Caldas #1)

Domingo Villar

3.71

Transform Your Habits

On the Road

Jack Kerouac

3.61

Transform Your Habits

Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller

0.00

Transform Your Habits

La mala costumbre

Alana S. Portero

4.55

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Transform Your Habits

Sweet Bean Paste

Durian Sukegawa , Alison Watts

3.95

Transform Your Habits

La asombrosa tienda de la señora Yeom

Kim Ho-yeon

4.04

Transform Your Habits

DallerGut Dream Department Store

Lee Mi-ye

3.79

Transform Your Habits

More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop (Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, #2)

Satoshi Yagisawa

3.87

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