Reading is a great way to start the year. Being a month full of energy and motivation, January lends itself to it and, by extension, February. So if you’ve been waiting for a cue to pick up the reading habit, there may not be a better one than this. Don’t be shy about taking the opportunity to explore new authors, genres or just enjoy the experience of taking a look at life from a new perspective. Set a goal to stay motivated or join a book club. And, if what you need are titles for your list, january bestseller list will inspire you.
waiting for the delugeDolores Redondo
Between 1968 and 1969, the murderer the press would call Bible John killed three women in Glasgow. He has never been identified and the case is still ongoing. In this novel, set in the early 1980s, Scottish police investigator Noah Scott Sherrington manages to reach John Bible, but a failure in his heart at the last moment prevents him from arresting him. Despite his fragile state of health, and against medical advice and the refusal of his superiors to continue his pursuit of the serial killer, Noah follows a hunch that will lead him to Bilbao in 1983. Just a few days before he a veritable flood devastated the city.
Waiting for the Deluge: 1591 (Anchora & Dolphin)
Far from LouisianaLuz Gabas
The Girard family accepts France’s controversial decision to cede part of the Mississippi land to Spain in 1763. However, he will suffer the consequences of the rebellions of his compatriots against the Spanish, the American war against the English for the independence of the United States and the desperate struggle of the native Indians for the survival of their peoples. In such turbulent times, Suzette Girard and Ishcate, an Indian from the Kaskaskia tribe, will fight their own battle: preserve their love from the threats of the world they have lived in. A novel, winner of the Planeta Prize, that goes through the decades in which Spain possessed the lands of Louisiana.
Far from Louisiana: Planeta Award 2022 (Spanish and Ibero-American Authors)
In the shadowPrince Harry
It was one of the most heartbreaking images of the 20th century: two children walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched. As Diana of Wales was laid to rest, billions of people wondered what these princes must be thinking and feeling and what direction their lives would take next. In Harry’s case, this is that story. With his direct and uncompromising frankness, In the shadow is a publication full of revelations, insight and wisdom, acquired at great cost, on the power of love.
In the shadow (Other works)
No one has promised us a tomorrowElena Huelva
Cancer has something curious and that is that we all think it belongs to others. Until it reaches you, and then it resounds too loud, like a distant but incessant beeping, the kind that, once it starts, you can’t stop hearing. That was somewhat the feeling that Elena, a young, vital girl with an always positive attitude, had when she was diagnosed. But she, far from collapsing, he decided that life is for living. This is the story of him who collects his day to day in the hospital and in the process of the disease. Because as she herself said, her desire wins and she can handle everything.
My desires win. Nobody has promised us a tomorrow, live in the present (Montena)
everything burnsJuan Gomez Jurado
This is the story of three women who have lost everything. even fear. That is why they are so dangerous. This is the story of an impossible revenge, with no chance of success. This is the story of three women who dare to do what the rest of us only dare to imagine. Something very powerful is about to happen. And nothing will ever be the same again.
Stories of married womenCrisitna Campos
Gabriela is a woman married to a man she loves. The one she adores. A man who begs her for sex once a month. And she Gabriela, because she loves him, because she adores her husband, without wanting it, she grants it to him. But every morning, Gabriela meets a stranger, a man whom she, incomprehensibly, desires. Gabriela is a journalist and works alongside her writing partners, Silvia and Cósima, women with whom she has forged a precious and solid friendship. Like Gabriela, they too they hide little secrets from their husbands.
Stories of married women: Planeta Award 2022 Finalist (Spanish and Ibero-American Authors)
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