September is the month of the rentrée in the literary industry and some of the most anticipated titles of the year are published on these days. So, your bestseller list is especially relevant. These have been those of 2022 in Spain.
Slave of freedomIldefonso Falcones
A fascinating story that narrates the passionate struggle for the freedom of two black women in different times: Colonial slave-owning Cuba and 21st-century Spain.
Slave of Liberty (Historical Novel)
decent peopleLeonardo Padura
The best of the novels in the Mario Conde series: the assassination of a former Cuban leader at the moment of maximum effervescence in Cuba with the visit of Barack Obama.
Decent People (Wanderings)
The Alaskan Sanders caseJoel Dicker
“I know what you’ve done” is the message found on the body of Alaska Sanders, who appears at the edge of a lake. The key to the new investigation that brings together writer Marcus Goldman and Sergeant Perry Gahalowood, who will have the help of a young police officer hell-bent on solving the plot of secrets that hides the case.
The Alaska Sanders Case (Literatures)
All those things I’ll tell you tomorrowElizabeth Benavent
Elísabet Benavent, the queen of erotic and romantic literature in Spanish, has returned with a random (and hilarious) time-jumping story the stellar moments of a couple relationship.
All those things that I will tell you tomorrow (SUMA)
Montevideo, Enrique Vila-Matas
In the midst of a period of personal and literary transformation, the narrator of this novel begins to observe signs on doors and in adjoining rooms, symbols that connect Paris with Cascais, Montevideo, Reykjavík, San Gallen and Bogotá, and that are stealthily returning him to writing , to the desire to transform certain experiences into slices of life that, at the very least, cry out to be narrated.
Montevideo (Brief Library)
The sins of our fathersAsa Larsson
The long-awaited return of the queen of not to go Nordic is also the Swedish Academy Award for the best crime novel of the year. in its pages, forensic pathologist Lars Pohjanen has only weeks to live when he asks Rebecka Martinsson to investigate a murder that occurred sixty years ago.
The sins of our fathers (Formentor Library)
The seven husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins Reid
Evelyn Hugo, a Hollywood icon who has secluded herself in her middle years, finally decides tell the truth about his life full of glamor and scandals. For this, he chooses Monique Grant, an unknown journalist. Not knowing why Evelyn has chosen her to write her biography…
The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo (Umbriel narrative)
The danger of being saneRosa Montero
Starting from her personal experience and numerous books on psychology, neuroscience, literature and memoirs by authors from different disciplines, Rosa Montero offers a gripping study on the links between creativity and mental instability.
The danger of being sane (Brief Library)
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