Every year, thousands of books are published in Spain, in addition to those that already fill the shelves of libraries and bookshops. However, some arrive to continue making noise due to the many leaves of the calendar that are falling. Either because they have opened a conversation in society and because the growing number of followers continue to keep it on the best-seller lists. These are some of the 2021 books still relevant in 2022 and it’s never too late to open.
The beastCarmen Mola
The one that got mixed up when, upon receiving the 2021 Planeta Prize, it was discovered that the new queen of the black novel in Spanish was three men. However, it has not affected the prestige and sales of her latest book. In The beast The year is 1834 and Madrid, a small city trying to break through the walls that surround it, suffers a terrible cholera epidemic. But the plague is not the only thing that terrifies its inhabitants: in the suburbs dismembered corpses of girls appear that nobody claims. All the rumors point to a being whom no one has seen but whom everyone fears.
The Beast: Planeta Award 2021 (Spanish and Ibero-American Authors)
In case the voices come backAngel Martin
A few years ago, Ángel Martín completely broke down. As much as for they had to tie him to a bed in a psychiatric hospital to prevent him from hurting himself. He has no idea when his madness began to form but, if he has discovered something, it is that when you openly tell people that you have lost your mind, people immediately put the label of taboo on it. Although this book has been written for himself, in case the voices come back, is for anyone who has gone through or is going through something similar, and thus break once and for all the stigma of mental illness. But if you just want to play at seeing the world as he saw it while he lost touch with reality, this book is also for you.
In case the voices come back (Non-Fiction)
Little brotherIbrahima Balde and Amets Arzallus Antia
Ibrahima Balde’s is the story of a novel, inside and outside the pages of the book, and it begins like this: “I’m in Europe but I didn’t want to come to Europe.” An international phenomenon that went from being the most read book in Basque in recent years to being translated into 15 languages and, also, the fruit of friendship, conversation and consolation between a Basque and a Guinean migrant. It is impossible not to cry several times during the reading of this book, and not only because of its rawness but also, and above all, because of how it is told: with the naive, punished and captivatingly poetic gaze of someone who has suffered everything and, nevertheless, it has the power to turn it into something useful. into something beautiful.
countdown to summerThe Blonde Neighbor
The Blonde Neighbor is the best-known anonymous character on social networks and this emotional story in which the protagonist narrates one of the most important lessons of her life, has hooked more than 170,000 readers. A novel about the passage from adolescence to maturity explained through stories intertwined in time, which unravel the most important events and experiences, and which present the people who were, those who are still, and those who possibly will be present in the life of our protagonist.
The countdown to summer: Life is memories and mine have personal names (Novel)
us on the moonAlice Kellen
Alice Kellen is the revelation author in novels of feelings in recent years. Her books have reached over 500,000 readers thanks to their true stories and relatable themes. In us on the moonRhys and Ginger meet on the streets of the city of Paris, They do not imagine that their lives will be united forever, despite the distance and the fact that they could not be more different.. She lives in London and sometimes she feels so lost that she has even forgotten her own dreams. He is unable to sit still anywhere and thinks he knows who she is. And every night his friendship grows between emails full of confidences, doubts and concerns. But what happens when the passage of time puts their relationship to the test?
We on the Moon (Novel)
the midnight libraryMatt Haig
Nora Seed appears, without knowing how, in the Midnight Library, where she is offered a new opportunity to make things right. Until then, her life has been marked by unhappiness and regret. She feels that she has let everyone down and herself as well. But this is about to change. The books will allow Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she will have the option to dodge everything she regrets doing (or not doing), in pursuit of the perfect life. But things won’t always be as she imagined they would be, and soon her decisions will put the Library and herself in extreme danger. Nora must answer one last question before time runs out: What is the best way to live?
The Midnight Library (AdN) (AdN Alianza de Novelas)
The hill we climbAmanda Gorman
Before the gaze of a shocked world after the invasion of the United States Capitol, Amanda Gorman took the floor after President Joe Biden. She was the youngest poet to recite at an investiture ceremonyas Robert Frost or Maya Angelou did before, and captivated millions of people who saw in her the light of hope and, in the verses of The hill that we ascend, the inauguration of a new era. African-American raised by a single mother in a modest multi-cultural Los Angeles neighborhood, an advocate for the environment, racial equality and gender justice, Gorman has become the voice of the forgotten.
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem (Poetry)
In the end the monsters always win.Juarna
All their stories begin and end in this place: Villa de la Fuente. People talk a lot about them, but they don’t know anything about what happens to them. They are the ones who got lost, the ones on drugs, the ones who don’t adapt, the weird ones. Juanillo, Jony, Lolo, Vanessa and Cucaracha. Thirtysomethings with dyed hair and music too loud in the car, drinking beer and eating bags of chips, using Tinder and stripping, late if at all. Drugs, botched robberies, trouble at work and in love, lies and PlayStation. All his problems begin and end in this place: Villa de la Fuente. People talk about them, but have no idea what they feel. A choral novel, rogue but tender that listens and gives voice to those who can barely explain themselves. A very hard and funny book about a place and not being able to leave it.
In the end the monsters always win.
HamnetMaggie O’Farrell
Starting from the family history of Shakespeare, Maggie O’Farrell travels between fiction and reality to trace a recreation of the event that inspired Hamlet. Agnes, a peculiar girl, is the talk of Stratford (England). When she meets a young Latin tutor, just as extraordinary as she is, she realizes that they are called to form a family. But their marriage will be put to the test, first by their relatives and then by an unexpected misfortune. The result is a prodigious novel that has garnered enormous international success.
Hamnet (9th ED): 250 (ASTEROID BOOKS)
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