Isabel Allende, Padura or Almudena Grandes: 10 novels in Spanish of 2022

“Violeta”, by the most widely read author in Spanish in the world, Isabel Allende; “Decent People”, the last installment of Leonardo Padura’s black series; the historic “Roma is me”, by Santiago Posteguillo, or the posthumous work of Almudena Grandes are some of the novels written in Spanish that stood out in 2022.

The following ten titles are some of the most successful fiction books written in Spanish and published in the year that is now ending.

“Violeta”, by Isabel Allende (Plaza y Janés)

The first of the great literary releases in Spanish in 2022 and one of the best sellers of the year was this novel by the author born in Chile, the story of a woman whose life encompasses the most relevant historical moments of the 20th century, from 1920 -with the so-called “Spanish flu” – until the 2020 pandemic.

“Decent People” (Tusquets), by Leonardo Padura

The Cuban author returned to bookstores with the ninth crime novel, the most detective and Havanan of the series starring the policeman Mario Conde, and which talks about 2016, a time in which, as its protagonist points out, there was an “illusion ”, the dream of an opening with the visit of US President Barack Obama.

“Everything is going to get better”, by Almudena Grandes (Tusquets)

Posthumous novel by the Spanish writer who died in November 2021, a political dystopia set in a future Spain in which the new Citizen Movement ¡Soluciones Now! is sweeping the elections, led in the shadows by a successful businessman, and in which account of the situation that is generated after the “Great Blackout”.

“Except my heart, everything is fine”, by Héctor Abad Faciolince (Alfaguara)

In this book, the Colombian writer explores the vision of marriage through the story of a kind priest -inspired by a real priest- who puts his beliefs and unwavering optimism to the test in a hostile world.

“Revolution”, by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (Alfaguara)

The Spanish writer Arturo Pérez Reverte set this adventure story in Mexico in the times of Emiliano Zapata and Francisco Villa, a story about “a man, three women, a revolution and a treasure”, and an initiation novel, the apprenticeship of a young man. that through violence and observation reaches maturity.

“Rome is me”, by Santiago Posteguillo (Editions B)

The most important author of historical novels in Spanish, with four million readers, began this year with “Roma I am”, a saga of six novels about Julius Caesar, which will last for more than a decade, dedicated to telling the story of this character that changed history.

“Far from Louisiana”, by Luz Gabás (Planet)

Published in November, the winner of the last Planeta prize recounts the adventure of Spain in the heart of North America through the four decades in which it possessed the lands of Louisiana in the 18th century, a work by the Spanish author who debuted in the genre history with the bestseller “Palm trees in the snow”.

“Cautery”, by Lucía Lijtmaer (Anagram)

The Argentine writer deals with the flight from pain as a way of survival and the rebellion against gender roles through an English woman from the 17th century who leaves England to go to the colonies, and another contemporary woman who travels from Barcelona to Madrid after being abandoned. for your partner.

“The Polish lover”, by Elena Poniatowska (Seix Barral)

The 90-year-old Mexican author and Cervantes Prize winner wrote this novel to learn about the history of her own family through Stanislaw Poniatowski, the last king of Poland in the 18th century.

“Ash in the mouth” by Brenda Navarro (Sixth Floor)

Two years after her successful “Empty Houses”, the Mexican writer talks in this novel about emigration, uprooting, the permanent feeling of being a foreigner and, by extension, about exploitation, job insecurity or racism.