Choosing a book to give away is choosing to make a gift with dedication and affection. Books are much more than objects, they are unlived experiences and new ideas that change our perspective on reality. In addition, taking the time to look for that story that someone will like the most according to their tastes and personality is an act of love with which we can show that we know the person well. However, literary tastes are so personal that a little help never hurts and if we are very lost we can start by being inspired by the novels that others are reading.
Everything is going to get betterAlmudena Grandes
Coral novel that has the best of kisses in the bread and the intrigue of the resisters of the “Episodes of an Endless War”, the latest novel by Almudena Grandes is above all an unforgettable gallery of characters, who tell their experience of adapting to a country that has suffered severe shocks and in which they do not want to resign. The legacy of a great storyteller who once again manages to excite and awaken consciences.
Everything is going to get better (hardcover edition) (Andanzas)
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)
The mothersCarmen Mola
Inspector Elena Blanco crosses the warehouse of the Municipal Crane of Madrid until she reaches the corpse of a man tied to a chair, with a seam that ascends from the pubis to the abdomen. The autopsy clarifies that this drug addict they ripped out some of her organs and placed a fetus of almost seven months in her womb. In addition, it is about her biological son. A few days later, the Case Analysis Brigade traveled to A Coruña, where a 64-year-old tax advisor was murdered in the same way. What relationship exists between the two victims? And where are the mothers of the babies?
The mothers (The gypsy bride 4)
tostonazoSantiago Lawrence
A luminous novel about a A guy with no job or benefit who suddenly finds himself working as an intern at the center of things: a movie in Madrid. A tender and political story about looking for a life and finding the shine, away from the spotlight and the jerks. To read it is to rebel against what it touches and unmasking the bad guys for what they are, even if they don’t suspect it: boring.
Tostonazo: The long-awaited novel by the acclaimed author of “Los asquerosos”
The familySara Mesa
“In this family there are no secrets!” says Damián, father of a family and a man of fixed ideas, obsessed with righteousness and pedagogy. But that house is actually full of cracks, and the oppression that is breathed will end up creating escape routes, clandestine codes and lies. A forceful x-ray of a family, of its latent wounds, weaknesses, contradictions and weaknesses. With it, Sara Mesa once again shows that she has a clinical eye to undress human behaviors and portray them in all their complexity.
The family: 700 (Hispanic narratives)
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.
Many people have to dieVictoria Martin
A cyclothymic pregnant woman, a failed actress, an unstable influencer and a frustrated screenwriter have to face a life that is not what they really wanted or expected. A novel about inaction in the face of everyday problems which ironically tells the story of some friends, who meet again to discover that the only thing they have in common is the passage of time.
Many people have to die (Hits)
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