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Our Last Days in Barcelona

Our Last Days in Barcelona
  • Author(s): Chanel Cleeton
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1936, 1964

Barcelona, 1964. Exiled from Cuba after the revolution, Isabel Perez has learned to guard her heart and protect her family at all costs. After Isabel’s sister Beatriz disappears in Barcelona, Isabel goes to Spain in search of her. Joining...

The Best Thing that Can Happen to a Croissant

The Best Thing that Can Happen to a Croissant
  • Author(s): Pablo Tusset
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): 2000s

If you can get beyone the title, then this, Tusset’s debut novel, will whisk you into the life of Pablo “Baloo” Miralles, a dissolute black sheep of the finance family Miralles and Miralles. In his 30s he takes to...

A Long Winter

A Long Winter
  • Author(s): Colm Tóibín
  • Location(s): The Pyrenees (Catalonia)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Early 21st Century

One snowy morning, after arguing with her husband, Miquel’s mother walks out from their home high up in the Pyrenees and does not return. With his younger brother stationed far away on military service and his father cast out...

A Not So Perfect Crime

A Not So Perfect Crime
  • Author(s): Teresa Solana
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A politician discovers a portrait of his wife in a Paris exhibition that leads him to conclude that she is having an affair with the artist. He hires two inexperienced private detectives – non-identical twins – to investigate but...

A Shortcut to Paradise

A Shortcut to Paradise
  • Author(s): Teresa Solana
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A writer is murdered at the Ritz on the night she wins an important literary prize, battered to death with the trophy she has just won. A satire of the Catalan literary scene dressed up as a hilarious murder...

A Spanish Seduction

A Spanish Seduction
  • Author(s): Alyssa J Montgomery
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

A tender yet passionate romance, A Spanish Seduction is the story of Ricardo and Jessica – strong individuals who learn that love can help them face their pasts and ensure a stronger, happier future. Spanish heart-throb, Ricardo Garcia, is...

Almodis the Peaceweaver

Almodis the Peaceweaver
  • Author(s): Tracey Warr
  • Location(s): The South of France (Le Midi), Catalonia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 11th century

A story of love, adventure and scandal based on the real life of the eleventh-century Countess Almodis de la Marche. At a time when a noblewoman’s purpose is to produce heirs, Almodis resolves to create her own dynasty. Almodis’...

Barcelona Shadows

Barcelona Shadows
  • Author(s): Marc Pastor, Mara Faye Lethem (Translator)
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

CSI meets Jack the Ripper in early 20th century Barcelona: captivating, scary and genre-breaking. In 1917, Barcelona’s infamous Raval district is alive with outlandish rumours. A monster is abducting and murdering young children. The police are either powerless to...

Barcelona Tales

Barcelona Tales
  • Author(s): Helen Constantine, Peter Bush
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Short Stories
  • Era(s): Across the Centuries

Barcelona is one of the most visited cities in Europe, a multilingual capital of an autonomous region that longs to be independent of Spain. The city is famous for its painters, modernist architecture, style of football, and its history,...

Barcelona, Block by Block

Barcelona, Block by Block
  • Author(s): Cierra Block
  • Location(s): Barcelona
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

For anyone who loves Barcelona-whether you’re a first-time tourist or a lifetime local-this is the book for you. From museums and markets to bakeries and boutiques, artist Cierra Block unlocks the secrets of the city in Barcelona Block by...

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