Best Books of the 2025 Madrid Book Fair

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature winner presents a story about adolescence, confusion, and the search for identity. A work that addresses loneliness and the transition to adulthood with direct and moving prose.

Actor Maxi Iglesias makes his debut as a novelist with this business thriller. The story follows Monica, CEO of the Rodraprex textile empire, who, on a flight to Brussels to resolve a crisis, finds herself embroiled in a plot of revenge that threatens to destabilize the business and political worlds. A cinematic narrative that explores power, loyalty, and family secrets.

A novel that explores love, disappearance, and memory, set in a surreal and melancholic world. A work that invites reflection on human connections and the traces of the past.

Two stories set in the Madrid neighborhood of Malasaña, which explore gentrification and urban violence with a sharp, contemporary narrative style. A work that combines social criticism and narrative tension.

La mala costumbre is a powerful autobiographical novel that, despite its harsh content, is compellingly written and impossible to put down. It offers a raw and emotional journey through the author's experiences.

A novel that blends magical realism and historical chronicle, narrating the Spanish Civil War through 120 interconnected episodes. Winner of the Cálamo Prize for Best Book of the Year 2024 and nominated for the European Union Prize for Literature 2025, this work has deeply moved critics and the public.

A profound reflection on life, illness, and resilience, based on the author's experience following a bone marrow transplant. A work that connects the personal with the universal, exploring the banality of evil and the fine line between good and evil in ordinary people.

A moving story about a tragedy in the Basque Country in the 1980s, exploring the impact on a family and society. A novel that delves into human emotions and the scars left by the past.

Winner of the 2023 Planeta Prize, this novel intertwines the lives of two girls born into difficult circumstances, exploring family and social secrets in 20th-century Galicia. A work that combines literary realism and magic.

This is an intense and atmospheric novel that delves into themes of control, repression, female power, and resistance. Set in an isolated and symbolic setting—a convent far from the world—the story revolves around a community of women living under a strict hierarchical and spiritual structure.

A thrilling historical thriller set in Athens in 324 BC, where Aristotle is persecuted for his ideas while a political conspiracy unfolds. With a blend of philosophy, intrigue, and action, Chicot closes his trilogy with a reflection on power, truth, and the legacy of critical thinking.