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The best books of 2022 according to Babelia

The top 3 according to 24 votes from people: La familia, Sara Mesa · Ashes in My Mouth, Brenda Navarro · Diarios, Rafael Chirbes. (Updated Aug 8, 2023.)

The top of the list of the 50 best books of 2022 voted by the critics of Babelia, El País's books supplement.

Mariana Rodríguez · · 15 items · 24 votes · 0 comments

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 15

  1. 1

    La familia, Sara Mesa

    A novel about a family and its father.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Ashes in My Mouth, Brenda Navarro

    The Mexican writer on migrating to Spain.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  3. 3

    Diarios, Rafael Chirbes

    The Valencian novelist's diaries, number one on the list.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    Un año y tres meses, Luis García Montero

    Poems of grief after the death of Almudena Grandes.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  5. 5

    Un tal González, Sergio del Molino

    A novel about Felipe González's Spain.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    Mira a esa chica, Cristina Araújo Gámir

    A teenage girl after an assault.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Obra maestra, Juan Tallón

    The mystery of a vanished Richard Serra sculpture.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    The City of the Living, Nicola Lagioia

    A real murder in Rome.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    Montevideo, Enrique Vila-Matas

    A blocked writer between Paris and Montevideo.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Annihilation, Michel Houellebecq

    A political and family novel set in 2027.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Vengo de ese miedo, Miguel Ángel Oeste

    A memoir of a childhood marked by violence.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    The Passenger / Stella Maris, Cormac McCarthy

    The American author's last two novels.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Un tiempo de gracia, Esperanza López Parada

    Number 12 on Babelia's list.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  14. 14

    The Danger of Being Sane, Rosa Montero

    An essay on creativity and madness.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  15. 15

    Una historia ridícula, Luis Landero

    An obsessive man recounts his love for a woman.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0

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