# The best Javier Marías novels

The Madrid novelist's most read, quoted and awarded novels, from All Souls to Tomás Nevinson, according to critics and readers.

- 103 votes · 14 items
- Dec 16, 2024 · Alba Cano
- https://even.best/en/l/2396/the-best-javier-marias-novels

## Top 14

1. **Your Face Tomorrow** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — 2002-2007. Three volumes; for many his masterpiece.
2. **The Infatuations** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — 2011. A woman fascinated by a seemingly perfect couple.
3. **Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 1994. A woman dies in a stranger's arms.
4. **Tomás Nevinson** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — 2021. His last novel, the sequel to Berta Isla.
5. **A Heart So White** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — 1992. A family secret that starts with a gunshot; sixth in the Semana poll.
6. **The Man of Feeling** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — 1986. A tenor remembers a love. Herralde Prize.
7. **Thus Bad Begins** (5 · ▲8 ▼3) — 2014. A marriage seen through a young witness.
8. **All Souls** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — 1989. A Spanish lecturer in Oxford.
9. **El siglo** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1983. A man looks back on his life from the Civil War.
10. **Voyage Along the Horizon** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1972. A youthful Victorian adventure novel.
11. **Los dominios del lobo** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — 1971. His first novel, written at 19.
12. **Dark Back of Time** (3 · ▲6 ▼3) — 1998. A "false novel" about fiction and reality.
13. **Berta Isla** (2 · ▲5 ▼3) — 2017. A woman waiting for her spy husband.
14. **El monarca del tiempo** (-2 · ▲1 ▼3) — 1978. A hybrid of novel and essay.

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