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The best Javier Marías novels

The top 3 according to 103 votes from people: Your Face Tomorrow · The Infatuations · Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me. (Updated Dec 16, 2024.)

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

Alba Cano · · 14 items · 103 votes · 1 comment

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 14

  1. 1

    Your Face Tomorrow

    2002-2007. Three volumes; for many his masterpiece.

    ▲ 11 ▼ 0

    11
  2. 2

    The Infatuations

    2011. A woman fascinated by a seemingly perfect couple.

    ▲ 9 ▼ 1

    8
  3. 3

    Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me

    1994. A woman dies in a stranger's arms.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 0

    8
  4. 4

    Tomás Nevinson

    2021. His last novel, the sequel to Berta Isla.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 0

    8
  5. 5

    A Heart So White

    1992. A family secret that starts with a gunshot; sixth in the Semana poll.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 1

    7
  6. 6

    The Man of Feeling

    1986. A tenor remembers a love. Herralde Prize.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  7. 7

    Thus Bad Begins

    2014. A marriage seen through a young witness.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 3

    5
  8. 8

    All Souls

    1989. A Spanish lecturer in Oxford.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 1

    5
  9. 9

    El siglo

    1983. A man looks back on his life from the Civil War.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  10. 10

    Voyage Along the Horizon

    1972. A youthful Victorian adventure novel.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  11. 11

    Los dominios del lobo

    1971. His first novel, written at 19.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 0

    4
  12. 12

    Dark Back of Time

    1998. A "false novel" about fiction and reality.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 3

    3
  13. 13

    Berta Isla

    2017. A woman waiting for her spy husband.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 3

    2
  14. 14

    El monarca del tiempo

    1978. A hybrid of novel and essay.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 3

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tortillera78 · Español

Corazón tan blanco me lo leí en dos días y aún me acuerdo del arranque

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