# The Alfaguara Prize-winning novels of the 2010s

The ten novels that won the Alfaguara Novel Prize between 2010 and 2019, by authors from Spain and Latin America.

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- Jun 11, 2022 · medalloversionoriginal
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## Top 10

1. **El arte de la resurrección — Hernán Rivera Letelier** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Chile, 2010. A Christ of the Atacama desert in the 1940s.
2. **Una misma noche — Leopoldo Brizuela** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Argentina, 2012. A 2010 burglary awakens memories of the dictatorship.
3. **The Sound of Things Falling — Juan Gabriel Vásquez** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Colombia, 2011. Drug-era Bogotá and its aftermath.
4. **La invención del amor — José Ovejero** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Spain, 2013. A man pretends to have been a dead woman's lover.
5. **El mundo de afuera — Jorge Franco** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Colombia, 2014. The kidnapping of a millionaire in 1970s Medellín.
6. **Contigo en la distancia — Carla Guelfenbein** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Chile, 2015. A writer in a coma and those who investigate her life.
7. **La noche de la Usina — Eduardo Sacheri** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Argentina, 2016. Swindled neighbours plan to get their money back.
8. **Surrender — Ray Loriga** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Spain, 2017. A couple evacuated to a transparent glass city.
9. **Una novela criminal — Jorge Volpi** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Mexico, 2018. The Florence Cassez case, a non-fiction novel.
10. **Mañana tendremos otros nombres — Patricio Pron** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Argentina, 2019. A couple breaking up in the Madrid of dating apps.

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