Praise of literature. Parallel works
Santiago Alba Rico
Akal2026. 552 pages. 26.90 euros
The philosopher addresses some peaks of literature, from ‘Don Quixote’ and ‘The Idiot’ to ‘Moby Dick’ or ‘Tintin’, to design an intellectual pattern of reading that is as coherent as it is free.
decent crimes
Javier Melero
Tusquets2026. 384 pages. 21.90 euros
Ascribed to a subgenre not very frequented in Spain, the book is a sober and at times poetic portrait of a well-constructed universe. The case and the protagonist work, whom we hope to see in future installments.
> Review by Juan Carlos Galindo
Goya’s head
Miguel Barrero
Xordica2026. 140 pages. 15.95 euros
Miguel Barrero investigates the decapitation of the genius and draws the metaphor about the weaknesses of our country.
> Review by Berna González Harbor
The Radical Spanish Empire
Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Adrian Masters
Harvard University Press2026 (in English). 472 pages. 34.60 euros
Far from the Hispanism of the pink legend and the colonialism of the black legend, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Adrian Masters rescue another story buried in a million documents.
barbarian invasions
Claudi Perez
Debate2026. 256 pages. 18.91 euros
On the occasion of the publication of the essay ‘The Barbarian Invasions’, EL PAÍS journalists Claudi Pérez, Amanda Mars and Andrea Rizzi debate the future of the continent, the technoligarchs, threatened democracy and the role of journalism.
> Conversation between Claudi Pérez, Amanda Mars and Andrea Rizzi
