Not long ago we heard of the fact that the reading index in our country had increased by an average of 7% over the past two years. It seems that there is more than ever a desire to dive into the pages of good novels, essays, biographies and poems of all kinds … And we are happy about that!
And that’s it reading is actually living. This pleasant gesture allows us to escape reality a little and travel to any place without leaving the four walls of a room. It entertains us, it educates us, it allows us to understand the world a little bit better, it makes us think and hopefully also allows us to discover many exciting stories or meet people who are going through exactly the same as we are and who can . make us feel a little better. † In spite of all this, it’s not surprising that books have become the best quarantine and confinement companions and that reading has gained followers these months…
On April 23, we recommend that you celebrate Boekendag by going out to take a walk with a good book under your arm and of course a freshly cut rose, as tradition dictates on the day of Sant Jordi. In hand, some of the many novelties published in recent months and weeks that cover all literary tastes: from the latest novel by the famous Rosa Montero, The Danger of Being Healthy, to The Storyteller, the story that musician Dave Grohl has has written about his memoirs, including Zadie Smith’s ‘Brillo’, the latest book from Blackie Books that will delight a whole generation of young people.
Also in this selection that we have made there is room for crime novels, for historical novels, for essays or for autobiographical memories in this list of new (and classic) books you need to read these weeks, before the end of the season or with a view to next summer. Write them all down as you will quickly devour them. And let your imagination run wild between the pages!
The novel that finally explains what it means to be young today. Edie, a 23-year-old African-American woman, is having an affair with Eric, a 41-year-old married white man. Home is not broken. This privileged yet progressive couple invites her to work at their home. Home, full of tensions and discoveries, becomes something else. By Blackie Books
Drawing on her personal experience and reading numerous books, Rosa Montero offers us a fascinating study of the links between creativity and mental instability. And it does this by sharing with the reader countless amazing curiosities about how our brains work at creation, breaking down all the aspects that influence creativity. The Seix Barral.
It is 1834 and Madrid, a small city trying to break through its walls, is suffering from a terrible cholera epidemic. But the plague isn’t the only thing that terrifies the residents: in the suburbs, dismembered corpses of girls appear that no one claims. All the rumors point to the Beast, a creature that no one has seen but that everyone fears. from planet
Former Inspector Unai López de Ayala -aka Kraken- receives an anonymous phone call that will change what he thinks he knows about his family past: he has a week to find the legendary Black Book of Hours, an exclusive bibliographic gem, if not, his mother , who rests in the cemetery for decades, will die. How is this possible? From Planet.
The most intimate and anecdotal stories of the leader of the successful band Foo Fighters. If you like music, this book is for you. TIMUN MORE
A story of love and war, of struggle and survival, set in Nazi Germany in the middle of the last century. Planet Award Finalist 2021.
This first-person account from Ángel Martín tells what it means to get lost and have to rebuild from scratch. A vitalistic story that grabs you from the first line. From Planet.
The Spring Novel Award 2021, written by Pedro Simón, is an exciting family and sentimental chronicle. A novel about a generation that lived in that Spain where people without belts traveled in a Simca and food was not thrown away because it hadn’t been that long since they were starving. A tribute, between tenderness and guilt, to those who accompanied us here without asking for anything in return. By Espasá
Would you like to know how many people have been a part of your life and how many people have been able to change it? The latter are the ones that really matter. The countdown to summer intertwines in time, the blond author’s life with that of the people who are the most useful material she cherishes. Of Dome Books.
In this work, Humphrey Carpenter chronicles JRR Tolkien’s long career, from the vicissitudes of a difficult childhood to the jobs and obligations of academic life, as a professor at Oxford University. Carpenter wrote this biography of the creator of Under the spell of the Ring consulting unpublished documents and interviewing relatives and friends. By Minotaur
Source: Marie Claire
