Books The Best Spanish Authors  

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List Rules Top writers, novels, poets, and playwrights from Spain

List of the best Spanish authors, including familiar names of novelists, poets and authors of nonfiction work that have come from Spain or have an involvement in Spanish-language writing. The list includes the author the literary work Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, along with young adult fiction writer, Carlos Ruiz Zafron and many other Spanish authors.

The list will be votable to determine, "who is the best Spanish author?" as well as having the ability to add to the list of the top 30, if your favorite Spanish author does not already appear on the list.

The best Spanish authors do not have to be the most popular ones, and adding a few obscure names to the list can give those authors more exposure and more recognition for the work they may not be yet known for. 

The list includes the author's name along with some of their best known works.
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35 3
Miguel de Cervantes is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Don Quixote, La Galatea, Novela ejemplares

2
17 6
Federico García Lorca is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Blood Wedding, Yerma, The Butterfly's Evil Spell

3
13 4
Lope de Vega is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Dog in the Manger, Fuenteovejuna

4
13 4
Francisco de Quevedo is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
El Buscon, Dreams and Discourses

5
13 5
Benito Pérez Galdós is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Fortunata y Jacinta, Dona Perfecta, Marianela

6
13 5
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Rhymes and Legends

7
15 7
Pedro Calderón de la Barca is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Two Lovers of Heaven, Love is No Laughing Matter, Calderon Plays

8
19 11
Carlos Ruiz Zafon is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Carlos Ruiz Zafon The Prince of Mist, The Midnight Palacem The Watcher in the Shadows

9
10 3
Antonio Machado is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Campos de Castilla, There is No Road, Landscape of Soria

10
11 4
Juan Ramón Jiménez is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Complete Perfectionist, Invisible Reality, Diary of a Newlywed Poet

11
11 4
Miguel de Unamuno is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Mist, Tragic Sense of Life, Abel Sanchez: The History of a Passion

12
11 6
Ana María Matute is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Celebration in the Northwest, School of the Sun, Fireflies

13
12 8
Javier Marías is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Infatuations, A Heart So White, Dark Back of Time

14
11 7
Mario Vargas Llosa is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Time of the Hero, The Feast of the Goat, The Green House

15
8 4
José Ortega y Gasset is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Revolt of the Masses, What is Philosophy?, Meditations on Hunting

16
8 4
Camilo José Cela is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Family of Pascual Duarte, The Hive, Boxwood

17
7 3
Jacinto Benavente is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Bonds of Interest, His Widow's Husband: A Comedy

18
7 3
Pedro Antonio de Alarcón is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Nun and Other Stories, The Three Cornered Hat, First Love and Other

19
10 7
Enrique Vila-Matas is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Enrique Vila-Matas Montano, Bartleby & Co

20
6 4
Vicente Aleixandre is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Shadow of Paradise, Destruction or Love

21
3 1
Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
SerafínGonzálezRedondo added Tuareg: The Desert Warrior, Black Arrow, El perro

22
2 0
Jorge Luís Borges is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Angel O Martinez Carazzone added Jorge Luís Borges

23
1 0
Alejandro Dolina is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Angel O Martinez Carazzone added Alejandro Dolina

24
1 0
Manuel Mujica Láinez is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Angel O Martinez Carazzone added Manuel Mujica Láinez El laberinto, La casa, Mujica Lainez Obras Completas Tomo V

25
8 8
Arturo Pérez-Reverte is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Club Dumas, The Flanders Panel, Seville Communion

26
8 8
Antonio Muñoz Molina is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Antonio Muñoz Molina A MAnuscript of Ashes, In Her Absence, Sepharad

27
6 6
Félix J. Palma is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Félix José Palma Macías The Map of Time, The Map of the Sky

28
4 4
Soledad Puertolas is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Soledad Puertolas El bandido doblemente armado, Queda la noche, La vida oculta

29
4 4
José Echegaray is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Madmen Divine, El gran Galeoto

30
6 7
Rosa Montero is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
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31
6 8
Quim Monzó is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
The Enormity of the Tragedy, O'Clock

32
5 7
Ildefonso Falcones is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Cathedral of the Sea

33
5 7
Eduardo Mendoza is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
A Light Comedy, No Word from Gurb, Matador M

34
4 7
Julio Llamazares is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list The Best Spanish Authors
Julio Llamazares Yellow Rain