Books in Spanish?
What book are you reading in Spanish currently? What books have you read? What books would you recommend to people wanting to practice their Spanish skills?
They can be beginner, intermediate, or advanced books.
10 Answers
I'm currently reading William Gibson's "País de Espías" (Spook Country). Before that I read "El Prisionero de Azkaban" (The Prisoner of Azkaban).
Para quien le guste las bellas artes hay dos autores muy recomendados, ya que esta mujer de la que les hablo es premio nobel, es chilena, se llama "Gabriela Mistral", cualquiera de las obras de ella les hará grandes aportes gramaticales de expresiones y ortografía, ademas les recomiendo cualquier obra de "Gabriel García Marquez", Nobel Colombiano de mi país!!!!, sobretodo el libro de cien años de soledad, ya que es una obra de realismo mágico, que describe a macondo, un pueblito muy deprimido pero interesantemente plasmado en esta obra de arte, ademas de disfrutar esta grandiosa obra estoy segura que aprenderán miles de expresiones y palabras nuevas.
O les puedo en ultima instancia, recomendar libros de poesía...para quien le guste el arte, por supuesto de "Pablo Neruda" o de "José Asunción Silva", autores igualmente interesantes.
Atentamente,
Natali-Jurídica Orgullosamente Colombiana
The following are for beginners. I found them at the public library to increase my understanding of colors and community vocabulary. Written by Molly Dingles Illustrated by Walter Velez
“Green as a frog”
“Orange as a pumpkin”
“Red as a fire truck”
Others in the series that were not at the library:
"Yellow as a lemon”
“Blue as a blueberry”
“Purple as a plum”
“Pink as a piglet”
“Black as a bat”
I am currently reading La Santa Biblia - NVI.
I have read:
La Casa by Frank Peretti & Tedd Dekker (intermediate)
El León, la Bruja, y el Ropero by C.S. Lewis (intermediate)
El Príncipe Caspian by C.S. Lewis (intermediate)
Most of Sáhara by Clive Cussler (advanced)
Some of Harry Potter y la Cámara Secreta by J.K. Rowling (lower-intermediate)
Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (lower-intermediate)
I have read two young-adult books in Spanish. Both were translated to Spanish from English. The first is "La Telaraña de Carlota". (Charlotte's Web") This is an immensely popular book among both young and older readers, and won several highly regarded literary prizes. I highly recommend it.
I just finished "La Casa de Mango Street" which describes a young Latina's experiences in her community and her desire to leave it. It too has been a prize winner. I didn't enjoy it as much as the other, but it was good reading.
I'm looking for more suggestions - I wish that posters here would describe other books they like, and why.
Someday I will read Cien Años de Solidad but I want to read a few more easier books before that.
Just about every week I read a short story from the ¿Y Qué Me Cuentas? blog.
Casi termino leyendo "De Como Tía Lola salvó el Verano." También estoy leyendo "Los Juegos Del Hambre." Cuando termino el libro voy a ver la pelicula. La nueva pelicula será disponible en noviembre, pero no estoy seguro que pueda leer el segunda parte antes de noviembre llega.
I'm almost finished reading "How Aunt Lola Saved the Summer." I am also reading "The Hunger Games." When I finish the book I am going to see the movie. The new movie will be available in November, but I am not sure that I can read the second part before November arrives.
(Corrige mis errores, por favor)
I' would recommend reading Mariana Ferrer books like Amor a Primera Vista,Mi nombre es Sara, and any book by Armando Fuentes Aguirre "Catón".
I'm reading "The Old Man and the Sea" in Spanish. It was really slow at first, having to look up every other word or phrase. Now I can get through a half the sentences without looking anything up, and when I do, it's just one or two new words or a new phrases. I'm really enjoying it.
My Spanish isn't good enough for much beyond the Lola Lago detective series and the Funny Tales in Easy Spanish series featuring El Hospital Loco and the many adventures of Jaimito.
