Books set in Barcelona, Spain

Spain — Barcelona

2006
The Cathedral of the Sea
Ildefonso Falcones · novel · 2006
14th century: a serf’s son rises in Barcelona as Santa Maria del Mar is built.
2001
The Shadow of the Wind
Carlos Ruiz Zafón · novel · 2001
1945: a boy finds a forgotten novel in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, in Barcelona.
1962
In Diamond Square
Mercè Rodoreda · novel · 1962
1930s–40s: a young woman in Gràcia lives through the Republic and the war.
1945
Nada
Carmen Laforet · novel · 1945
An orphan comes to study in postwar Barcelona and lodges with her strange family.
1938
Homage to Catalonia
George Orwell · memoir · 1938
Orwell joins the militias and watches revolutionary Barcelona turn on itself.