Today is April 23, the day of the book and many have a tradition of buying a book on that date, be it digital or paper. If you are one of those who are passionate about reading and have not yet had your eye on any book, then let us recommend some of the essential books to read.
For this, we have taken books for everyone, large, medium and small because we think they can be perfect for discovering new writers and stories. Which ones will you keep?
Essential books to read on book day
The day of the book is one of the moments when literature lives its big day. In spite of everything, there are many who have known how to use new technologies to promote reading this day, even when it cannot be done physically as it happened in other years. So one way to pay tribute to book day is to buy one. But there are millions in the market, so here we are going to leave you one selection of those that we have thought should be in your library.
Delparaiso, Juan del Val
The first book recommendation for book day that we make is this one from Juan del Val. And we do it because the news has recently become known that it is going to be adapted into a television series. So before they release it, it would not hurt if you read the book, so you can know if they have been faithful to the story or not.
As for the plot, we find ourselves in a place, Delparaíso, which is safe, luxurious and guarded 24 hours a day. But feelings do have a place in this place and, sometimes, they are not what one expects.
Book Day: Aquitania, Eva García Sáenz de Urturi
This book was raised with the Planet Award 2020 and those who have read it have left very good reviews about it. It is something historical, since it will place us in the year 1137, with the story of the Duke of Aquitaine and at the same time a historical thriller full of revenge, battles and incest. If you like this type of story you can take a look at it on book day.
Sira, Maria Dueñas
María Dueñas had not published a book for a long time, so this one, as a novelty for book day, is perhaps one of the essentials if you like the author.
In it you will have as the protagonist a woman who, after World War II, it has to reinvent itself and stop being that collaborator of the British Secret Services to become something else. But in what?
Book Day: Camp, Blue Jeans
Blue Jeans is known worldwide as a youth author. Yet a while ago He surprised us with The Invisible Girl, a thriller full of intrigue. And now he repeats with this literary genre.
In The camp we are going to find the story of a group of boys under 23 who have been invited to a special camp. The goal is for one of them to become the right-hand man of a millionaire (and have his whole life settled): The problem is that, suddenly, the coordinators disappear and one of the boys dies. And the rest are not safe. But why?
The Queen Alone, Jorge Molist
Do you think that in history there were no female characters who did great things? Well in this case you are wrong, because you are going to find the story of a newly crowned queen, inexperienced, and no husband, that he has to face single those who are trying to take over his kingdom.
As they warn in the book, it is a story that changed the destiny of Spain and the power of the Mediterranean.
Book Day: A Heart Between You and Me, Megan Maxwell
Megan Maxwell is one of the most successful Spanish writers, especially in the romantic genre. However, there is a saga that she does not abandon and for which many began to know her (in fact, the "warriors", as the author calls her fans, comes from these books).
This in particular is the sixth in the saga, which can be read independently. In it we will live the Harald Hermansen story, a man with his "demons and longings" who seeks to leave the past behind and embrace the present and the future.
Good cooking. 900 recipes that always turn out well, Karlos Arguiñano
Cooking was one of the hobbies that saved many in confinement due to the coronavirus. And having gotten closer to the kitchen, and preparing our own meals, as our grandmothers and great-grandmothers did, has made more people dare to continue doing it.
But sure, recipes are needed, so Karlos Arguiñano, one of the best known chefs in Spain, has compiled a selection of 900 recipes so you have plenty to cook for a few years.
Book Day: The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
People say that, Between life and death, there is a library full of shelves with millions of books. These allow a person to try another life that you could have lived and so you know what would have changed if you had made other decisions. There appears Nora Seed, and has the opportunity to change. But what if that endangers the Library itself?
You are a fantastic being! Sophie Linde
This book is perfect for the little ones in the house. From 6 years old you can read and in it they will find a tool with which to deal with their feelings and learn to trust themselves.
What will they get? Gain confidence, overcome fears, develop awareness and identify with the characters.
Book Day: The Soul Game, Javier Castillo
Javier Castillo is one of the most widely read authors in Spain due to the way he narrates, where mix present and past without being messy. His stories, full of intrigue and suspense, keep the reader stuck between his pages until the last, and the endings he produces are not very predictable, which is appreciated by the most demanding readers.
In this case, the story centers on the death of a fifteen-year-old girl.
And there is hundreds and hundreds of books for book day that we could recommend to you. The important thing to become fond of reading is, without a doubt, to find that book that hits the key to enthrall you and make you need books like breathing.
I want to recommend the book «The light of nostalgia and other stories» by Miguel Ángel Linares. A wonderful romantic book of short stories and lonely characters who are looking for happiness. It also includes phrases, reflections and aphorisms that will make you think of passages from your own life. Highly recommended !!