Mystery · Historical
The Shadow of the Wind
Bestseller: about 15 million copies (estimate)In Barcelona after the Spanish Civil War, a boy is taken to a secret library of forgotten books and chooses one by an obscure author. He discovers that someone is burning every copy of that writer's work.
- First published
- 2001
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you love gothic, bookish mysteries with a city as vivid as any character.
Skip this if you dislike heavy melodrama or long, tangled backstories.
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