El Confidencial presents the 10 essential books for the spring of 2024.

The latest from Fernando Aramburu, Luis Mateo Diez, the Cervantes of 2023, the great challenge from Clara Usón with a novel that touches on ETA and GAL, and the reflections of Salman Rushdie after the attack he suffered, and other stories.

Spring is one of the strongest times for book launches, with the arrival of Sant Jordi and book fairs all over Spain. The Madrid fair, the biggest, will start on May 31. That's why publishers are firing with their big guns.

And there we have the latest from Fernando Aramburu, who returns to the Basque Country, but without terrorism; the latest from Luis Mateo Diez, the Cervantes of 2023; Clara Usón's big challenge with a novel that does touch on ETA and GAL, and one of the Spanish-language writers receiving the best reviews lately, Argentina's Ariana Harwicz.

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