Want to roam the Spanish countryside with Quixote? Break out of a prison tower in Poland? Search for true love with Fermina Daza? If you’re anything like us, your love for language and culture doesn’t stop at simply learning a new language.

Your love affair with the world means that you seek out stories from all over the globe, and you see the library as a magical portal to some of the greatest literature in history.

We’re with you, and that’s why we’ve rounded up six classics of Spanish literature that you should check out at your library. Explore universal themes like love and death, truth and war through a new lens — and give yourself a cultural crash course along the way. If you’re already learning Spanish, why not take a stab at reading one of these classics in Spanish? Have a translation tool and a notebook handy, and you’ll be learning from the greats in no time.

1. "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
2. "El amor en los tiempos del cólera"  by Gabriel García Márquez
3. "Ficciones" by Jorge Luis Borges
4. "La vida es sueño" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca
5. "La ciudad y los perros" by Mario Vargas Llosa
6. "El lazarillo de Tormes" - Anonymous

Written by Jillian Rodriguez

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