The top nonfiction title in January in Spain was new to the list. The Killing of Atocha recounts the massacre that occurred in the Spanish city of Atocha in 1977, as the country was making the transition to democracy following the 1975 death of Gen. Francisco Franco. Paris-Austerlitz was the top-selling new title on the Spanish fiction list at the end of last month, having debuted at #2. The novel is by the bestselling Spanish author Rafael Chirbes, who died in August 2015.

New Directions published On the Edge in the U.S. last month, the book written by Chirbes prior to Paris-Austerlitz.

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