He thriller and Spanish authors continue to conquer the people of Vitoria. For yet another year, crime fiction is the preferred genre among adult users of municipal libraries during the first half of 2024. Historical novels and manga are also popular.
Among the most read adult authors in the Top 10 we find Juan Gómez Jurado, Sonsoles Onega, Javier Castillo and Eva García Saenz de Urturi. Although the loans of literature for adults are nothing if we look at children’s and young adult literature, which you can see below.
1 Everything comes back, by Juan Gómez Jurado (99 loans)
El thriller Everything comes back It is the continuation of the novel Everything is burning. The story continues where the first book left off, but with the same intrigue as always. As in the previous book, Aura Reyes and Mari Paz are the protagonists.
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2 The Maid’s Daughters, by Sonsoles Onega (99 loans)
The novel, winner of the 2023 Planeta Prize, immerses us, with the cadence of stories told by the fire, in a passionate tale in a remote Galician manor house.
3 Vinland Saga, by Makoto Yukimuri (90 loans)
Vinland Saga is a manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura. The story is set in the Danelaw region in the 11th century and is based on several Icelandic sagas: the Flateyjarbók, the Saga of the Greenlanders, and the Saga of Erik the Red. It tells the story of Thorfinn on his way to avenge his father’s death in battle.
4 The Crystal Cuckoo, by Javier Castillo (85 loans)
A new suspense novel that takes us to New York and the story of a young woman who is going to find out who her heart transplant donor was.
5 The Angel of the City, by Eva García Sáenz de Urturi (81 loans)
Kraken is back in the capital of Alava. The character from the saga of The White City This time he travels to Venice in the novel The Angel of the City where he will face the most complex crossroads of his life: resolve the past or bet on the future.
6 Hell, by Carmen Mola (81 loans)
Hell is a thriller set between Madrid and Havana in 1866, full of murders and moments of drama. Carmen Mola is the pseudonym under which the Spanish writers Jorge Díaz, Agustín Martínez and Antonio Mercero published the saga of novels that began with The Gypsy Bride published by Alfaguara in 2018, with the character of Inspector Elena Blanco as the protagonist.
7 Truth or Dare, by Camilla Lackberg (79 loans)
Camilla Läckberg is Europe’s leading crime novelist, with more than 35 million books sold in over 60 countries. This time she tells the story of four friends, Liv, Martina, Max and Anton, who are eager to celebrate New Year’s Eve together, having fun, drinking and flirting, while spying on their parents in the house next door. But they are no longer children: they have to take risks and break the rules.
8 Damned Rome: Julius Caesar’s conquest of power, by Santiago Posteguillo (79 loans)
Following the monumental success of Rome is mecontinues the saga about Julius Caesar. In Damn Rome We will find the myth in the fullness of his political and military talent, ready to overcome any obstacle in his unstoppable conquest of power.
9 Among the Dead, by Mikel Santiago (78 loans)
After the success of The liar y In the middle of the nightthe long-awaited conclusion of the “Illumbe Trilogy” arrives: a masterful thriller, full of mysteries and surprising twists whose key could be in the question that beats in the soul of this story: is it possible to bury a secret forever?
10 The Forgotten Son, by Mikel Santiago (76 loans)
Aitor Orizaola is an Ertzaintza agent who is going through a period of decline. While he is recovering at home from the violent resolution of his last case – and is facing disciplinary proceedings – he receives bad news. His nephew Denis, who years ago was almost like a son to him, has been accused of murder.
Children’s and young adult literature
Manga is a hit among the youngest, and in fact Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima’s is the most borrowed book (on 272 occasions), even above those of literature for adults. It also surpasses Juan Gómez Jurado Tokyo Revengers by Ken Wakui (151 loans) and Dr. Stone of Riichiro Inagaki (115 copies).
And in the TOP 1 of children’s literature, Mickey Mouse: Play and learn with Mickey by Disney is surprising, having been borrowed 149 times.
