Spanish books by setting

Where 672 books and other written works are set. Titles are ranked by Spanish Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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Pick a region. Darker means more titles set there. The Canary Islands are in the box below the mainland, at their own scale.

ShapeRegionTitlesSharesTop 200Most looked-up bookMost looked-up series
Comunidad de Madrid22430.5% ↓Luces de bohemia 1920Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste
Andalucía266.0% ↑Don Juan Tenorionone set here
Cataluña258.5% ↑Don Quijote de la Mancha 1605none set here
Castilla-La Mancha214.5% ↑Don Quijote de la Mancha 1605none set here
Castilla y León203.5%La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes 1554none set here
País Vasco171.5% ↓Dime quién soy 2010Trilogía del zodíaco
Canarias151.0% ↓Mararía 1973Eladio Monroy
Aragón71.0%Segundo tomo del ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de La Mancha 1614none set here
Región de Murcia71.5%Falcó 2016none set here
Galicia61.5%Fariña 2015none set here
Comunidad Valenciana50.5%Falcó 2016none set here
Comunidad Foral de Navarra40.0%Zumalacárregui 1898none set here
Cantabria20.5%Sotileza 1885none set here
Extremadura21.0%El alcalde de Zalamea 1651none set here
Asturias10.0%Altar mayornone set here
Islas Baleares10.0%En el último azul 1994none set here
La Riojanothing set here
Set outside Spain34550.0% ↓Crónica de una muerte anunciada 1981Persépolis 2000
Share of allShare of the 200 most looked-up, greyed where a region has under ten titles

How this list is made

Placed by where the story is set, not where the book was written. A book set in two regions counts in both.

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