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Across Spain, 21st Century, World Literature, and Humorous — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Ashes by Álvaro Ortiz.

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Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Water Over Stones A Novel — Bernardo Atxaga

Water Over Stones A Novel

Bernardo Atxaga

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

The Pole A Novel — J. M. Coetzee

The Pole A Novel

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

Bad Habit A Novel — Alana S. Portero

Bad Habit A Novel

Alana S. Portero

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

Mammoth — Eva Baltasar

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

Dogs of Summer A Novel — Andrea Abreu

Dogs of Summer A Novel

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

Your Steps on the Stairs A Novel — Antonio Muñoz Molina

Your Steps on the Stairs A Novel

Antonio Muñoz Molina

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

Red Queen A Novel — Juan Gómez-Jurado

Red Queen A Novel

Juan Gómez-Jurado

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

The Traitor’s Emblem — J. G. Jurado

The Traitor’s Emblem — J. G. Jurado

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

An Englishman in Madrid — Eduardo Mendoza

An Englishman in Madrid

Eduardo Mendoza

Themes: Spain • World Literature • Humorous

Black Wolf — Juan Gómez-Jurado

Juan Gómez-Jurado

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

Todo lo Que Nunca Fuimos / All That We Never Were — Alice Kellen

Todo lo Que Nunca Fuimos / All That We Never Were

Themes: Spain • 21st Century • World Literature

Lapvona A Novel — Ottessa Moshfegh

Lapvona A Novel

Ottessa Moshfegh

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

Wise Blood A Novel — Flannery O’Connor

Wise Blood A Novel — Flannery O’Connor

Flannery O'Connor

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

Interesting Times A Discworld Novel — Terry Pratchett

Interesting Times A Discworld Novel

Terry Pratchett

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

Snobs A Novel — Julian Fellowes

Julian Fellowes

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

Open Throat — Henry Hoke

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

I Am Charlotte Simmons A Novel — Tom Wolfe

I Am Charlotte Simmons A Novel

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

How to Build a Boat — Elaine Feeney

How to Build a Boat

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

Between Us A Novel — Mhairi McFarlane

Between Us A Novel

Mhairi McFarlane

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

Double Blind A Novel — Edward St. Aubyn

Double Blind A Novel

Edward St. Aubyn

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

You Are Here The New Novel by the Number 1 Bestselling Author of ONE DAY — David Nicholls

You Are Here The New Novel by the Number 1 Bestselling Author of ONE DAY

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

The Librarianist A Novel — Patrick deWitt

The Librarianist A Novel

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

These People Are Us Stories — George Singleton

These People Are Us Stories

George Singleton

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

How to Kidnap the Rich A Novel — Rahul Raina

How to Kidnap the Rich A Novel

Themes: 21st Century • World Literature • Humorous

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Spain, 21st Century, World Literature — the same threads that run through Ashes by Álvaro Ortiz. Among the authors featured: Bernardo Atxaga, J. M. Coetzee, Alana S. Portero, Eva Baltasar, and others.

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