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Cemetery Of Forgotten Books

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4 books Started 2001 Latest 2016
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The Cemetery Of Forgotten Books is a Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, made up of 4 books published between 2001 and 2016. It begins with The Shadow of the Wind (2001), and is best read in publication order. The most recent entry is The Labyrinth of the Spirits (2016), spanning 15 years of storytelling.

4books
15years active
2decades
~5yrs between books
2016latest release

Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series: frequently asked questions

What order should I read the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series?

Start with The Shadow of the Wind (2001), the first book in the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. Follow the books in publication order for the best reading experience.

How many books are in the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series?

There are 4 books in the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, published between 2001 and 2016.

What is the first book in the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series?

The first book in the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series is The Shadow of the Wind, published in 2001 by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

What is the latest book in the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series?

The most recent book in the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series is The Labyrinth of the Spirits (2016) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964–2020) was a Spanish novelist, best known for the Cemetery of Forgotten Books series — four interconnected novels set in 20th-century Barcelona that became international bestsellers. He died in June 2020 at the age of 55.

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About the Cemetery Of Forgotten Books series

Carlos Ruiz Zafón's Cemetery of Forgotten Books is a spellbinding gothic quartet set in the shadowed, atmospheric Barcelona of the 20th century. It opens with the international bestseller "The Shadow of the Wind," in which a boy chooses a single book from a secret labyrinthine library — and is drawn into a decades-old mystery of love, obsession and a sinister figure bent on destroying every copy of that book's author.

Zafón writes intoxicating literary mystery: a city of secrets, doomed romance, and stories within stories, all soaked in post-war melancholy and gothic dread. It's a series that makes readers fall in love with reading itself.

The four books interlock and can be read in different orders, but "The Shadow of the Wind" is the essential, magical starting point.