What to read?

The best series of books for Spanish learners of all levels are the *Leer en español* series:

LEVEL 1 (400 words)

SAN334 - EL SUEÑO DE OTTO (Muñoz) ISBN:8429440429
SAN335 - MALA SUERTE (Gonzáles and Orjudo) ISBN:8429440453
SAN301 - LA SOMBRA DE UN FOTOGRAFO (Acquaroni) ISBN:8429434356
SAN302 - SOÑAR UN CRIMEN. (Acquaroni) ISBN:8429434321
SAN303 - EL MISTERIO DE LA LLAVE (Moreno) ISBN:8429440402
SAN304 - UNA MANO EN LA ARENA (Urla) ISBN:8429434798
SAN305 - ADIOS,PAPA! (Tosal) ISBN:8429436103

LEVEL 2 (700 words)

SAN306 - EL PIRAGUA POR EL SELLA (Ortiz) ISBN:8429434364
SAN307 - RINCONETE Y CORTADILLO (Cervantes) ISBN:8429440399
SAN308 - LA CIUDAD DE LOS DIOSES (Carrero) ISBN:8429434372
SAN309 - EL HOMBRE DEL BAR (Surís and Rialp) ISBN:8429434801
SAN310 - LA CHICA DE LOS ZAPATOS VERDES (Surís) ISBN:842943481X
SAN311 - LA CORZA BLANCA. (Bécquer) ISBN:842943593X
SAN313 - ASESINATO EN EL BARRIO GOTICO (Tosal) ISBN:8429434836
SAN370 - DE VIAJE. (Buitrago) ISBN:8429442308
SAN371 - EL LIBRO SECRETO DE DANIEL TORRES (Muñoz) ISBN:8429440437
SAN372 - EL SEÑOR DE ALFOZ (Sordo) ISBN:8429440461

LEVEL 3 (1100 words)

SAN314 - LA CRUZ DEL DIABLO (Bécquer) ISBN:8429434216
SAN315 - MARIANELA (Galdós) ISBN:842943433X
SAN317 - DON JUAN TENORIO (Zorilla) ISBN:842940488
SAN318 - EL DESORDEN DE TU NOMBRE (Millas) ISBN:8429434852
SAN319 - LAZARILLO DE TORMES (Anònimo) ISBN:8429436146
EM320 - EL SECRETO DE CRISTOBAL COLON (Pérez) ISBN:8429434925
SAN373 - LA CASA DE LA TROYA (Lugin) ISBN:842944047X

LEVEL 4 (1500 words)

SAN321 - CARNAVAL EN CANARIAS (Uría) ISBN:8429434380
SAN322 - SANGRE Y ARENA (Ibáñez) ISBN:8429434399
SAN323 - EL ORO DE LOS SUEÑOS (Merino) ISBN:8429434895
SAN324 - LA TIERRA DEL TIEMPO PERDIDO (Merino) ISBN:8429434887
SAN325 - LETRA MUERTA (Millás) ISBN:8429434879
SAN326 - LA MUERTE Y OTRAS SORPRESAS (Benedetti) ISBN:8429434844
SAN327 - LAS LAGRIMAS DEL SOL (Merino) ISBN:8429434909

LEVEL 5 (2000 words)

SAN328 - PEPITA JIMENEZ (Valera) ISBN:8429436162
SAN374 - AIRE DE MAR EN GADOR (Sorela) ISBN:8429434933
SAN375 - LOS SANTOS INOCENTES (Delibes) ISBN:8429436162

LEVEL 6 (2500 words)

SAN341 - EL SEÑOR PRESIDENTE (Asturias) ISBN:8429435905
SAN330 - PAZOS DE ULLOA (Bazán) ISBN:8429436154
SAN347 - LA CELESTINA (Rojas) ISBN:8429443312

These books are published by Salamanca University, however the Authors are from Spain, Argentina and many other spanish speaking countries.

If anyone has any comments to make on other series of spanish books, please let me know.

I strongly recommend that you read some reviews on these books on the internet before choosing the ones you would like to buy. Many of the stories are very interesting and exciting to read.

Abrazo

I agree. They are very good books.
I enjoy the detective styled ones the most myself.

Muchas gracias Jason.

Abrazo tambien

Thanks, i'll take ur advice into consideraton.
I know of several good series of books though.

Ben

Jason:

Thanks very much for that listing...I am printing it out for reference as I need to make some notes preparatory to studying some Spanish at the very least...not sure what level I will reach depending on my personal commitments from now on. Thanks again

Damian: Spanish is easy. You'll survive... LOL