Books like Retrato en sepia by Isabel Allende

In post‑war Barcelona, young Daniel Sempere discovers a cursed book in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, setting off a gripping literary mystery that intertwines love, secrets and the city’s shadowed past.

In Senatorio’s classic "El túnel," a tormented painter becomes obsessed with a married woman, spiralling into jealousy and madness as all events unfold inside his troubled mind.

A powerful family saga of landowners in 19th-century Latin America with a mystical backdrop and themes of family dynamics and social tension, adapted into a gripping film adaptation featuring actors like Meryl Streep and Antonio Banderas.

A mysterious figure visits a bookstore in Barcelona, threatening to reveal a terrible secret that has been hidden in the city's dark memory for two decades.

A collection of three unpublished novellas by Roberto Bolaño, featuring his cunning detective Arturo Belano amid themes of love, violence, history, and suspense.

A woman's rise from poverty to political influence, inspired by stories told by a storyteller's daughter.

Chilean author Isabel Allende's account of her homeland's history, politics, and her own experiences as an immigrant in the United States post-September 11.

English : The first book in Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose. In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward to being cured and living a safe, predictable life. She watched love destroy her mother and isn't about to make the same mistake. But with ninety-five days left until her treatment, Lena meets enigmatic Alex, a boy from the Wilds who lives under the government's radar. What will happen if they do the unthinkable and fall in love? French : Lena vit dans un monde où l'amour est considéré comme la pire des maladies. Un monde où tous les jeunes subissent à leur majorité une opération de cerveau pour être immunisés. A quelques mois de ses dix-huit ans, Lena aspire presque à subir à son tour le Protocole car, depuis toujours, amour rime pour elle avec souffrance et danger. Jusqu'à ce qu'une rencontre inattendue fasse tout basculer. Avant, tout était simple, tout était organisé. Mais est-ce vraiment vivre que de laisser la société tout prévoir pour vous. Vos amis, vos amours et votre avenir ? (Payot.ch)