A good book can be the perfect ally for a lonely afternoon. It can take you to worlds you don’t know and make you live adventures in ways you can’t even imagine. There are stories that mark, characters that hurt, and essays or texts that teach valuable lessons. Whatever type of reading you like, it never hurts to be recommended. Who knows what your next favorite book may be.
With the arrival of electronic books, reading and recommending books has become increasingly popular. Social media has also been a big driver of this. Desks have the perfect showcase to display their work and influencers have become the best at giving recommendations and reviews on products in general, and books have been no less.
On the national level, many desks, such as Javier Castillo or Elisabet Benavent, have not stopped recommending to their followers readings that they found interesting. Although famous influencers from other areas, such as Rocío Camacho, Violeta Mangriñán and even the comedian Dani Rovira recommend the books that have interested them the most. In fact, all three have a highlight on their Instagram profiles so that their followers can consult their favorite readings whenever they want.
If you are thinking about your next reading and you still don’t have any idea about what type of story you want to read, at El Comprador de La Vanguardia we have made a selection of several books, recommended by some influencers, that will help you find the perfect book.
One of the books that Rocío Camacho recommends in her Instagram highlights is this one by Marcos Vázquez. This is a self-help book that will help you understand yourself better by training your mentality to think clearly, act with determination and resist with discipline. Any external change first requires an internal change, as defined by the author of this book.
The influencer Rocío Camacho also especially recommends this book and its sequel. A saga that has caught the attention of several Spanish celebrities and that deals with Lily’s love/heartbreak story written by Colleen Hoover. A novel that will make you connect from the first page with the protagonist and the decisions that lead her to live the experiences that are recounted.
If there is something that especially attracts the attention of influencers, it is relationships, and in fiction it will be no less. This book by Megan Maxwell is one of Violeta Mangriñán’s literary recommendations. The author tells the story of the dancer Carol and Daryl, a relationship full of passion and disappointment that will hook you until the end.
Another of the influencer’s recommendations is this novel by La Vecina Rubia, which is about what it means to mature in life, something that any reader can identify with. Making decisions is not always easy and even less so when they are accompanied by consequences that mark your life, for better and worse.
One of the literary recommendations of the writer Javier Castillo is this detective novel in which its protagonists, Berta and Lara, will have to find the person responsible for a crime without their contradictory feelings about the nature of the crime hindering the investigation.
A classic from Blue Jeans, a friend of the writer Javier Castillo, and who wanted to recommend this book on his networks. It investigates the murder of the protagonist, Aurora Ríos. Will they be able to find out who the Compass Killer is and what is behind that strange death?
If Elisabet Benavent knows anything firsthand, it is books, and this recommendation from the author will surely not leave you indifferent. On her Instagram profile you will find an extensive highlight with several titles that you may find interesting. This particular one, by the author Selam Wearing, is a “different” collection of poems, according to the author. Full of tenderness, sensuality, humor, and a lot of reality.
Another collection of poems that Benavent recommends is this one by Miguel Gane, which deals with the damage caused by a toxic relationship and how, being in it, we can allow it to destroy us. A different and honest poetry, told with tenderness and beauty.
This novel, recommended by comedian Dani Rovira, is based on ambition and its shadows. A thriller that revolves around a race against time between the three protagonists and how friendship and the need for bonds can affect us. A book that will not leave you indifferent.
Finally, this acclaimed Best seller is part of the Instagram recommendation list of Verónica Días, also known as JustCoco. A three-part suspense novel -1975, 1998 and 2008 about the murder of a fifteen-year-old girl in the small town of Aurora, in New Hampshire.
*Prices and information updated as of February 14, 2024
