Spanish Novel of the 20th Century
The Existential Novel of the 1940s
- Camilo José Cela: The Family of Pascual Duarte
- Carmen Laforet: Nada (Nothing)
- Miguel Delibes: The Cypress Shadow is Long
Social Realism and Neorealism of the 1950s
- Camilo José Cela: The Hive
- Miguel Delibes: The Road and The Rats
- Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio: El Jarama
- Ignacio Aldecoa: The Glare and the Blood
- Juan Goytisolo and Torrente Ballester
The Experimental Novel of the 1960s and 1970s
- Luis Martín-Santos: Time of Silence
- Juan Goytisolo: Marks of Identity
- Juan Marsé: Last Evenings with Teresa
- Juan Benet: You Will Return to Región
Contemporary Spanish Fiction Since the 1970s
The Novel of Intrigue
- Eduardo Mendoza: The Truth about the Savolta Case
The Novel of Reality
- Juan Marsé: The Shanghai Spell
The Novel of Learning
- Luis Landero: Games of the Late Age
- Almudena Grandes: The Ages of Lulu
The Adventure Novel
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte and Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Spanish Literature in Exile
- Ramón J. Sender: Chronicle of a Dawn and Requiem for a Spanish Peasant
- Max Aub: The Magic Labyrinth
- Arturo Barea: The Forging of a Rebel
Spanish Poetry of the 20th Century
The 1940s: Existential and Formal Poetry
- Formal Poetry: Luis Rosales
- Existential Poetry (Generation of '27):
- Dámaso Alonso: Children of Wrath
- Vicente Aleixandre: Shadow of Paradise
- Blas de Otero: Ángel fieramente humano (Vanguard influence)
Social Poetry and Renovation (1950s-1960s)
- Social Poetry:
- Gabriel Celaya: Tranquilamente hablando
- Blas de Otero: Ancia
- Poetry of Renovation:
- Ángel González: Harsh World
- José Ángel Valente: Memory and Signs
- Claudio Rodríguez: Gift of Drunkenness
Experimentalism and Culturalism (1970s)
- Culturalism: Pere Gimferrer (Burning Sea) and Luis Antonio de Villena
- Surrealism: Leopoldo María Panero and Blanca Andréu (Sarrion)
Poetry of the 1980s and 1990s
- Poetry of Experience: Luis García Montero
- Minimalist Poetry
Hispanic American Literature
The Realist Novel
- Gauchesca Novel: Ricardo Güiraldes (Don Segundo Sombra)
- Novel of the Revolution: Mariano Azuela (The Underdogs)
- Regionalist Novel: Rómulo Gallegos (Doña Bárbara) and José Eustasio Rivera (The Vortex)
- Indigenous Novel: Ciro Alegría (Broad and Alien is the World)
Magic Realism
- Miguel Ángel Asturias: Mr. President and Men of Maize
- Alejo Carpentier: The Lost Steps and The Enlightenment (The Century of Lights)
The Latin American Boom
- Gabriel García Márquez: Known for a fluid and engaging style exploring themes of nostalgia and tyranny. Works include One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Autumn of the Patriarch.
- Ernesto Sábato: Focused on isolation in The Tunnel.
- Julio Cortázar: Explored the complexity of reality in Hopscotch.
- Juan Carlos Onetti: Depicted decay in A Brief Life.
- Mario Benedetti: Known for social commitment in his poems and stories.
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Social complaint in The City and the Dogs.
- Augusto Roa Bastos: Explored tyranny in I, the Supreme.
- Juan Rulfo: Existentialist style that denounces poverty through a complex, realistic lens in Pedro Páramo and The Burning Plain.
The Works of Jorge Luis Borges
- Ultraist and Culturalist Poetry: Fervor de Buenos Aires and Other, the Same.
- Fantastic Short Stories: A Universal History of Infamy, The Aleph, and The Garden of Forking Paths.
