Spanish Books for Beginners

Looking to learn Spanish or get back into it? These adult fiction and nonfiction books from the Libraries in Clackamas County are great for easing in at your own pace.

Updated August 21, 2025
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Blood and sand
Ebook
Vincente Blasco Ibanez in Blood and Sand, wrote a novel that can never lose its popularity because it presents a blazing picture of Spanish life as it can be lived only in Spain. A life that was flaming, tempestuous, fierce and magnificent while it lasted a life of heroes and idol worship, of hate...
Don Juan Tenorio : y, El puąl del godo
Zorrilla, Jos
Digital file
Lazarillo de Tormes
Ortiz, Victoria
Paper Book
This Norton Critical Edition is based on Ilan Stavans' new translation, which accurately captures the verve of the original. The Norton Critical Edition also includes: An introduction and explanatory annotations by Ilan Stavans. Contextual materials highlighting the...
Stories from Mexico = Historias de Mexico
Barlow, Genevieve.
Paper Book
Enjoy tales from Mexico while sharpening your new language skills! Practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native tongue with Stories from Mexico, Third Edition. Both insightful and practical, this book features Spanish and English...
Stories from Mexico = Historias de Me?xico
Barlow, Genevieve
Paper Book
Enjoy tales from Mexico while sharpening your new language skills! Practice and improve your reading skills in your new language while enjoying the support of your native tongue with Stories from Mexico, Third Edition. Both insightful and practical, this book features Spanish and English...
Short stories in Spanish : read for pleasure at your level and learn Spanish the fun way!
Richards, Olly
Paper Book
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in...
Short stories in Spanish : read for pleasure at your level and learn Spanish the fun way!
Richards, Olly
Paper Book
An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley,PhD, Author of New York Times bestseller A Mind for Numbers Short Stories in Spanish...
La casa de Bernarda Alba
García Lorca, Federico
Paper Book
Completed only two months before the author's execution in Granada at the age of thirty-eight, La casa de Bernarda Alba marks the completion of Lorca's 'trilogia de la tierra española' and is commonly held to be his greatest play. The theme of vitality and repression that runs as a leitmotif through...
Pedro Páramo
Rulfo, Juan
Paper Book
Desde su aparición en 1955, esta extraordinaria novela del mexicano Juan Rulfo se ha traducido a mas de treinta lenguas y ha dado lugar a multiples y permanentes reediciones en los países de la lengua hispana. Esta edición, única revisada y autorizada por la Fundación Juan Rulfo, debe ser...
Spanish stories = Cuentos españoles : stories in the original Spanish with new English translations
Flores, Angel
Paper Book
Designed for the lover of fine literature as well as the intermediate language student, this dual-language book contains 13 great, representative Spanish short stories. Chronologically arranged to illustrate the development of the story form in Spanish, the stories are presented both in Spanish...

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