Carlos Ruiz Zafon

In post-World War II Barcelona, a city still scarred by war, young Daniel Sempere is introduced to a clandestine labyrinth known as the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. As it is tradition for a first-time visitor, Daniel is encouraged to 'adopt' a single book from the repository, vowing to keep its story alive. He selects a novel, The Shadow of the...

A return to the mythical Barcelona library, the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. This posthumous collection from Carlos Ruiz Zafón, the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind, comprises eleven stories, most never before published in English. The City of Mist is Ruiz Zafón’s tribute to the countless thousands of readers who joined him on the extraordinary...

As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered a book that would change his life forever. Now a grown man, he is just one step away from solving the mystery of his mother’s death when a new plot is revealed, much deeper and darker than he could ever have imagined. That is when Alicia Gris appears, a soul born from the shadows...

The bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind takes us back to the shadowy streets of Barcelona and the world of the Sempere and Sons bookshop. Continuing the story of The Shadow of the Wind and The Angel's Game, The Prisoner of Heaven leads us to the enigma at the heart of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. It is...

A magical read by the bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind. A mysterious toymaker, Lazarus, lives as a recluse in a crumbling mansion by the sea, surrounded by the mechanical beings he has created. Strange lights seem to shine through the mists that envelop the small island where the old lighthouse stands, and somewhere in the woods nearby...

In an abandoned mansion in Barcelona, a young man named David Martin makes a living by writing steamy melodramas under a pseudonym. When his own novel receives scathing reviews, it seems his publishers are plotting against him, and David is destined to literary obscurity. In a locked room deep within the house, he finds letters and photographs hinting at the...

A gothic tale for readers of all ages from the author of the bestselling The Shadow of the Wind. Barcelona, 1980. Oscar Drai finds himself drawn to an old dilapidated mansion where he meets the captivating and elusive Marina. She leads him to the cemetery to witness a mysterious ritual. On the fourth Sunday of every month, a veiled woman...