Mallorca Global Mag, in collaboration with the Palma bookshops Llibres Colom, La Librera del Savoy and Rata Corner, brings you a selection of recommended summer reads for 2025:
EL PUENTE DONDE HABITAN LAS MARIPOSAS
Nazareth Castellanos
Ed. Siruela
Non-fiction
In this new book, Nazareth Castellanos explores breathing as an invisible thread between body and mind. Drawing inspiration from Heidegger’s philosophy, she proposes three essential pillars of human experience: building, dwelling and thinking. Blending science, philosophy and personal experience, she examines how bonds and inheritance shape our brains.
TINTA INVISIBLE
Javier Peña
Ed. Blackie Books
Non-fiction
An emotional journey through grief, memory and books. Javier Peña offers a moving farewell to his father while revisiting the stories—family, personal and literary—that united them. A tribute to writing as refuge and self-understanding, accompanied by the voices of great authors such as Kafka, Morrison and Saramago.
DEMOCRACIA EN ALERTA. LA POLÍTICA DESDE EL SOFÁ
Javier Aroca
Ed. Ediciones B
Non-fiction
Anthropologist and analyst Javier Aroca explains—wittily and clearly—how democracy weakens when citizens become mere spectators. From the passion of old assemblies to the banality of TV talk shows, he narrates power struggles and elite manoeuvres designed to keep the public glued to the sofa.
DEVOTIONS. COLLECTED POEMS
Mary Oliver
Ed. Lumen
Poetry
An essential anthology from one of the brightest voices in contemporary poetry. Spanning more than five decades, these poems dwell on nature, everyday devotion and the spiritual quest—an invitation to pause, observe and find comfort in the miracle of the ordinary.
CUANDO VEAS A MI MADRE, SÁCALA A BAILAR
Joan Baez
Ed. Seix Barral
Poetry
For the first time, the legendary singer-songwriter and activist shares her unpublished poems. This intimate collection delves into family memories, encounters with icons like Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix, and reflections on art and life. Each verse reveals Baez’s passion, artistic sensitivity and the deep imprint of those who accompanied her.
VICTORIAN PSYCHO
Virginia Feito
Ed. Lumen
Fiction
Feito returns with a disturbing, deliciously macabre tale. In an English mansion, Miss Notty embraces her role as the perfect governess while the secrets and perversions of Ensor House lurk beneath the surface. A dark, elegant thriller that blends twisted humour with Victorian horror.
UN SILENCIO LLENO DE MURMULLOS
Gioconda Belli
Ed. Seix Barral
Fiction
Belli portrays Penelope’s reunion with the memory of her mother, Valeria, a woman shaped by Nicaragua’s revolutionary struggle. Through letters, objects and absences, mother and daughter engage in a silent dialogue on love, guilt and lost ideals.
LA MALA COSTUMBRE
Alana S. Portero
Ed. Seix Barral
Fiction
In a Madrid scarred by 1980s heroin and the clandestine nights of the 1990s, a girl trapped in a body she doesn’t feel is hers searches for identity. With a raw, poetic voice, Alana S. Portero traces the journey of someone who defies violence and exclusion to find her place in the world.
ELISA KISELJAK
Lolita Bosch
Ed. La Campana
Fiction
Elisa is ten when an event silently marks her life. Years later, a harrowing memory resurfaces. Lolita Bosch gives voice to a forgotten wound with delicate yet forceful prose—a cry to remember what must never be forgotten.
UNGATNEGRE AL JARDÍ
Irene Zurrón
Ed. L’Altra Editorial
Fiction
In a world rife with desire, anguish and absence, the characters in these stories confront relationships that overwhelm them and realities they struggle to grasp. With finely tuned, melancholic prose, Irene Zurrón portrays young women seeking their place as they love, flee or fall silent. An intense debut full of light and shadow.
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