These short stories in Spanish and novellas fit in an afternoon. They're the friendliest way to practice the language without fighting a 500-page novel.
Spanish-language masters like Cervantes, Bécquer and Horacio Quiroga share the shelf with Kafka, Poe and Chekhov in translation. Read at your own pace and pick up new vocabulary story by story.
Choose a genre, open the PDF and start with the shortest one. Every book downloads free, with no sign-up.
📚
Download every short story and book in Spanish on this page
All the books on this page in one ZIP file, instead of downloading them one by one.
We will redirect you to accounts.google.com to complete sign-in.
Email and name only · We never send spam
Access unlocked
Download every short story and book in Spanish on this page
All the books on this page in one ZIP file, instead of downloading them one by one.
Direct download · One ZIP file
Download started. Check your downloads folder for the ZIP.
Hispanic Authors
Classics by Hispanic Authors
These short books were written in Spanish, from the Lazarillo de Tormes of 1554 to Cervantes, Bécquer and Unamuno. Horacio Quiroga and Rubén Darío add two giants of the Latin American short story.
The picaresque novel that launched the genre: Lázaro tells how he survived serving a blind man, a stingy priest and a broke squire. An annotated edition of the 1554 text, a weekend read.
Bécquer's poems and his Romantic horror legends in one compact edition. Short rhymes to read aloud and legends like Los ojos verdes and El monte de las ánimas, perfect for practicing Spanish.
Eight stories where turtles, stingrays and flamingos from the Misiones jungle live adventures full of humor and courage. Simple language and short sentences, one of the best ways into reading Spanish.
Two young tricksters arrive in Seville and join Monipodio's brotherhood of thieves. One of the funniest of Cervantes' Exemplary Novels, read in an afternoon.
Two siblings and their cow Cordera watch the train and modern life arrive in the Asturian countryside. One of the most moving short stories in Spanish literature.
The book of stories and poems that launched modernismo in Spanish in 1888. Musical prose and dazzling images by Rubén Darío, for readers with some fluency.
Three short stories by Unamuno, with the irony and the questions about identity that run through all his work. A quick taste of one of the great Spanish writers of the 20th century.
The poetic memories of a man and his little donkey Platero in the streets of Moguer, in one-page chapters. Lyrical prose in clear Spanish, great for reading one passage a day.
Washington Irving, Andersen, Chekhov, Maupassant and Dickens wrote some of the most imitated short stories ever, here in Spanish. Each one reads in a single sitting, perfect for practicing the language in spare moments.
Moorish legends of hidden treasure, enchanted princesses and ghosts that Irving heard while living in the palace of Granada. Standalone tales to read one per night.
Andersen's longest and most beautiful tale, told in seven episodes: Gerda crosses the world to rescue Kai from the ice palace. The story that inspired Frozen, in Spanish.
The fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, from Snow White to Hansel and Gretel. Short, familiar stories that are ideal for rereading in Spanish.
During the Franco-Prussian War, a fleeing stagecoach exposes the hypocrisy of its respectable passengers. The story that made Maupassant famous, direct and merciless.
These short books pack a novel's weight into about a hundred pages, from Kafka and Conrad to Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. You get the depth of a great novel in a single weekend.
Gregor Samsa wakes up turned into a giant insect and his family has to deal with it. Kafka's novella reads in an afternoon and stays with you for weeks.
H. G. Wells gave us the time machine in 1895, but the Spaniard Enrique Gaspar had already written his own eight years earlier. Both are here, next to an island of experiments and an invisible man.
A scientist makes himself invisible and finds that the power isolates him and drives him mad. Wells' classic, with the pace of a thriller from start to finish.
The first time machine in literature, built by the Spaniard Enrique Gaspar in 1887, eight years before Wells. A trip into the past full of humor and satire.
Sherlock Holmes, Auguste Dupin and Arsène Lupin solve their cases in just a few pages. To close, H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic horror in the port of Innsmouth.
From Oz to Wonderland, these are classics many people first read in English and can now reread in Spanish. Knowing the story already helps you follow every sentence.
A cyclone carries Dorothy to the land of Oz, where she follows the yellow brick road with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Lion. A children's classic in simple Spanish.
Voltaire, Gogol, Jerome K. Jerome and Oscar Wilde laugh at everything, from optimistic philosophers to a nose that runs away from its owner. Humor is a good reading test, because the joke only lands when you understand it.
Voltaire's most famous satire follows Candide around the world while reality, chapter after chapter, disproves the idea that all is for the best. A complete Spanish translation with short chapters that work as standalone reads.
A giant from the star Sirius visits Earth and is amazed by the arrogance of beings as tiny as humans. Voltaire's philosophical tale in Spanish, to read in under an hour.
Plays read fast because they're pure dialogue, which makes them great for practicing spoken Spanish. The list goes from Euripides' Electra to Strindberg, Chekhov, Wilde and Ibsen.
Electra, married off to a poor farmer, waits for her brother Orestes to avenge their father's murder. Euripides' Greek tragedy in Spanish, read in one sitting.
El gato con botas, La sirenita, El patito feo and Caperucita Roja, each in a few pages. If your child already knows the story in English, reading it in Spanish is much easier.
Little Red Riding Hood in the Brothers Grimm version, with the wolf, the grandmother and the huntsman. A short text with simple vocabulary for first reads in Spanish.
Perrault's tale of the young wife who opens the one forbidden door in her husband's castle. An illustrated Spanish edition, short and ideal for reading aloud with kids.
El principito, Jekyll and Hyde and The Call of the Wild are short adventures that hook you from the first page. A good pick for teens taking their first steps in the language.
Sara goes from the richest pupil to the boarding school's servant after her father's death, without losing her imagination. Burnett's young readers' novel.
Mary finds a locked garden at an English manor and, by bringing it back to life, transforms her own life and her cousin's. An abridged edition of Burnett's young readers' classic.
Send this page to someone who’d love to read it. Everything is free, no sign-up needed.
Esc
Start typing to search...
Searching...
No results found
Try different search terms
Your book is downloading!
If InfoBooks helped you, you can support us in one click: add us as a preferred source on Google. You'll see more of our books when you search, and you'll help us keep sharing free reading with everyone.
Done! Your book is downloading
Know someone who’d enjoy reading it? Send them this page. It’s free, no sign-up needed, and you help us spread the love of reading.
