Book Reccomendation

I've been busy alternately reading dissertation materials, and also the amazing book The Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. It's part of a series - or a cycle, as it states in the beginning of the Prisoner of Heaven.

I first read The Shadow of the Wind, the first released book in the cycle in 2005. It instantly went to the top of my favorite book list, and has stayed there ever since. Here's the book description from Amazon.co.uk.

Hidden in the heart of the old city of Barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print. To this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son Daniel one cold morning in 1945. Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'La Sombra del Viento' by Julian Carax.
But as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his find. Then, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, Daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from La Sombra del Viento, a character who turns out to be the devil. This man is tracking down every last copy of Carax's work in order to burn them. What begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of Julian Carax and to save those he left behind. A page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can lead.

It's such a beautiful novel, and the translation from Spanish to English is absolutely seamless. The language in the book is beautiful to read, and the story is absolutely fantastic. I re-read this book probably once every year and a half or so, and end up appreciating it in new ways.

The other two books take place in the same world of the cemetery of forgotten books, one being a prequel of sorts.

The Angel's Game.

The Prisoner of Heaven.