Spanish language literature

I've begun learning Spanish recently, and one of the several questions naturally arisen from such an endeavour usually is, how good is Spanish literature? So could you recommend a few worthwhile books? But, please, don't metion Don Quixote, Borges and Garcia Marquez. Thanks in advance.

Cortázar's short stories
Bolaño's TSD and 2666
La Vida es Sueño by Calderón de la Barca

I don't read in verse but there's a lot of great poets that wrote in Spanish.

Unamuno, CJC, Espronceda, Calderon de la Barca, Juan Boscan, Rosalia de Castro, Clarin, Perez-Reverte, and for poetry Quevedo and Gongora. Spain has the best literature bar none.

Javier Pottero
El Bloodo Meridio
Los Gravitas Rainbolito

Haha, kidding, not funny, you dolt.

That's not even his first time being gored. He got gored in the eye a few years ago and now half his face is paralyzed.

What a sport.

Whats some really easy entry level Spanish lit? I've had Spanish for 2 years but my grades weren't great and I haven't brushed up on it in a while. I would like to read Don Quixote in Spanish at some point but I think a translation must do for now.

Pic related is an anthology of short short stories (most are not even a page long) from literary traditions across the globe, translated and curated by Borges and Bioy Casares. You will find legends, parables, folk tales, jokes, fables as well as stories from masters of the medium such as Kafka, Borges himself and O Henry.

I think they are specially interesting for beginners because they are very short and to the point, but still hold a lot of literary value. I have used them with my students with a reasonable amount of success.

I would also advise investing on an ereader if you are serious about learning Spanish, definitions and translations available at the tap of a finger are invaluable if you are learning another language.

Also, many natives would struggle with Don Quijote because of the archaic language. I would advise against reading it until you are at the very least at C1 level

Papelucho