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Collect Avios on International Book Day

Celebrate International Book Day on 5 March and collect Avios with these recommendations. Simply access the online stores of the Casa del Libro, FNAC or Agapea.com through the Club Iberia Plus Store to collect up to 13 Avios for each euro spent on books. Discover the books that will accompany you on your next trip.

Photo: Álvaro López © Madrid Destino

  1. 1 Herencia (Inheritance) by Jesús Gallego

    Herencia, the literary debut of the journalist Jesús Gallego, has just arrived in bookstores under the Roca Editorial imprint. In this novel, set in 1975, the journalist takes a plunge into fiction to recount what happened and what might have happened during the Spanish Transition through the eyes of three protagonists: a woman travelling to the dictator’s lying-in-state, a young man who has just joined ETA and a member of the Spanish parliament preparing to honour Franco at the Valley of the Fallen. Jesús Gallego intertwines their stories to masterfully portray the uncertainty and tension at a decisive moment for the history of Spain.

    Use the Club Iberia Plus Store to access the Casa del Libro and you can collect more than 270 Avios with this historical novel about Spain as it once was.

  2. 2 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

    The Hunger Games phenomenon continues with a new instalment in the saga: Sunrise on the Reaping. Suzanne Collins breathes new life into the dystopian universe that dazzled millions of readers with a prequel, the second after The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes published in 2020, telling the story of Haymitch Abernathy, one of the leading characters in the three original books. In addition, the translation to Spanish of the work, published by Molino, has been applauded by the public thanks to the endeavours of Pilar Ramírez Tello, who has already developed terms such as sinsajo (mockingjay) to express words in Spanish invented by Suzanne Collins.

    If you access Agapea.com through the Club Iberia Plus Store you can accumulate more than 150 Avios with this new prequel to the Hunger Games.

  3. 3 El loco de Dios en el fin del mundo by Javier Cercas

    In September 2023, Pope Francis visited Mongolia on an apostolic trip that made him the first pontiff in history to visit this Asian country. However, among the members of the entourage was a man who introduces himself as follows: “I am an atheist. I’m anticlerical. I’m a militant secularist, a stubborn rationalist, a rigorous impious man.” These are the first words of Javier Cercas’ last book. One of the finest writers of our time, he received an offer from the Vatican to embark with Bergoglio on a trip to the other side of the world. The Spanish author took the opportunity to try to solve one of the greatest mysteries of human faith: is there life after death?  

    From the Club Iberia Plus Store you can access FNAC and collect 110 Avios when you purchased this novel acclaimed by international media such as The New York Times and Corriere della Sera.

  4. 4 We Do Not Part by Han Kang

    A few months ago, Random House presented We Do Not Part, a book that was translated only after its author won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2024. In this autofiction novel, Han Kang explores herself through Kyungha, a writer who receives a disturbing message from her friend Inseon. Having had an accident in her woodworking studio on Jeju Island, she has been rushed to a hospital, from where she begs Kyungha to catch the first flight to the island and take care of her parrot before it runs out of food and water. A heavy snowstorm complicates Kyungha’s journey and, when she arrives at her friend’s house, she must face memories of the massacre on Jeju Island, a historical tragedy intimately tied to Inseon’s family. Han Kang immerses readers in a nightmarish process that she herself went through when writing Human Acts in 2014, a novel in which the author investigated another tragedy that took place in South Korea: the Gwangju Uprising massacre of 1980.

    With the Club Iberia Plus Store you can access the Casa del Libro and earn 260 Avios thanks to Han Kang’s latest literary phenomenon

  5. 5 La muy catastrófica visita al zoo (The Very Catastrophic Visit to the Zoo) by Joël Dicker

    The viral Swiss writer returns with a witty new short novel just published by Alfaguara. In this new book – which the author suggest should be read by all audiences from ages 7 to 120 years – we follow Joséphine’s class on a visit to the zoo, on Christmas Eve. As the title suggests, the tour is a catastrophe, but nobody knows what happened. The parents are determined to find out no matter what, and along the way they will uncover plenty of twists and surprises where nothing is as it seems. Filled with criticism of society, Joël Dicker reflects on inclusive education and the roles of teachers and parents in a book where each reader will draw a different conclusion depending on their age.

    Make your purchase on Agapea.com through the Club Iberia Plus Store and you can accumulate more than 140 Avios with this thriller for the whole family.