Is there any good literature written in Spanish?

Question

I am looking for some literature to read in Spanish, but I am becoming convinced that it does not exist. I find it fascinating that whenever I read something in Spanish about literature, more often than not the examples cited are translations of English works. The Spanish Wikipedia article on children's literature is a laughable example of this, in as much as it fails to cite a work of children's literature in Spanish.
Is there is no literature written in Spanish? Who is the Jane Austen, the Mark Twain, the Evelyn Waugh, the P.G. Wodehouse, the Graham Greene, of Spanish? I am not looking for some serious boring commentary on political conditions or how bad the poor have it, unless it is the equivalent of Dickens. I just want some serious literature, fun to read. I would even like something for young adults. Who is the J.K. Rowling, the C.S. Lewis, or the Laura Ingalls Wilder of Spanish literature? I am glad to be a native English speaker with our outstanding literary tradition. Is this something we only share with a few other languages? I am beginning to think so.
And please, something besides Don Quixote.

Answer 1

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love in the time of cholera by gabriel marquez. he is a great writer from colombia i think. he has many great novels and some have even been turnend into a movie in the USA. so i guess he would be the spanish version of a great english write.

Answer 2

Las Fiestas Del Chivo- Mario Vargas Llosa- a long-time classic.
Maria-Jorge Isaacs.
i hope you find these two interesting.

Answer 3

i love harry potter but i have to say that rowling just write for children and it isn't a good literature... in Spanish there's good literature find out for... CIEN AÑOS DE SOLEDAD, written by gabriel garcia maynez, it's amazing or... don quijote or something, of course there's good literature written in spanish, i'm mexican and i love reading... haha

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myself :DD

Answer 4

la sombra del viento por carlos ruiz zafón es muy bueno.