Literature set in Spain

The one that comes to mind is Iberia, by James A. Michener. It details the author's exploration of Spain as it was in the decades leading up to the mid-1960s.

I love Javier Marías. I think A Heart so White and The Man of Feeling are my favorites of his.

Historical fiction favorites- Winter in Madrid by
C.J. Samson. Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind, Angels Game & Prisoner of Heaven.

Before my trip to Spain in November 2019 I read “Spain In Our Hearts” by Adam Hochschild and George Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia”. Both are about the Spanish civil war and very good reads. And don’t forget Hemingway’s “For Whom The Bell Tolls”.

Rebecca Powel has written a series of good detective stories set in the early years of Franco Spain -- Death of a Nationalist, Law of Return, The Watcher in the Pine, and The Summer Snow. Detective Carlos Tejada solves crimes and threads the needle between his conscience and the regime. I read a couple of them and liked them.

Don Quixote and the Hemingway novels are other obvious suggestions.

Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_Walked_Out_One_Midsummer_Morning

There are also a number of good Spanish movies, if you would be interested in learning about our culture and history through cinema, I'd recomend:

Ocho Apellidos Vascos (for Basque Country)

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (for Madrid)

Biutiful (for Barcelona)

Mientras dure la guerra (for Salamanca and Spanish civil war)

23-F (Transition to democracy + 1981 Falangist coup attempt)

La Isla Mínima (Andalucía's deep south during transition to democracy)

I enjoyed Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart. He’s a Brit who bought a house in Andalusia with his wife. It’s very well written and quite witty.

Following up with one of Carlos’ recommended movies, Ocho Apellidos Vascos, it starts out in Sevilla, but most of it take place and was filmed in Zumaia and the fishing port of Getaría on the north coast. Both towns are worth visiting. Zumaia has a nice beach and flysch rock formations that are unique to that area. The area up by San Telmo hermitage affords a great view of the area. Getaria is a working fishing port and one can watch the activities from San Salbador eliza church, or walk down on the pier itself.

Todos lo sabe (Everybody Knows) from 2018 is a great movie.

You might enjoy As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning by Laurie Lee.

Lee writes about his journey, on foot, from the north of Spain to the south, earning money from playing his violin outside cafes...and gets caught up in the Spanish Civil War.

Lee was an English writer from Slad, in the Cotswolds.

Also, if you are interested in Spanish television, we have good tv shows too, I'd suggest:

La Catedral del Mar (Barcelona during the middle ages)

Isabel (life and times of Isabella I of Castile)

Carlos, Rey Emperador (rise of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor)

El Ministerio del Tiempo (historical fiction about Ministry of Time of Spain, which deals with incidents caused by time travel in Spain's history)

Loved the book Iberia. James Michener also writes about Spain in The Drifters.

You have quite a few suggestions already; still, I'll put in a word for two non-fiction books by Jason Webster (English):
"Duende: a journey in search of flamenco," (2003). Pretty much what the title says -- an inside look at the "gypsy" flamenco culture, set largely in Madrid.
"Andalus: unlocking the secrets of Moorish Spain," (2004). Essentially a well-informed memoir of a trip though southern Spain with an "illegal immigrant" from Morocco, with reflections on culture and history.

Which places will you be visiting?

The Basque History of the World, by Mark Kurlansky, in English, a great work on the Basque Country.

"The Invisible Guardian" by Dolores Redondo is the first of the Baztan Trilogy detective novels. They are set in contemporary Baztan Valley. All three books have been made into movies.

I know these comments are getting numerous, but I do need to mention the travel book "A Stranger in Spain" by H.V. Morton. It was published in 1955, so certainly not an up-to-date travel guide, though sometimes it's interesting to read about an earlier Spain, to complement your visit to the contemporary one.
But though Morton is an engaging, witty writer, one special reason I want to call attention to this book is that while certain Anglo-American writers (Hemingway, Michener) seemed to get a sense of vicarious machismo by trumpeting their love for bulls and bullfighting, Morton was too clear-headed for that: though he devotes only about four pages to it, he describes a bullfight he was taken to in every gory, squirmy detail -- he has no illusions about what he's witnessing.

This is so valuable to receive the reading and film recs. You all ROCK! I can see all of us are benefiting from sharing these resources. I am traveling in Málaga, Cordova, Valencia, Teruel, Albarricin,, Cuenca and Denia. Any reading or film recommendations set in Malaga or the region around Denia? Many thanks.

By the way, congratulations of choosing Teruel -- it doesn't seem to get mentioned much on this forum. I was there in 2009, and found it to be a beautiful town.

There's always the classics like Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises.

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes is wonderful.
Also, Earnest Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls and The Sun Also Rises.