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Every Taleivo book on one shelf — graded Spanish and Dutch stories, written for learners. Search, or narrow down by level, language, and genre.

46 books · 8 series bundles · levels A1 · A2 · B1 · B2

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El verano de la familia

Twenty short, present-tense stories about one big, happy family’s summer — the beach, ice cream, the park, and Pancho the dog. For A1 beginners.

A1 family 11,849 words
€3.49
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En el mercado

It’s Ana’s mum’s birthday, and Ana is off to the market for fruit, vegetables, and bread. Twelve short A1 scenes for absolute beginners.

A1 slice of life 7,138 words
€3.25
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La tienda de Carlos

Carlos runs a little corner shop where the whole neighbourhood passes through. Twenty short, present-tense A1 stories for beginners.

A1 slice of life 11,588 words
€3.49
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Carlos Medina · Book 1 of 3

El primer gol

A scout is in the stands at Carlos's amateur match in a small Colombian town. Book 1 follows his first steps toward Atlético Nacional.

A2 sports 20,913 words
€3.99
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Carlos Medina · Book 2 of 3

El capitán de Barcelona

Now captain of FC Barcelona, Carlos faces a Clásico against his best friend and a season that decides who he really is as a leader.

A2 sports 20,749 words
€3.99
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Carlos Medina · Book 3 of 3

El técnico

Retired at 38, Carlos gets a call: coach the Colombian national team, World Cup in eight months. He agrees — if Miguel comes too.

A2 sports 21,120 words
€3.99
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El barrio de todos

Fifteen residents of one Santiago street tell their stories across sixty years, from 1965 to 2025. A2 Latin American Spanish.

A2 historical 15,723 words
€3.75
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El cocinero del barco

Fifteen ports, fifteen encounters, fifteen dishes. Diego, a young cook from Buenaventura, sails the Pacific coast. Independent A2 stories.

A2 travel 15,900 words
€3.75
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El perro de los dos

A lost dog in a Bogotá park brings Camila and Felipe together — neither knows yet how much it will change their lives.

A2 romance 18,105 words
€3.75
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El primer departamento

Diana arrives in Mexico City to find her first apartment: little money, less time, and not everyone is honest. Everyday Spanish for real life, at A2.

A2 drama 14,500 words
€3.49
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El vecino del cuarto piso

Elena’s new neighbour walks at night, leaves with parcels each morning, and never speaks. What is Señor Ortega hiding? A warm A2 mystery.

A2 mystery 14,984 words
€3.49
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El Cóndor · Book 1 of 5

La bomba silenciosa

SICA agent Andrés Vega has two weeks to stop a stolen biological weapon reaching three European cities. Book 1 of El Cóndor, at A2.

A2 thriller 19,350 words
€3.99
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El Cóndor · Book 2 of 5

El presidente fantasma

A president vanishes three days before a decisive UN vote. Agent Vega has six days to find him — with a journalist who has waited years. A2 espionage.

A2 thriller 19,200 words
€3.99
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Het Elftal

FC Laagveld doesn't always win and doesn't always lose — but they always show up. Fifteen warm, funny stories about an amateur football club.

A2 sports 24,665 words
€4.25
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Viajando en bus por Sudamérica · Book 1 of 3

Las aventuras de Sofía

Sofía Vargas takes her first solo trip — by bus, from Bogotá to Buenos Aires. Book 1 of a three-part A2 travel series.

A2 travel 19,327 words
€3.99
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Viajando en bus por Sudamérica · Book 2 of 3

El regreso de Sofía

Five months later, Sofía heads home — from Cusco to Mexico City, through the same countries, as a different person. Book 2 of 3.

A2 travel 18,986 words
€3.75
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Viajando en bus por Sudamérica · Book 3 of 3

México y Centroamérica

Three months after coming home, Sofía runs out of money and sets off again — this time working her way through Mexico and Central America. Book 3 of 3.

A2 travel 18,069 words
€3.75
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2047: Waterlinie

When a dyke breaks near Dordrecht in 2047, one family scrambles to reunite in a country slowly disappearing under water. An 18-part saga at B1.

B1 climate fiction 32,016 words
€4.75
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Crónicas del Mundo Antiguo · Book 1 of 3

El Archivista

Copyist Kael isn't supposed to ask questions. Then he finds a page about a city the Empire says never existed. Book 1 of an epic fantasy trilogy.

B1 fantasy 28,777 words
€4.49
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De Roof

Five specialists, one heist, and two detectives already one step behind them. The opening book of the De Vijf crime series.

B1 thriller 32,506 words
€4.75
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De Terugkeer

Astronaut Mara Linde can pilot a space station. Coming home to a daughter who grew up without her is the part nobody trained her for.

B1 sci-fi 24,023 words
€4.25
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El café de la esquina

A café with no name on the sign, a woman who returns every Monday, and a year that changes everything. A quiet romance at B1.

B1 romance 27,172 words
€4.49
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El detective Vargas

A retired inspector moves to a quiet town for rest — and finds fifteen small mysteries his curious mind can’t ignore. Cozy B1 whodunits.

B1 mystery 21,200 words
€3.99
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El fantasma del mercado

Every Tuesday something inexplicable happens in Oaxaca’s old market. A candle seller records what he sees — and the secret binding it all. B1.

B1 horror 23,000 words
€4.25
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El umbral

Three brothers in Medellín face their mother’s illness — and discover their father was keeping something he never got to tell them.

B1 family 35,751 words
€4.99
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El Cóndor · Book 3 of 5

El código

A secret digital weapon is stolen by an insider. Vega’s hunt runs from Buenos Aires to Berlin and Tallinn. Book 3 of El Cóndor, stepping up to B1.

B1 thriller 26,250 words
€4.25
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El Cóndor · Book 4 of 5

El refugiado

Vega must protect a brutal ex-regime security chief trading secrets for asylum. Does he deserve it? A morally uneasy B1 spy thriller.

B1 thriller 27,470 words
€4.49
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El otro planeta · Book 1 of 3

El primer contacto

Twelve scientists land on a new, Earth-like planet — and slowly realise they are being watched. Book 1 of a graded sci-fi trilogy, at B1.

B1 sci-fi 23,971 words
€4.25
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El otro planeta · Book 2 of 3

La ciudad oculta

The group is broken and afraid. Elena walks out alone to find the Ishar and make peace — and to uncover what this planet really is. Book 2, B1.

B1 sci-fi 23,403 words
€4.25
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El otro planeta · Book 3 of 3

La verdad de Ishar

The Ishar king asks Elena the hardest question of all: can there truly be peace between two peoples? The finale of the El otro planeta trilogy, at B1.

B1 sci-fi 23,606 words
€4.25
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La startup

Three friends in Medellín build an app to get people home safely — then learn the same data that protects people can also watch them. A B1 drama.

B1 drama 28,185 words
€4.49
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Las Sombras de Buenos Aires · Book 1 of 5

El despertar de Luca

History student Luca has spent his life ignoring things with no explanation. A fire and a stranger in a San Telmo church change that. Book 1 of 5.

B1 fantasy 34,937 words
€4.75
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Las Sombras de Buenos Aires · Book 2 of 5

La ascensión de Valeria

Over a century old and the only woman on La Cámara's council of nine, Valeria is done being underestimated. Book 2 of 5.

B1 fantasy 34,915 words
€4.75
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Las Sombras de Buenos Aires · Book 3 of 5

El último rugido de Marcos

Marcos has led Buenos Aires's werewolves for twelve years with a vision nobody shares. His younger brother thinks it's time for a change. Book 3 of 5.

B1 fantasy 33,693 words
€4.75
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Las Sombras de Buenos Aires · Book 4 of 5

El nexo

Luca, Valeria, and Marcos finally meet — and have to close something someone else opened long ago. Book 4 converges the whole series.

B1 fantasy 33,983 words
€4.75
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Las Sombras de Buenos Aires · Book 5 of 5

El genius loci

The nexus is closed, but the root remains. The series finale brings Luca, Valeria, and Marcos together one last time.

B1 fantasy 34,626 words
€4.75
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Rook · Book 1 of 2

Verhalen 1 tot 8

Eight self-contained cases for private detective Rook — a vanished will, a silent neighbour, a perfect alibi. Dutch noir at B1.

B1 mystery 23,800 words
€4.25
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Selva adentro

A biologist hunting a frog not seen in twenty years is left alone and lost deep in the Colombian Amazon. A B1 novel of adventure and survival.

B1 adventure 35,100 words
€4.99
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Crónicas del Mundo Antiguo · Book 2 of 3

La Prisionera de Vorn

Kael heard a voice no one else did. A hundred years of waiting are about to change everything. Book 2 steps the series up to B2.

B2 fantasy 33,982 words
€4.75
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Crónicas del Mundo Antiguo · Book 3 of 3

La Tercera Ley

The voice that waited a hundred years finally chooses. The trilogy's finale, at B2, brings the Empire's oldest secret into the light.

B2 fantasy 33,832 words
€4.75
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El doble de la capital

A journalist notices one detail wrong on the president's face during a live broadcast. Nobody believes her — until the truth threatens her life.

B2 thriller 35,976 words
€4.99
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El Cóndor · Book 5 of 5

La deuda

A mission pulls Vega back to Cartagena and a stranger who once survived a collapse beside him. The El Cóndor finale — and its first at B2.

B2 thriller 29,550 words
€4.49
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La receta de mi abuela

Renata inherits her grandmother’s Oaxaca restaurant — not Diego, the chef who ran it for a decade. An inheritance dispute becomes something else. B2 romance.

B2 romance 28,700 words
€4.49
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La sed del mundo

The water is retreating from the planet — not all at once, and with no single hero or villain. Fifteen chapters, fifteen places, one crisis.

B2 climate fiction 45,015 words
€5.49
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Rook · Book 2 of 2

De Onthulling

Seven darker cases at B2 — two keys that open the same door, a man without a face, and the story that finally reveals who Rook is.

B2 mystery 27,000 words
€4.49
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Slaapstad

Every year, on the same November night, someone in Ellewoud disappears — and nobody asks why. Journalist Nora Veld just did.

B2 thriller 21,847 words
€3.99