20th book - "Der Schatten des Windes" - Carlos Ruiz Zafón - 10 points

Just amazing. You can read this 563 pages book right through in half a day. Short sentences full of impressions.
A fascinating and exciting story about a rare book that a 10 year old boy finds in a mysterious library in the Barcelona of 1945. Growing up he researches the story of this book and around the author. His own life seems to melt into the authors biography. Stories of love and crime.... again I'm fascinated to have learned so much about the 1940's and 1950's history of Spain and even the decades before.
Carlos Ruiz Zafón (*1963) is from Spain. The book is an international bestseller and is already published in more than 40 languages.
Originally published 2001 in Spanish language "La sombra del viento" (Engl.: "The shadow of the wind"). I read the suhrkamp taschenbuch 3800 first edition published in 2005 in German language. ISBN 978-3-518-45800-6.