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Pedro Páramo (1955) by Juan Rulfo
Pedro Páramo is the only novel Juan Rulfo wrote and yet it caused much envy, inspiration and influence on other important novelists of the 20th century, most notably Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The...
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Shawarma Nights (2009) by Vincent Jan Cruz Rubio
Shawarma Nights is the first of three sections in Vincent Jan Cruz Rubio’s Paspas: Maiikling Kuwento, published posthumously by his family and friends. The six interconnected stories in this section...
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The El Bimbo Variations (2008) by Adam David
In Peter Boxall’s ever-tentative 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die that claims to chronicle “the history of the novel,” Raymond Queneau’s Exercises in Style found a spot, arguing that pioneering...
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Your Face Tomorrow, 1: Fever and Spear (2002) by Javier Marías
The first volume of a novel-in-three-parts, Your Face Tomorrow, 1: Fever and Spear is Javier Marias’ meditations on the dangers of telling someone something; that even if words as creations are...
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Etsa-Puwera (2000) by Jun Cruz Reyes
Grand Prize winner of the Centennial Literary Prize, Jun Cruz Reyes’s Etsa-Puwera is a take on the history of marginalization, and the role of writing in such a history and in the reclamation of one’s...
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The History of Danish Dreams (1988) by Peter Høeg
Where does the essence of an entire century lie? Within many everyday events, replied Peter Høeg’s narrator in The History of Danish Dreams, whose identity was revealed in the last two pages of the...
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Ilustrado (2010) by Miguel Syjuco
There was never a much anticipated release of a Filipino novel in recent years, even within the Manila-centric literary community, until Miguel Syjuco’s Ilustrado won the Man Asian Literary Prize in...
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The Tortoise and the Monkey (1889) by José Rizal
In 1889, José Rizal published “Two Eastern Fables,” a comparative study of Philippine and Japanese folklore, in London’s Trubner’s Record. It included the folk story, “The Tortoise and the Monkey,”...
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Ang Buhay ni Aldabes Walang Kapares (1947) by Hugo Yonzon, Jr.
When Pilipino Komiks was launched in 1947, one of the serials included was Hugo Yonzon, Jr.’s Ang Buhay ni Aldabes Walang Kapares. It featured the comic exploits of its eponymous hero Aldabes, a...
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Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy (1929) by Romualdo Ramos and Antonio Velasquez
In its 11 January 1929 issue, Liwayway debuted a four-panel, black-and-white stip entitled Mga Kabalbalan ni Kenkoy (The Antics of Kenkoy), written by Romualdo Ramos and illustrated by Antonio (Tony)...
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Pistolero (1966) by Francisco V. Coching and Federico C. Javinal
Tumagal nang 17 labas sa Liwayway mula Enero 24, 1966 hanggang Mayo 16, 1966 ang Pistolero––nobelang komiks ni Francisco V. Coching at guhit ni Federico C. Javinal. Narito ang unang labas ng nobela:...
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Si Kiko at si Angge (1922) by Iñigo Ed. Regalado and Fernando Amorsolo
Telembang: Lingguhang Mapagpatawa at Manunukso published the first regular komiks strip in the Philippines, Si Kiko at si Angge, in 1922. It was written by Tagalog novelist Iñigo Ed. Regalado and...
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Ponyang Halobaybay (1932) by Romualdo Ramos and Antonio Velasquez
Encouraged by the success of Kenkoy, the Ramos-Velasquez team produced another comic series for Liwayway entitled Ponyang Halobaybay, named after the pretty and stylish heroine. The series was also...
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High Voltage (1968) by Clodualdo del Mundo and Fred Carrillo
High Voltage is a komiks novel written by Clodualdo del Mundo and illustrated by Fred Carrillo published in Liwayway Magazine for 26 issues from September 2, 1968 until February 24, 1969. Here is its...
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Impakta Vengadora (1966) by Clodualdo del Mundo and Fred Carrillo
Impakta Vengadora is a komiks novel written by Clodualdo del Mundo and illustrated by Fred Carrillo published in Liwayway Magazine for 38 issues from April 18, 1966 until January 2, 1967. Here is its...
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Mayo at Disyembre (1969) by Clodualdo del Mundo and Fred Carrillo
Mayo at Disyembre is a komiks novel written by Clodualdo del Mundo and illustrated by Fred Carrillo published in Liwayway Magazine for 39 issues from September 1, 1969 until May 25, 1970. Here is its...
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Milyonaryong Maton (1967) by Clodualdo del Mundo and Fred Carrillo
Milyonaryong Maton is a komiks novel written by Clodualdo del Mundo and illustrated by Fred Carrillo published in Liwayway Magazine for 25 issues from July 10, 1967 until December 25, 1967. Here is its...
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Né (1971) by Clodualdo del Mundo and Fred Carrillo
Né is a komiks novel written by Clodualdo del Mundo and illustrated by Fred Carrillo published in Liwayway Magazine for 24 issues from February 8, 1971 until July 19, 1971. Here is its first issue:Do...
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Paglalakbay sa Dilim (1968) by Clodualdo del Mundo and Fred Carrillo
Paglalakbay sa Dilim is a komiks novel written by Clodualdo del Mundo and illustrated by Fred Carrillo published in Liwayway Magazine for 35 issues from January 1, 1968 until August 26, 1968. Here is...
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Philcag Battalion (1967) by Clodualdo del Mundo and Fred Carrillo
Philcag Battalion is a komiks novel written by Clodualdo del Mundo and illustrated by Fred Carrillo published in Liwayway Magazine for 26 issues from January 9, 1967 until July 3, 1967. Here is its...
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