A0Romance2 min
Seven Days of Rain
Every rainy day, Celeste stands in the same cold street. Every rainy day, a tall stranger stands there too. Neither says a word—until the silence between them becomes something neither wants to lose.
Spanish Stories for Every Level (A1–C2)
Lingofable is a library of short Spanish stories written for learners, each at a single CEFR level from A1 (beginner) to C2 (mastery). Reading stories you mostly understand is how you pick up new words in context: pick your level, then tap any word for its translation as you read.
Stories by CEFR level
- A1 Spanish stories · Beginner
For readers who can understand familiar everyday words and very simple sentences about people, places and routines.
- A2 Spanish stories · Elementary
For readers who can follow short, simple texts on familiar topics like family, shopping, work and travel.
- B1 Spanish stories · Intermediate
For readers who can understand the main points of clear writing about familiar matters, events, feelings and plans.
- B2 Spanish stories · Upper-intermediate
For readers who can read longer texts with some abstract ideas and follow a story line with little effort.
- C1 Spanish stories · Advanced
For readers who can read long, complex texts, recognise implicit meaning and appreciate differences in style.
- C2 Spanish stories · Mastery
For readers who can read virtually anything with ease, including nuanced, idiomatic and literary language.
Popular stories
C1Coming of Age4 parts5 minWhat the Deep Keeps 1: Four Minutes Under
Everyone in Skarðsvík has lost someone to the sea. So why, on the night sixteen-year-old Kári finally falls into that black water, does the sea decline to collect?
A0Romance1 minThe Book in the Park
Every day, Paloma sees the man on the park bench. Every day, she opens her book. He never sees her — until now.
A0r/AITJ2 minAITJ for taking my neighbor's food away because he wouldn't stop looking at his phone?
OP invites a neighbor over for a nice homemade dinner, but when the guest spends the entire meal glued to his phone without eating a single bite, OP snaps and takes the plate away.
B1Fairy Tale2 parts4 minThe Wall of Painted Suppers 1: The Feast the Dawn Erases
Every midnight, the painted supper on the old chapel wall turns warm and real — and every dawn, the wall is blank again. A hungry village calls it a miracle. One twelve-year-old girl wants the truth, whatever it costs.
A2Romance4 parts3 minSongs Across the Red Dust 1: A Cumbia for Unit 9
On Mars, oxygen costs a fortune — but songs travel free. Every night a stranger's cumbia arrives in the greenhouse, and the botanist on the night shift begins to wonder who is listening to the red dust with her.
A0Cerebral2 minThe Door in the Mirror
Every morning, Simón sees himself in the old mirror. But today, the man in the mirror is not looking back.
A0r/AITJ2 minAITJ for eating an entire pizza in front of my hungry friend?
OP brought a huge pizza to his friend's house for the evening—then refused to share a single slice while his friend sat there hungry.
A0Fantasy2 minThe Stone Dog
Nahuel's big white dog Sol runs and plays all day like any happy pet — but when night falls, Sol goes to the front door and becomes something else entirely.
A1r/AITJ2 minAITJ for closing the elevator door on a woman?
OP is late for work and closes the elevator door on a woman running toward it — then discovers she works in the same building.
A2r/AITJ2 minAITJ for refusing to add my classmate's name to our group project?
OP's classmate contributed nothing but a three-word title to their group research project, and now half the class thinks OP is being cruel for leaving her name off it.
A1Comedy1 minThe Nearsighted Mermaid
A mermaid with terrible eyesight mistakes a kiddie pool for the ocean. The children are thrilled. Their mother is not.