Artfictions: A Dataset of Contemporary Spanish and Portuguese Novels on Artistic and Visual Creativity

The Artfictions dataset documents 961 contemporary novels in Spanish and Portuguese that engage with artistic and visual creativity. Titles were identified through systematic bibliographic research conducted across 30 countries, drawing on library catalogues, publisher websites, and literary databases. The dataset includes metadata such as title, author, publisher, year, language, and country, as well as thematic descriptors. Stored in JSON format, the dataset enables comparative literary analysis, network studies of publishing and artistic production, and the creation of digital resources for research and teaching. The dataset is the result of an IRC Laureate Consolidator project seeking to understand how contemporary literature engages with creative capitalism beyond the Anglosphere.