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Italian Literature

Sun-drenched piazzas and medieval monasteries set the stage for Italy's literary masterpieces, where philosophical riddles intertwine with rich historical tapestries. These works range from Dante's epic journeys through the afterlife to modern labyrinthine tales that challenge our understanding of storytelling itself.

Italian Literature Book Summaries

The Story of the Lost Child Summary
The Story of the Lost Child
by Elena Ferrante 2014 473 pages
4.46
163.8K ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Tartar Steppe Summary
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pages
4.21
37.2K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
My Brilliant Friend Summary
My Brilliant Friend
by Elena Ferrante 2011 331 pages
4.05
419.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Italy
The Divine Comedy Summary
The Divine Comedy
Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages
4.08
165.0K ratings
Poetry
Literature
Philosophy
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
30.4K ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
The Story of a New Name Summary
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages
4.46
215.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.02
106.7K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
Gomorrah Summary
Gomorrah
by Roberto Saviano 2006 320 pages
3.80
21.5K ratings
Crime
Italy
True Crime
L'Arminuta Summary
L'Arminuta
by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 163 pages
4.09
25.4K ratings
Italy
Italian Literature
Contemporary
Marcovaldo Summary
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages
3.84
15.9K ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 pages
4.01
22.8K ratings
Novels
Feminism
Italian Literature
All Our Yesterdays Summary
All Our Yesterdays
by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages
3.99
4.5K ratings
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
The Lying Life of Adults Summary
The Lying Life of Adults
by Elena Ferrante 2019 336 pages
3.67
80.6K ratings
Italy
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Summary
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
by Elena Ferrante 2013 418 pages
4.36
178.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Great Initiates Summary
The Great Initiates
A Study of the Secret History of Religions
by Édouard Schuré 1889 480 pages
4.12
521 ratings
Spirituality
Philosophy
Religion
The Days of Abandonment Summary
The Days of Abandonment
by Elena Ferrante 2002 188 pages
3.87
54.5K ratings
Contemporary
Italy
Literary Fiction
Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages
3.83
21.7K ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
The Neapolitan Novels Summary
The Neapolitan Novels
by Elena Ferrante 2015 1705 pages
4.57
6.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Man Without Content Summary
The Man Without Content
by Giorgio Agamben 1970 144 pages
4.16
365 ratings
Philosophy
Art
Theory
The Baron in the Trees Summary
The Baron in the Trees
by Italo Calvino 1957 217 pages
4.02
50.9K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand Summary
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand
by Luigi Pirandello 1925 174 pages
4.03
28.0K ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
Venice Summary
Venice
by Jan Morris 1960 336 pages
4.03
1.8K ratings
Travel
Italy
History
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking Summary
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking
by Marcella Hazan 1976 704 pages
4.07
25.4K ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Tonight is Already Tomorrow Summary
Tonight is Already Tomorrow
by Lia Levi 2018 224 pages
3.50
444 ratings
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
World War II
Made in Italy Summary
Made in Italy
Food and Stories
by Giorgio Locatelli 2006 624 pages
4.36
366 ratings
Cookbooks
Food
Cooking
L'Art de la joie Summary
L'Art de la joie
by Goliarda Sapienza 1998 640 pages
4.12
8.8K ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Feminism
Troubling Love Summary
Troubling Love
by Elena Ferrante 1992 144 pages
3.25
24.1K ratings
Italy
Italian Literature
Contemporary
Tutte le poesie Summary
Tutte le poesie
by Eugenio Montale 1984 1192 pages
4.62
705 ratings
Poetry
Italian Literature
Nobel Prize
Io ti guardo Summary
Io ti guardo
by Irene Cao 2013 364 pages
3.20
1.7K ratings
Romance
Erotica
Contemporary Romance
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