Books from Italy
158 popular italian books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Italy.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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In Search of Amrit Kaur : A Lost Princess and Her Vanished World by Livia Manera Sambuy EN
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As she builds her own life anew, an Italian writer embarks on an all-consuming search for the true story of the mysterious princess H. H. Amrit Kaur of Mandi. On a sweltering day in 2007, having just lost her brother to illness, Livia Manera Sambuy finds herself standing before a 1924 photograph of a stunningly elegant Indian princess at a museum in Mumbai. What’s written in the caption will change her life forever. This gorgeous Punjabi princess, it’s said, sold her jewels in occupied Paris to save Jewish lives, only to be arrested by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration camp, where she di... continue
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Incidental Inventions by Elena Ferrante EN
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"This is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me." With these words, Elena Ferrante, the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, bid farewell to her year-long collaboration with the Guardian. For a full year she penned short pieces, the subjects of which were suggested by editors at the Guardian, turning the writing process into a kind of prolonged interlocution; the subjects ranged from first love to climate change, from enmity among women to the adaptation of her novels to film and TV. As she said in her final column: "I have written as an author of novels, taking on ... continue
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La variante di Lüneburg by Paolo Maurensig PT
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Med tråde tilbage til tiden før 2. verdenskrig fortælles om to jævnaldrende skakgenier, en jøde og en arier, som gennem skakspillet får afgørende indflydelse på hinandens skæbne
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Leii Siciliei by Stefania Auci RO
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O familie care a sfidat destinul. O familie care a învins. O familie care a ajuns legendară. CEL MAI BINE VÂNDUT ROMAN DIN ITALIA ÎN 2019. Romanul care a cucerit lumea în curs de traducere în 22 de țări. Din momentul în care ajunge la Palermo în 1799 familia Florio nu se mai uită înapoi și decide să ajungă deasupra tuturor cât mai bogată și cât mai puternică. Și reușește: în scurt timp ambițioși și motivați frații Paolo și Ignazio își transformă prăvălia de condimente în cea mai bună din oraș apoi încep să cumpere case și terenuri de la nobilii din Palermo și își pornesc propria companie de na... continue
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Lies and Sorcery by Elsa Morante EN
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An Italian master's magnum opus about three generations of women, now in the first-ever unabridged English translation. Winner of the 2024 Society of Authors John Florio Prize for for the best translation from Italian and the 2024 American Literary Translator Association's Italian Prose in Translation Prize Elsa Morante is one of the titans of twentieth-century literature—Natalia Ginzburg said she was the writer of her own generation that she most admired—and yet her work remains little known in the United States. Written during World War II, Morante’s celebrated first novel, Lies and Sorcery,... continue
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A young girl on a train enroute to her grandmother's house in the country, reflects on traveling through the world and life.
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Los Apuñaladores by Leonardo Sciascia ES
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El 1 de octubre de 1862, trece personas son apuñaladas a la misma hora y en puntos equidistantes de la ciudad de Palermo. La investigación del crimen la llevará a cabo por el abogado Guido Giacosa, un piamontés recién llegado a Sicilia que, tras ser nombrado fiscal general en el tribunal de apelación de Palermo, tratará de demostrar que el verdadero instigador de los hechos es una importante figura de la clase dirigente interesada en reinstaurar el antiguo orden borbónico. El primer sospechoso en confesar su culpabilidad será Angel... continue
