Recs if you like A Girl Returned...

Books that are atmospheric, emotionally unsettling, beautifully written, a little weird, and linger long after you finish them.

Elena Ferrante, the bestselling pseudonymous Italian author behind My Brilliant Friend, has named her favourite 40 books by female authors around the world.

Books by Italian authors (or authors who have substantially lived in Italy and can write it very well) translated into English that are usually set in Italy.

Suggestions welcome ☺️🫶

Books about complicated family dynamics