Recs if you like Family Lexicon...

Overlooked, lesser known classics from all over the world and of many genres.

This list also exists as a book club on Fable under the same name.

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 ☺️🫶

Family stories! The tragic, the comedic, the heartwarming, the heartbreaking, and everything in between.

Books that were featured on an episode of Backlisted.

For all of those people who want to get through Italian classics, I recommend you these 💕