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 ☺️🫶
created by peppermintsoda
last updated February, 2026
The House on Via Gemito
Domenico Starnone
Down in the Valley
Paolo Cognetti
Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
Donna Leon
I'm Still Alive
Roberto Saviano
Gomorrah
Family Lexicon
Natalia Ginzburg
A Girl Returned
Donatella Di Pietrantonio
The Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories (A Penguin Classics Hardcover)
Jhumpa Lahiri
Numero zero
Umberto Eco
My Brilliant Friend (The Neapolitan Novels, #1)
Elena Ferrante
The Story of a New Name (The Neapolitan Novels, #2)
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay (The Neapolitan Novels, #3)
The Story of the Lost Child (The Neapolitan Novels, #4)
So People Know It's Me
Francesca Maria Benvenuto
Perfection
Vincenzo Latronico
The Name of the Rose
Foucault’s Pendulum
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
Italo Calvino
© 2025 Pagebound