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Description: Books set in Italy or by Italian authors.

Members: 10 participating members (show all)

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1
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
29,547 members, 388 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, aulsmith, hipdeep, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 5

2
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
18,497 members, 186 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, roby72

Score: 5

Explanations:

aulsmith (5): Verona

3
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino
8,824 members, 182 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: Dilara86, thorold, thecoroner, ahef1963, roby72

Score: 5

4
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
7,832 members, 148 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: thorold, ahef1963, thecoroner, Dilara86, roby72

Score: 5

5
Othello
by William Shakespeare
10,946 members, 89 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, thecoroner, ahef1963, roby72

Score: 4

6
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
6,460 members, 117 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, aulsmith, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 4

Explanations:

aulsmith (3): Rome

7
The Leopard
by Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
4,137 members, 97 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, starbox, thorold, roby72

Score: 4

8
The Talented Mr Ripley
by Patricia Highsmith
3,903 members, 121 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: thorold, ahef1963, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 4

9
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
5,518 members, 59 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 3

10
Death in Venice
by Thomas Mann
3,658 members, 72 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner

Score: 3

11
The Charterhouse of Parma
by Stendhal
2,900 members, 41 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: thorold, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 3

12
The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
by Horace Walpole
2,321 members, 79 reviews
3.1 stars (3.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 3

13
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
by Giorgio Bassani
1,282 members, 34 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: thorold, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 3

14
Christ Stopped at Eboli
by Carlo Levi
1,223 members, 28 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: thorold, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 3

15
History
by Elsa Morante
920 members, 22 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: Dilara86, thecoroner, roby72

Score: 3

16
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
14,121 members, 221 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

17
The Decameron
by Giovanni Boccaccio
6,496 members, 58 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

18
Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
4,394 members, 97 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

19
The City of Falling Angels
by John Berendt
3,146 members, 89 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: cej1027, aulsmith

Score: 2

Explanations:

aulsmith (2): Venice

20
Claudius the God
by Robert Graves
3,131 members, 34 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: aulsmith, ahef1963

Score: 2

Explanations:

aulsmith (4): Rome

21
The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi
2,671 members, 42 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: thorold, roby72

Score: 2

22
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo
2,350 members, 29 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

23
Where Angels Fear to Tread
by E. M. Forster
2,260 members, 37 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: Dilara86, thorold

Score: 2

24
The Betrothed
by Alessandro Manzoni
1,797 members, 33 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

25
A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
by Laurence Sterne
1,178 members, 18 reviews
3.2 stars (3.2 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

26
The Late Mattia Pascal
by Luigi Pirandello
1,154 members, 18 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

27
Orlando furioso
by Ludovico Ariosto
905 members, 12 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

28
The Day of the Owl
by Leonardo Sciascia
846 members, 22 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

29
The Little World of Don Camillo
by Giovanni Guareschi
834 members, 22 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

30
The Moon and the Bonfires
by Cesare Pavese
814 members, 13 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

31
As a Man Grows Older
by Italo Svevo
751 members, 8 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

32
That Awful Mess on Via Merulana
by Carlo Emilio Gadda
747 members, 13 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

33
The House by the Medlar Tree
by Giovanni Verga
746 members, 9 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

34
Italian Journey: 1786-1788
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
686 members, 12 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

35
One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand
by Luigi Pirandello
660 members, 11 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

36
The Time of Indifference
by Alberto Moravia
654 members, 9 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

37
Our Ancestors
by Italo Calvino
643 members, 6 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

38
To Each His Own
by Leonardo Sciascia
616 members, 18 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

39
Contempt
by Alberto Moravia
591 members, 7 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

40
The Story of My Life
by Giacomo Girolamo Casanova
587 members, 7 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

41
The Days of Abandonment
by Elena Ferrante
517 members, 23 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: thorold, thecoroner

Score: 2

42
Boredom
by Alberto Moravia
490 members, 5 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

43
Family Sayings
by Natalia Ginzburg
457 members, 10 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

44
The Conformist
by Alberto Moravia
453 members, 5 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: thecoroner, roby72

Score: 2

45
Fontamara
by Ignazio Silone
450 members, 5 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

46
Arturo's Island
by Elsa Morante
420 members, 5 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

47
Conversations in Sicily
by Elio Vittorini
412 members, 5 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

48
Mastro don Gesualdo
by Giovanni Verga
302 members, 1 review
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

49
The Viceroys
by Federico De Roberto
249 members, 6 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

50
Italian Hours
by Henry James
245 members, 1 review
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

51
Johnny the Partisan
by Beppe Fenoglio
195 members, 2 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

52
Reeds in the wind
by Grazia Deledda
186 members, 5 reviews
3.35 stars (3.35 stars)

Lists: Dilara86, thecoroner

Score: 2

53
Private Renaissance: A Novel
by Maria Bellonci
129 members, 1 review
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: roby72, thecoroner

Score: 2

54
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell: A Novel
by Susanna Clarke
20,664 members, 639 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: cej1027, ahef1963

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 1

Explanations:

aulsmith (0): The Venice sections are interesting, but such a small part of the book.

55
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
15,622 members, 173 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

56
The Inferno
by Dante Alighieri
15,576 members, 145 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

57
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
14,935 members, 156 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

58
The Aeneid
by Virgil
14,664 members, 121 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

59
Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco
13,518 members, 195 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

60
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
7,829 members, 89 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

61
The Merchant of Venice
by William Shakespeare
7,303 members, 76 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

62
The Thief Lord
by Cornelia Funke
6,334 members, 163 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: cej1027

Score: 1

63
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
5,967 members, 76 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

64
The Birth of Venus
by Sarah Dunant
5,227 members, 147 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

65
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
by Frances Mayes
4,787 members, 102 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

66
The Baron in the Trees
by Italo Calvino
3,098 members, 36 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Dilara86

Score: 1

67
Silk
by Alessandro Baricco
2,920 members, 125 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

68
Daisy Miller: A Comedy
by Henry James
2,618 members, 56 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

69
The Wings of the Dove
by Henry James
2,389 members, 26 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

70
Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz
2,184 members, 36 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

71
The Mysteries of Udolpho
by Ann Radcliffe
1,993 members, 42 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

72
The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
1,677 members, 85 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

73
The Book of the Courtier
by Baldassare Castiglione
1,440 members, 9 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

74
A Soldier of the Great War
by Mark Helprin
1,405 members, 27 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: hipdeep

Score: 1

75
Marcovaldo or The Seasons in the City
by Italo Calvino
1,342 members, 14 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Dilara86

Score: 1

76
Romola
by George Eliot
968 members, 13 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

77
Imprimatur
by Rita Monaldi
594 members, 19 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

78
Red Sails to Capri
by Ann Weil
465 members, 4 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: cej1027

Score: 1

79
The Woman of Rome
by Alberto Moravia
462 members, 7 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

80
The Life and Times of Lucrezia Borgia
by Maria Bellonci
375 members, 6 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

81
The Silent Duchess
by Dacia Maraini
350 members, 6 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

82
The Ragazzi
by Pier Paolo Pasolini
328 members, 1 review
3.42 stars (3.42 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

83
A Sicilian Romance
by Ann Radcliffe
322 members, 7 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

84
La chimera
by Sebastiano Vassalli
258 members, 9 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

85
Microcosmi
by Claudio Magris
241 members, 3 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

86
Pictures from Italy
by Charles Dickens
219 members, 2 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

87
Saltatempo
by Stefano Benni
215 members, 7 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: Dilara86

Score: 1

88
The Little World of the Past
by Antonio Fogazzaro
158 members, 2 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

89
Don Giovanni in Sicilia
by Vitaliano Brancati
142 members, 2 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

90
Il bell'Antonio
by Vitaliano Brancati
137 members, 2 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

91
Artemisia
by Anna Banti
126 members, 2 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

92
The History of Italy
by Francesco Guicciardini
106 members, 0 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: roby72

Score: 1

93
Little Novels of Sicily
by Giovanni Verga
104 members, 0 reviews
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

94
Metello
by Vasco Pratolini
102 members, 2 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

95
La stanza del vescovo
by Piero Chiara
72 members, 4 reviews
3.22 stars (3.22 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

96
Il marchese di Roccaverdina
by Luigi Capuana
53 members, 0 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

97
Senso
by Camillo Boito
47 members, 0 reviews
3.08 stars (3.08 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

98
Fratelli d'Italia
by Alberto Arbasino
33 members, 0 reviews
3 stars (3 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

99
Retablo
by Vincenzo Consolo
26 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

100
Conservatorio di Santa Teresa
by Romano Bilenchi
11 members, 0 reviews
2 stars (2 stars)

Lists: thecoroner

Score: 1

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Started by: sturlington (September 2013)

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