Italy

Conclave

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4.06

50k+ ratings

Thriller

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The Prince

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3.84

300k+ ratings

Philosophy

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by Katherine Wilson 2015 287 pages

3.74

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Memoir

Italy

Travel

The Divine Comedy

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4.08

100k+ ratings

Poetry

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Philosophy

My Brilliant Friend

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4.05

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Historical Fiction

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The Sicilian Inheritance

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4.01

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Historical Fiction

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Zeno's Conscience

by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages

3.77

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Italian Literature

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Literature

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages

4.14

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Historical Fiction

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Beneath a Scarlet Sky

by Mark T. Sullivan 2017 509 pages

4.43

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Historical Fiction

World War II

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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler

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4.03

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Classics

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4.45

200k+ ratings

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Pompeii

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3.87

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The Story of the Lost Child

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4.45

100k+ ratings

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Historical Fiction

Italian Literature

A Room with a View

by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages

3.90

100k+ ratings

Classics

Romance

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The Lost Painting

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by Jonathan Harr 2005 320 pages

3.86

34k+ ratings

Art

History

Art History

L'Arminuta

by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 163 pages

4.09

24k+ ratings

Italy

Italian Literature

Contemporary

The Marriage Portrait

by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages

4.01

100k+ ratings

Historical Fiction

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Italy

Medici Money

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by Tim Parks 2005 288 pages

3.61

1k+ ratings

History

Italy

Economics

One Italian Summer

by Rebecca Serle 2022 255 pages

3.59

200k+ ratings

Romance

Contemporary

Magical Realism

Six Characters in Search of an Author

by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages

3.83

21k+ ratings

Plays

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Drama

All Our Yesterdays

by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages

3.99

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Historical Fiction

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The Tartar Steppe

by Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pages

4.21

35k+ ratings

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Gomorrah

by Roberto Saviano 2006 320 pages

3.80

21k+ ratings

Crime

Italy

True Crime

Theodora

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by Stella Duffy 2010 339 pages

3.53

1k+ ratings

Historical Fiction

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Romance

The House of Medici

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by Christopher Hibbert 1975 364 pages

3.87

8k+ ratings

History

Italy

Biography

The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior

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by Paul Strathern 2009 412 pages

3.97

1k+ ratings

History

Biography

Italy

Leonardo and the Last Supper

by Ross King 2012 336 pages

3.93

2k+ ratings

History

Art

Biography

Christ in Concrete

by Pietro Di Donato 1937 236 pages

3.76

1k+ ratings

Classics

Historical Fiction

Literature

The Man Without Content

by Giorgio Agamben 1970 144 pages

4.16

100+ ratings

Philosophy

Art

Theory

Becoming Leonardo

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by Mike Lankford 2017 304 pages

4.00

100+ ratings

Biography

History

Art

The Secret Supper

by Javier Sierra 2004 360 pages

3.45

6k+ ratings

Historical Fiction

Mystery

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The Lying Life of Adults

by Elena Ferrante 2019 336 pages

3.67

80k+ ratings

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Contemporary

Literary Fiction

Marcovaldo

by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages

3.83

15k+ ratings

Short Stories

Italian Literature

Classics