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Sun-drenched piazzas, bustling markets, and centuries-old traditions come alive in stories of life and love in Italy's charming towns and vibrant cities. Whether through heartfelt family recipes passed down through generations or transformative summers spent wandering cobblestone streets, these books capture the warmth, passion, and timeless beauty of Italian culture.

Italy Book Summaries

The Prince Summary
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1513 144 pages
3.84
300k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Politics
Only in Naples Summary
Only in Naples
Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-Law
by Katherine Wilson 2015 287 pages
3.74
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Italy
Travel
The Divine Comedy Summary
The Divine Comedy
Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
by Dante Alighieri 1320 798 pages
4.08
100k+ ratings
Poetry
Literature
Philosophy
The Sicilian Inheritance Summary
The Sicilian Inheritance
by Jo Piazza 2024 384 pages
4.00
40k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Book Club
My Brilliant Friend Summary
My Brilliant Friend
by Elena Ferrante 2011 331 pages
4.05
400k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Book Club
Italy
Zeno's Conscience Summary
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo 1923 437 pages
3.77
30k+ ratings
Italian Literature
Italy
Literature
The Story of the Lost Child Summary
The Story of the Lost Child
by Elena Ferrante 2014 473 pages
4.46
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
The Name of the Rose Summary
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco 1980 552 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Classics
Pompeii Summary
Pompeii
by Robert Harris 2003 274 pages
3.87
50k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Italy
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler Summary
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino 1979 260 pages
4.02
100k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Magical Realism
The Story of a New Name Summary
The Story of a New Name
by Elena Ferrante 2012 471 pages
4.46
200k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
A Room with a View Summary
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster 1908 119 pages
3.90
100k+ ratings
Classics
Romance
Historical Fiction
L'Arminuta Summary
L'Arminuta
by Donatella Di Pietrantonio 2017 163 pages
4.09
25k+ ratings
Italy
Italian Literature
Contemporary
The Lost Painting Summary
The Lost Painting
The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
by Jonathan Harr 2005 320 pages
3.87
35k+ ratings
Art
History
Art History
The Discourses Summary
The Discourses
by Niccolò Machiavelli 1517 544 pages
4.07
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Marriage Portrait Summary
The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell 2022 355 pages
4.01
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Book Club
Medici Money Summary
Medici Money
Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
by Tim Parks 2005 288 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
History
Italy
Economics
The Tartar Steppe Summary
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati 1940 198 pages
4.21
37k+ ratings
Classics
Italian Literature
Italy
All Our Yesterdays Summary
All Our Yesterdays
by Natalia Ginzburg 1952 300 pages
3.99
4k+ ratings
Italy
Historical Fiction
Italian Literature
Six Characters in Search of an Author Summary
Six Characters in Search of an Author
by Luigi Pirandello 1921 64 pages
3.83
21k+ ratings
Plays
Classics
Drama
Gomorrah Summary
Gomorrah
by Roberto Saviano 2006 320 pages
3.80
21k+ ratings
Crime
Italy
True Crime
The Amalfi Curse Summary
The Amalfi Curse
by Sarah Penner 2025 336 pages
4.00
3k+ ratings
Fantasy
Historical Fiction
Mystery
The House of Medici Summary
The House of Medici
Its Rise and Fall
by Christopher Hibbert 1975 364 pages
3.87
8k+ ratings
History
Italy
Biography
Theodora Summary
Theodora
Actress, Empress, Whore
by Stella Duffy 2010 339 pages
3.52
1k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Historical
Romance
Christ in Concrete Summary
Christ in Concrete
by Pietro Di Donato 1937 236 pages
3.76
1k+ ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literature
Marcovaldo Summary
Marcovaldo
by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages
3.84
15k+ ratings
Short Stories
Italian Literature
Classics
Leonardo and the Last Supper Summary
Leonardo and the Last Supper
by Ross King 2012 336 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
History
Art
Biography
The Man Without Content Summary
The Man Without Content
by Giorgio Agamben 1970 144 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Art
Theory
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior Summary
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior
The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
by Paul Strathern 2009 412 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
History
Biography
Italy
Becoming Leonardo Summary
Becoming Leonardo
An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
by Mike Lankford 2017 304 pages
4.00
100+ ratings
Biography
History
Art
The Instrumentalist Summary
The Instrumentalist
by Harriet Constable 2024 336 pages
4.13
5k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Music
Italy
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy Summary
Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy
A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style
by Michael Baxandall 1972 200 pages
3.96
2k+ ratings
Art
Art History
History
Brunelleschi's Dome Summary
Brunelleschi's Dome
How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
by Ross King 1999 192 pages
3.91
27k+ ratings
History
Art
Architecture
The Lying Life of Adults Summary
The Lying Life of Adults
by Elena Ferrante 2019 336 pages
3.67
80k+ ratings
Italy
Contemporary
Literary Fiction
Letter to a Child Never Born Summary
Letter to a Child Never Born
by Oriana Fallaci 1975 128 pages
4.01
22k+ ratings
Novels
Feminism
Italian Literature
The Secret Supper Summary
The Secret Supper
by Javier Sierra 2004 329 pages
3.45
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Mystery
Historical
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay Summary
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
by Elena Ferrante 2013 418 pages
4.36
100k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
Hotel Portofino Summary
Hotel Portofino
by J.P. O'Connell 2021 330 pages
3.32
4k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Romance
Everyday Italian Summary
Everyday Italian
125 Simple and Delicious Recipes
by Giada De Laurentiis 2005 256 pages
3.91
50k+ ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Food
Cooking with Nonna Summary
Cooking with Nonna
Celebrate Food & Family With Over 100 Classic Recipes from Italian Grandmothers
by Rossella Rago 2017 248 pages
4.43
100+ ratings
Cookbooks
Cooking
Italy
Venice Summary
Venice
by Jan Morris 1960 336 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Travel
Italy
History
The Neapolitan Novels Summary
The Neapolitan Novels
by Elena Ferrante 2015 1705 pages
4.57
6k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Italy
Italian Literature
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