Region: Italy (123 Listed volumes)
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Maurizio de Giovanni
I Will Have Vengeance
Shortlisted for the 2012 Crime Writers Association Daggers Award -
Alessandro Barbero
The Athenian Women
The Athenian Women offers a powerful vision of class struggle, the subjugation of women by men, and the courage needed to change the course of history. -
Nicola Lagioia
Ferocity
Winner of the 2015 Strega Prize, Italy's preeminent prize for fiction, Ferocity is a cinematic suspense novel that also addresses vital social questions, a combination of Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl and Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, filtered through the fierce Mediterranean vision of Elena Ferrante. -
Elena Ferrante
Frantumaglia
In this collection of writings Ferrante addresses her unwavering decision to remain anonymous, her literary inspirations, Italian politics and culture, and the role of the writer (and the publisher) in modern society. -
Carlo Bonini, Giancarlo De Cataldo
Suburra
In Ostia, a depressed coastal settlement twenty miles from the powerful and corrupt city of Rome, a mighty local crime family, the Mafia, corrupt politicians, and new rabid criminal elements battle each other for a billion-dollar payoff. -
Maurizio de Giovanni
Glass Souls
The eighth entry in Maurizio de Giovanni's internationally bestselling Commissario Ricciardi series. -
Andrea Camilleri
The Revolution of the Moon
From Andrea Camilleri, author of the Inspector Montalbano series, comes the remarkable account of an exceptional woman who rises to power in 17th century Sicily and brings about sweeping changes that threaten the iron-fisted patriarchy, before being cast out in a coup after only 27 days. -
Fabio Genovesi
The Breaking of a Wave
A young girl struggles with her beloved brother's accidental death, her mother's depression, and fitting in at school in Fabio Genovesi's touching, funny, and imaginative new novel.
