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6 authors in the ranking·16 rated books·19 books set here

This page lists books whose story is set in Italy and Italian authors from the reader ranking. Elena Ferrante’s “My Brilliant Friend” (2011), the first of her Neapolitan Novels, takes place in Naples, and Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22” on the island of Pianosa during the Second World War. Among the authors is Primo Levi, born in Turin, whose memoir “If This Is a Man” was first published in 1947.

The most-read authors and their best books

Love, TheoreticallyAli Hazelwood8.1The PrinceNiccolò Machiavelli7.5My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante8.0InfernoDante Alighieri8.0If This Is a ManPrimo Levi8.4Captain BloodRafael Sabatini7.9

Authors 6

  1. Ali Hazelwood11 ranked booksLove, Theoretically8.1
  2. Niccolò Machiavelli1 ranked bookThe Prince7.5
  3. Elena Ferrante1 ranked bookMy Brilliant Friend8.0
  4. Dante Alighieri1 ranked bookInferno8.0
  5. Primo Levi1 ranked bookIf This Is a Man8.4
  6. Rafael Sabatini1 ranked bookCaptain Blood7.9

The story is set here 19

Books whose story is set in this country, according to Wikidata and our own additions.

Catch-22Joseph Heller8.0My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante8.0Much Ado About NothingWilliam Shakespeare8.0The Magicians of CapronaDiana Wynne Jones8.0
  1. Call Me by Your NameAndré Aciman7.9
  2. The Thief LordCornelia Funke7.9
  3. The Talented Mr. RipleyPatricia Highsmith7.8
  4. LaviniaUrsula K. Le Guin7.7
  5. The SicilianMario Puzo7.7
  6. OthelloWilliam Shakespeare7.6
  7. Death at La FeniceDonna Leon7.6
  8. The Merchant of VeniceWilliam Shakespeare7.6
  9. The English PatientMichael Ondaatje7.5
  10. A Room with a ViewE. M. Forster7.4
  11. Angels & DemonsDan Brown7.4
  12. The Taming of the ShrewWilliam Shakespeare7.3
  13. Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare7.1
  14. Death in VeniceThomas Mann
  15. Italian JourneyJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

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An author's country is their citizenship in Wikidata or, where none is recorded, the country they were born in; a story's setting comes from Wikidata too. Obvious errors and gaps are corrected by hand. Authors are ordered by the number of reader ratings. Country shapes: Natural Earth.