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Auschwitz Trilogy reading order

Primo Levi

  1. If This Is a Man1947
  2. The Truce (The Reawakening)1963
  3. The Drowned and the Saved1986
8.48.4 / 10
168 ratings
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3 volumes
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1947–1986
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Completed
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If This Is a Man
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Publication order

3 volumes1947–1986Completed

  • Primo Levi, an Italian Jewish chemist, survived Auschwitz and wrote If This Is a Man (published in the US as Survival in Auschwitz), a calm, exact account of life in the camp that is one of the highest rated books on this site.
  • The Truce follows his long, strange journey home through Eastern Europe in 1945; The Drowned and the Saved, his last book, reflects on what the camps meant.
  • Read in that order.

Every volume in order

Read: 0 of 3
  1. If This Is a Man
    If This Is a Man1947 · 168 ratingsStart here
    8.48.4 / 10
  2. The Truce (The Reawakening)
    The Truce (The Reawakening)1963 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet
  3. The Drowned and the Saved
    The Drowned and the Saved1986 · Not ranked yetBuy
    –Not ranked yet

Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 29, 2026