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The Name of the Rose

19,554 members

311 reviews

4.2

21 Members: Nickelini, roby72, attilio, advincent, Hughie2, nagel175, souloftherose, thecoroner, lewbs, Matteocalosi, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, matthewmason, AR_bookbird, mmseiple, LauraMargaret, FranzK72, thehappyteacher, gravir, necochino

2

by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

6,578 members

149 reviews

4.1

19 Members: lemontwist, longway, pitjrw, thorold, roby72, attilio, advincent, Hughie2, thecoroner, lewbs, Matteocalosi, Dilara86, alex68, matthewmason, AR_bookbird, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir, danananas,Nickelini

3

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

12,537 members

258 reviews

4.1

15 Members: Nickelini, thorold, KrisM, roby72, advincent, Hughie2, thecoroner, Matteocalosi, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, matthewmason, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

4

by Alessandro Manzoni

3,139 members

51 reviews

4

12 Members: pitjrw, roby72, attilio, advincent, thecoroner, Matteocalosi, alex68, PierreYvesMERCIER, matthewmason, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

5

Invisible Cities

by Italo Calvino

9,396 members

205 reviews

4.1

12 Members: pitjrw, Nickelini, KrisM, roby72, attilio, advincent, lewbs, Dilara86, matthewmason, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

6

The Divine Comedy

by Dante Alighieri

21,816 members

187 reviews

4.1

10 Members: eromsted, Hughie2, nagel175, thecoroner, lewbs, Matteocalosi, alex68, matthewmason, LauraMargaret, gravir

7

Zeno's Conscience

3,581 members

49 reviews

3.8

11 Members: lemontwist, roby72, advincent, Hughie2, nagel175, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, PierreYvesMERCIER, mmseiple, FranzK72

8

Survival In Auschwitz

2,255 members

25 reviews

4.2

12 Members: Nickelini, KrisM, roby72, nagel175, thecoroner, lewbs, Matteocalosi, alex68, matthewmason, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

9

Christ Stopped at Eboli

1,990 members

42 reviews

4

11 Members: pitjrw, thorold, roby72, attilio, nagel175, thecoroner, Matteocalosi, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72, danananas

10

Behind the Door

by Giorgio Bassani

188 members

4 reviews

3.8

11 Members: thorold, roby72, attilio, advincent, Hughie2, nagel175, Matteocalosi, alex68, PierreYvesMERCIER, mmseiple, FranzK72

11

by Giovanni Boccaccio

10,010 members

120 reviews

4

9 Members: Nickelini, roby72, Hughie2, thecoroner, Matteocalosi, alex68, matthewmason, FranzK72, gravir

12

The Tartar Steppe

by Dino Buzzati

2,522 members

58 reviews

4.1

10 Members: longway, roby72, advincent, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

13

Six Characters in Search of an Author

by Luigi Pirandello

1,430 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir, danananas

14

The Periodic Table

4,035 members

70 reviews

4.2

9 Members: thorold, KrisM, roby72, advincent, nagel175, Matteocalosi, alex68, FranzK72, gravir

15

by Elsa Morante

1,386 members

29 reviews

4.2

9 Members: KrisM, roby72, attilio, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72, danananas

16

The Baron in the Trees

by Italo Calvino

4,617 members

67 reviews

4

7 Members: advincent, Matteocalosi, Dilara86, matthewmason, LauraMargaret, gravir, danananas

17

Foucault's Pendulum

17,520 members

259 reviews

3.9

9 Members: roby72, Hughie2, nagel175, thecoroner, lewbs, Matteocalosi, matthewmason, mmseiple, gravir

18

Orlando Furioso

by Ludovico Ariosto

1,378 members

19 reviews

4.2

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, matthewmason, FranzK72, danananas

19

by Italo Calvino

1,025 members

10 reviews

4.1

8 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, alex68, PierreYvesMERCIER, LauraMargaret, FranzK72, gravir

20

The Cloven Viscount

by Italo Calvino

1,402 members

26 reviews

3.8

7 Members: odeb, advincent, Matteocalosi, Dilara86, LauraMargaret, gravir, danananas

21

by Niccolò Machiavelli

23,672 members

253 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: Nickelini, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, matthewmason, FranzK72

22

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay

by Elena Ferrante

2,913 members

93 reviews

4.2

7 Members: KrisM, attilio, advincent, Dilara86, mmseiple, LauraMargaret, danananas

23

by Italo Calvino

3,187 members

49 reviews

4.1

6 Members: pitjrw, KrisM, advincent, 3709459s, FranzK72, gravir

24

My Brilliant Friend

by Elena Ferrante

7,195 members

319 reviews

3.9

7 Members: attilio, advincent, nagel175, Dilara86, mmseiple, LauraMargaret, danananas,Nickelini

25

The Path to the Spiders' Nests

by Italo Calvino

1,686 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: KrisM, advincent, Hughie2, st_bruno, mmseiple, gravir

26

by Francesco Petrarca

789 members

10 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, matthewmason, FranzK72

27

Johnny the Partisan

by Beppe Fenoglio

350 members

5 reviews

4

6 Members: roby72, nagel175, thecoroner, Matteocalosi, alex68, FranzK72

28

Pereira Maintains

by Antonio Tabucchi

2,202 members

79 reviews

4

6 Members: thorold, roby72, advincent, Matteocalosi, mmseiple, gravir

29

by Carlo Collodi

8,335 members

143 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, cej1027, matthewmason, mmseiple, gravir

30

7,828 members

101 reviews

½ 3.5

6 Members: roby72, nagel175, Matteocalosi, matthewmason, gravir, danananas

31

by Alessandro Baricco

4,056 members

157 reviews

3.8

5 Members: roby72, nagel175, lewbs, 3709459s, gravir,Nickelini

32

Jerusalem Delivered

by Torquato Tasso

788 members

8 reviews

3.9

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, matthewmason, FranzK72

33

O Finado Mattia Pacal

by Luigi Pirandello

1,966 members

24 reviews

3.9

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

34

Conversations in Sicily

by Elio Vittorini

675 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72

35

The Day of the Owl

by Leonardo Sciascia

1,405 members

34 reviews

3.9

6 Members: KrisM, roby72, advincent, Matteocalosi, mmseiple, gravir

36

The Sergeant in the Snow

by Mario Rigoni Stern

336 members

17 reviews

4.2

5 Members: roby72, Matteocalosi, alex68, maurocicio, FranzK72

37

The House by the Medlar Tree

by Giovanni Verga

1,205 members

19 reviews

½ 3.5

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

38

That Awful Mess on Via Merulana

by Carlo Emilio Gadda

1,200 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

39

by Giacomo Leopardi

440 members

5 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

40

Marcovaldo or The Seasons in the City

by Italo Calvino

2,048 members

25 reviews

3.8

5 Members: advincent, Dilara86, st_bruno, mmseiple, gravir

41

by Pier Paolo Pasolini

623 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

42

Mastro don Gesualdo

by Giovanni Verga

496 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, gravir

43

The Plague Sower

by Gesualdo Bufalino

315 members

7 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

44

by Alberto Moravia

701 members

9 reviews

3.9

5 Members: pitjrw, roby72, thecoroner, mmseiple, FranzK72

45

The Reawakening

1,276 members

28 reviews

4.2

5 Members: KrisM, roby72, Matteocalosi, mmseiple, gravir

46

La lune et les feux

by Cesare Pavese

1,414 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: roby72, advincent, Matteocalosi, mmseiple, FranzK72

47

by Natalia Ginzburg

1,265 members

31 reviews

3.8

5 Members: roby72, Hughie2, Matteocalosi, mmseiple, gravir

48

To Each His Own

by Leonardo Sciascia

1,032 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: KrisM, roby72, advincent, mmseiple, gravir

49

One, No One, and One Hundred Thousand

by Luigi Pirandello

1,295 members

25 reviews

3.9

5 Members: roby72, attilio, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

50

by Federico De Roberto

418 members

12 reviews

3.8

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72

51

The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony

by Roberto Calasso

1,825 members

21 reviews

4

5 Members: longway, roby72, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72

52

Orlando innamorato

by Matteo Maria Boiardo

170 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, danananas

53

The Drowned and the Saved

2,111 members

17 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: thorold, nagel175, Matteocalosi, gravir

54

1,777 members

39 reviews

4

5 Members: KrisM, roby72, attilio, alex68, matthewmason

55

The Castle of Fratta

by Ippolito Nievo

361 members

7 reviews

3.8

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

56

Cuttlefish Bones: 1920-1927

by Eugenio Montale

320 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: roby72, matthewmason, mmseiple, FranzK72, gravir

57

Methuen Student Editions : Fo : Accidental Death of an Anarchist {Nye}

by Joseph Farrell

138 members

2 reviews

4

4 Members: eromsted, roby72, attilio, FranzK72

58

by Italo Calvino

1,985 members

29 reviews

3.9

4 Members: advincent, Hughie2, 3709459s, gravir

59

Arturo's Island

by Elsa Morante

785 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: longway, roby72, mmseiple, FranzK72

60

Reeds in the Wind

by Grazia Deledda

383 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72

61

The Story of a New Name

by Elena Ferrante

3,458 members

140 reviews

4.2

4 Members: advincent, Dilara86, mmseiple, LauraMargaret

62

The Nonexistent Knight

by Italo Calvino

1,395 members

21 reviews

3.9

4 Members: advincent, Matteocalosi, LauraMargaret, gravir

63

by Niccolò Ammaniti

2,296 members

100 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Nickelini, advincent, mmseiple, gravir

64

The experience of pain

by Carlo Emilio Gadda

408 members

7 reviews

3.9

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

65

by Giuseppe Berto

148 members

5 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

66

Bread and Wine (Signet Classics)

by Ignazio Silone

968 members

11 reviews

3.8

3 Members: pitjrw, cf66, mmseiple

67

La stanza del vescovo

by Piero Chiara

109 members

4 reviews

3.2

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, gravir

68

The History of Italy

by Francesco Guicciardini

169 members

1 review

½ 4.3

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72

69

Italian Folktales

by Italo Calvino

2,352 members

25 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Nickelini, advincent, Dilara86, gravir

70

The Days of Abandonment

by Elena Ferrante

1,336 members

51 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thorold, roby72, advincent, mmseiple

71

The Mill on the Po

by Riccardo Bacchelli

81 members

5 reviews

4.2

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

72

by Ignazio Silone

709 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, nagel175, mmseiple, FranzK72

73

As a Man Grows Older

1,169 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: pitjrw, roby72, alex68, FranzK72

74

by Stefano D'Arrigo

109 members

4 reviews

3.8

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

75

by Alberto Moravia

892 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: roby72, advincent, Hughie2, mmseiple

76

On Crimes and Punishments

by Cesare Beccaria

620 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

77

Fratelli d'Italia

by Alberto Arbasino

61 members

½ 3.3

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

78

by Paolo Volponi

23 members

½ 3.3

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

79

How To Travel With A Salmon: and Other Essays

2,345 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: advincent, 3709459s, gravir

80

Dialogues with Leucò

by Cesare Pavese

303 members

3 reviews

4

3 Members: longway, roby72, nagel175

81

by Carlo Cassola

430 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, mmseiple, FranzK72

82

1,328 members

10 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Matteocalosi, 3709459s, gravir

83

by Michela Murgia

479 members

31 reviews

4

4 Members: Dilara86, alex68, mmseiple, gravir

84

Centuria: One Hundred Ouroboric Novels

by Giorgio Manganelli

191 members

2 reviews

3.9

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, gravir

85

A Tale of Poor Lovers [abridged]

by Vasco Pratolini

294 members

6 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, Matteocalosi, mmseiple, FranzK72

86

The Child of Pleasure

by Gabriele D'Annunzio

746 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: roby72, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72

87

Difficult Loves

by Italo Calvino

1,753 members

19 reviews

3.9

3 Members: longway, advincent, gravir

88

Beautiful Antonio

by Vitaliano Brancati

216 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, mmseiple

89

by Sandro Veronesi

724 members

27 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: KrisM, alex68, gravir

90

by Pier Paolo Pasolini

417 members

4 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, alex68, mmseiple, FranzK72

91

Men and Not Men

by Elio Vittorini

380 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, alex68, mmseiple, gravir

92

by Goffredo Parise

115 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: alex68, cf66

93

Heart: A School-Boy's Journal

by Edmondo De Amicis

925 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, alex68, mmseiple, gravir

94

A Private Affair

by Beppe Fenoglio

342 members

9 reviews

3.9

3 Members: KrisM, roby72, nagel175

95

by Italo Calvino

918 members

14 reviews

3.9

3 Members: pitjrw, advincent, gravir

96

by Alberto Moravia

464 members

17 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: longway, roby72, FranzK72

97

Margherita Dolce Vita

by Stefano Benni

416 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Nickelini, mmseiple, gravir

98

by Leonardo Sciascia

395 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: advincent, Matteocalosi, gravir

99

by Jhumpa Lahiri

741 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Nickelini, mmseiple, gravir

100

Within the Walls

by Giorgio Bassani

243 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: roby72, nagel175, alex68

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