One Hundred Italian Novels (1901-1995)

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Cento Romanzi Italiani, 100 Books

From Cento Romanzi Italiani (1901-1995), edited by Giovanni Raboni. A list of one hundred twentieth century Italian novels. Initially, it was going to be one for every year but, while they have kept somewhat to that, there are exceptions. No more than one novel per author.

*note. thanks to The Modern Novel for this book list and description

This list was originally published in 1996 and was added to this site almost 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
15919 Il Marchese Di Roccaverdina Luiga Capuna 1901 Italian Italian
15919 Elias Portolu Grazia Deledda 1903 Italian Italian
1525 The Late Mattia Pascal Luigi Pirandello 1904 Italian Italian
4379 A Woman Sibilla Aleramo 1906 Italian Italian
15919 La Lanterna Di Diogene Alfredo Panzini 1907 Italian Italian
15919 Forse Che Sì Forse Che No Gabriele D'Annunzio 1910 Italian Italian
15919 Man Of Smoke Aldo Palazzeschi 1911 Italian Italian
15919 My Carso Scipio Slataper 1912 Italian Italian
15919 Il Peccato Giovanni Boine 1913 Italian Italian
15919 Kobilek Ardengo Soffici 1918 Italian Italian
15919 Con Me E Con Gli Alpini Piero Jahier 1920 Italian Italian
4379 Eyes Shut Federigo Tozzi 1919 Italian Italian
15919 Rubè Giuseppe Antonio Borgese 1921 Italian Italian
15919 Moscardino Enrico Pea 1922 Italian Italian
15919 I Puri Di Cuore Marino Moretti 1923 Italian Italian
147 Confessions of Zeno Italo Svevo 1923 Italian Italian
14894 The Devil At The Long Bridge Riccardo Bacchelli 1927 Italian Unknown
1219 The Time of Indifference Alberto Moravia 1929 Italian Italian
4379 Revolt In Aspromonte Corrado Alvaro 1930 Italian Italian
12028 Gog Giovanni Papini 1931 Italian Italian
15919 Tre Operai Carlo Bernari 1934 Italian Italian
1820 Fontamara Ignazio Silone 1933 Italian Italian
15919 Un Anno Di Scuola Giani Stuparich 1929 Italian Italian
15919 La Vita Operosa Massimo Bontempelli 1931 Italian Italian
15919 The Lost Years Vitaliano Brancati 1942 Italian Italian
15919 Il Ricordo Della Basca Antonio Delfini 1938 Italian Italian
17171 The House At San Silvano Giuseppe Dessì 1977 Italian Italian
263 The Tartar Steppe Dino Buzzati 1940 Italian Italian
17171 Confession Of A Novice Guido Piovene 1951 Italian Unknown
15919 Childhood Of Nivasio Dolcemare Alberto Savinio 1938 Italian Italian
17171 Seeds In The Wind Francesco Jovine 1950 Italian Italian
15919 October 16, 1943 Giacomo Debenedetti 1944 Italian Italian
2480 Artemisia Anna Banti 1947 Italian Italian
16557 The Sky Is Red Giuseppe Berto 1947 Italian Italian
12185 The Short Cut Ennio Flaiano 1947 Italian Unknown
16557 An Autumn Story Tommaso Landolfi 1947 Italian Italian
126 If This Is a Man Primo Levi 1947 Italian Italian
4384 A Tale Of Poor Lovers Vasco Pratolini 1947 Italian Italian
16557 L'onda Dell'incrociatore Pier Antonio Quarantotti Gambini 1947 Italian Italian
17171 A Friendship Manlio Cancogni 1971 Italian Unknown
16652 The Red Carnation Elio Vittorini 1948 Italian Italian
706 The Skin Curzio Malaparte 1949 Italian Italian
17171 The Watch Carlo Levi 1950 Italian Italian
426 The Moon and the Bonfires Cesare Pavese 1950 Italian Italian
17171 La Giacca Verde Mario Soldati 1970 Italian Italian
17171 Le Mie Stagioni Giovanni Comisso 1963 Italian Italian
14824 The House Of Others Silvio d'Arzo 1953 Italian Italian
17171 A Love Affair In Rome Ercole Patti 1956 Italian Italian
17171 Signorina Rosina Antonio Pizzuto 1956 Italian Italian
1699 That Awful Mess On Via Merulana Carlo Emilio Gadda 1957 Italian Italian
17171 Il Ponte Della Ghisolfa Giovanni Testori 1958 Italian Italian
56 The Leopard Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa 1958 Italian Italian
17171 Il Calzolaio Di Vigevano Lucio Mastronardi 1959 Italian Italian
17171 The Men At The Gate Ottiero Ottieri 1960 Italian Italian
1437 Bébo's Girl Carlo Cassola 1960 Italian Italian
3119 The Mortal Wound Raffaele La Capria 1961 Italian Italian
336 The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Giorgio Bassani 1962 Italian Italian
4387 It's A Hard Life Luciano Bianciardi 1962 Italian Italian
17171 Gli Inganni Sandro De Feo 1962 Italian Unknown
1631 Acquainted With Grief Carlo Emilio Gadda 1963 Italian Italian
4387 Fratelli D'italia Alberto Arbasino 1963 Italian Italian
525 Family Sayings Natalia Ginzburg 1963 Italian Italian
1457 Deliver Us Luigi Meneghello 1963 Italian Italian
17171 The Penumbra Lalla Romano 1964 Italian Italian
1317 To Each His Own Leonardo Sciascia 1966 Italian Italian
4419 Johnny The Partisan Beppe Fenoglio 1968 Italian Italian
10735 What Is This Buzzing, Do You Hear It Too? Luigi Malerba 1989 Italian Italian
17171 Nuovo Commento Giorgio Manganelli 1969 Italian Italian
17171 Per Le Antiche Scale Mario Tobino 1972 Italian Italian
5487 Sillabari Goffredo Parise 1984 Italian Italian
17171 Le Avventure Di Guizzardi Gianni Celati 1973 Italian Italian
4794 Corporale Paolo Volponi 1974 Italian Italian
3574 Horcynus Orca Stefano D'Arrigo 1975 Italian Italian
4855 Ernesto Umberto Saba 1975 Italian Italian
4939 The Smile Of The Unknown Mariner Vincenzo Consolo 1976 Italian Italian
17171 Miramare Nico Orengo 1992 Italian Italian
17171 Brothers Carmelo Samonà 1978 Italian Italian
3383 The Plague-Sower Gesualdo Bufalino 1981 Italian Italian
17171 Ancora Un Bacio Antonio Debenedetti 1981 Italian Italian
17171 Aracoeli Elsa Morante 1982 Italian Italian
10454 Mr. Palomar Italo Calvino 1983 Italian Italian
17171 Il Raggio D'ombra Giuseppe Pontiggia 1994 Italian Italian
3489 Seminario Sulla Gioventù Aldo Busi 1984 Italian Italian
17171 Gli Anni Impossibili Romano Bilenchi 1958 Italian Italian
17171 Indian Nocturne Antonio Tabucchi 1984 Italian Italian
17171 Lines Of Light Daniele del Giudice 1985 Italian Italian
17171 Diario di un millennio che fugge Marco Lodoli 1986 Italian Italian
17171 Non Ora, Non Qui Erri de Luca 1989 Italian Italian
17171 L'amore Degli Adulti Claudio Piersanti 1989 Italian Italian
5948 Separate Rooms Pier Vittorio Tondelli 1989 Italian Italian
17171 Guerre Lontane Franco Cordelli 1990 Italian Italian
2465 The Silent Duchess Dacia Maraini 1990 Italian Italian
17171 Gli Sfiorati Sandro Veronesi 1990 Italian Italian
12201 Ninfa Plebea Domenico Rea 1992 Italian Italian
3845 Troubling Love Elena Ferrante 1992 Italian Italian
6237 Petrolio Pier Paolo Pasolini 1992 Italian Italian
17171 Marco E Mattio Sebastiano Vassalli 1992 Italian Italian
2637 The Lament Of The Linnet Anna Maria Ortese 1997 Italian Italian
17171 Mia Madre Amava Il Mare Enzo Siciliano 1994 Italian Italian
17171 La Verità Futile Luca Doninelli 1995 Italian Italian