The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Naples

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
409 My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante 2012 American Italian
706 The Skin Curzio Malaparte 1949 Italian Italian
2617 The Neapolitan Novels Elena Ferrante 2011 Italian Italian
2636 The Lament Of The Linnet Anna Maria Ortese 1997 Italian Italian
2816 The Great Fire Shirley Hazzard 2003 Australian English
2865 The Story Of The Lost Child Elena Ferrante 2014 Italian Italian
3118 The Mortal Wound Raffaele La Capria 1961 Italian Italian
3637 A Stroll To Syracuse In The Year 1802 Johann Gottfried Seume 1803 German German
3845 Troubling Love Elena Ferrante 1992 Italian Italian
4386 Fratelli D'italia Alberto Arbasino 1963 Italian Italian
4776 The Life Of Katherine Mansfield Anthony Alpers 1980 New Zealand English
4805 Those Who Leave And Those Who Stay Elena Ferrante 2013 Italian Italian
4898 The Last Man Mary Shelley 1826 British English
5445 Così Parlò Bellavista Luciano De Crescenzo 1977 Italian Italian
5711 The Gallery John Horne Burns 1947 American English
5780 Il Ventre Di Napoli Matilde Serao 1884 Italian Italian
5780 Il Mare Non Bagna Napoli Anna Maria Ortese 1953 Italian Italian
5860 The New Science Giambattista Vico 1725 Italian Italian
6403 L'iguana Anna Maria Ortese 1965 Italian Italian
7029 Il Resto Di Niente Enzo Striano 1986 Italian Italian
7086 The Virtuoso Margriet de Moor 1993 Dutch Dutch
9269 Naples 44 Norman Lewis 1978 British English
9372 The Italian Ann Radcliffe 1797 British English
10219 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10432 Gomorrah Roberto Saviano 2006 Italian Italian
10920 The Lost Father Marina Warner 1988 British English
12200 Ninfa Plebea Domenico Rea 1992 Italian Italian
12200 The House on Via Gemito Domenico Starnone 2000 Italian Italian
13359 Zanoni Edward Bulwer-Lytton 1842 British English
13596 Ettore Fieramosca Massimo D'Azeglio 1833 Italian Italian
13817 A Spiral Of Mist Michele Prisco 1966 Italian Italian
13817 Poveri E Semplici Anna Maria Ortese 1967 Italian Italian
13817 Il Natale Del 1833 Mario Pomilio 1983 Italian Italian
14152 The Rover Aphra Behn 1677 British English
14983 The Volcano Lover Susan Sontag 1992 American English
15897 Evening Descends Upon The Hills Anna Maria Ortese 1961 Italian Italian
16490 William Shakespeare Complete Works William Shakespeare 1623 English English
16665 L'italia Del Risorgimento Indro Montanelli 1972 Italian Italian
16691 El Príncipe Nicolás Maquiavelo 1532 Italian Italian
17114 Non Ora, Non Qui Erri de Luca 1989 Italian Italian
17114 In The Name Of The Family Sarah Dunant 2017 British English
17114 The Story Of A New Name Elena Ferrante 2012 Italian Italian
17114 Our Man In Rome Catherine Fletcher 2012 Unknown English
17114 Great Italian Stories Jhumpa Lahiri 2023 Unknown Italian
17114 Naples 1925 Martin Mittelmeier 2024 Unknown German
17114 The Roads To Rome Catherine Fletcher 2024 Unknown English
17114 Trick Domenico Starnone 2016 Italian Italian
17076 The Age Of Revolution, 1789 1848 Eric Hobsbawm 1962 British English
17114 Duchess Of Milan Michael Ennis 1992 American English
17114 Zero Zero Zero Roberto Saviano 2013 Italian Italian
17114 The History Of Italy Francesco Guicciardini 1540 Italian Italian
17114 Saint Thomas Aquinas And Saint Francis Of Assisi G.K. Chesterton English English
17114 Also Sprach Bellavista. Neapel, Liebe Und Freiheit. Luciano De Crescenzo 1977 Italian Italian