CITY · ITALYBooks set in Naples
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15 books · 7 authors · 1949–2019
15 books here
Most-set authors
Elena Ferrante (6) · Domenico Starnone (3) · Maurizio de Giovanni (2) · Anne Rice (1) · Raffaele La Capria (1) · Norman Lewis (1)
Genres
literary fiction (8) · mystery & crime (1)
Books set here
Set in Naples (14)
I Will Have Vengeance
Maurizio de Giovanni
Fascist Naples 1931, San Carlo Theatre murder
Mortal Wound
Raffaele La Capria
Naples in the 1940s-1950s: post-war decadence and a young Neapolitan's unhappy love affair
Naples 44
Norman Lewis
Primary setting — WWII Allied-occupied Naples 1943-44
The Bastards of Pizzofalcone
Maurizio de Giovanni
Naples; Pizzofalcone police precinct
The House on Via Gemito
Domenico Starnone
Postwar Naples; the Via Gemito apartment of a railway clerk who believes himself a great painter
The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante
Naples Vomero and Posillipo
The Skin
Curzio Malaparte
Allied-occupied Naples 1944
The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante
working-class Naples neighborhood
The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante
Naples return, final chapter
Ties
Domenico Starnone
Naples family, husband's infidelity and its long consequences
Tricks
Domenico Starnone
Naples apartment full of childhood memories; the city pulses outside as Daniele babysits his grandson
Troubling Love
Elena Ferrante
Naples streets, mother search
My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante
working-class rione where Lila and Elena grow up
Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Elena Ferrante
unnamed neighborhood, Naples
Also featuring Naples (1)
Notable locations in Naples
Pizzofalcone1Rione Luzzatti1Rione Luzzatti, Naples1Via Gemito, Naples1
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