“To Those Who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine” - Books on Italy
Travelogues, Memoir and Italy….
The Land Where Lemons Grow by Helena Attlee
Four Seasons in Rome by Anthony Doerr
Pleasures and Landscapes by Sybille Bedford
A Month in Siena by Hisham Matar
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri
Venice by Jan Morris
The Last Supper by Rachel Cusk
Desiring Italy - Edited by Susan Cahill
Journey from Venice by Ruth Cracknell
Only in Naples by Katherine Wilson
Love in a Tuscan Kitchen by Sheryl Ness
A Tuscan Childhood by Kinta Beevor
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes
Everyday in Italy by Frances Mayes
A Year in the World by Frances Mayes
Healing Journeys with the Black Madonna by Alessandro Belloni
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Italians by John Hooper
Heat by Bill Buford
See You in the Piazza by Frances Mayes
La Bella Lingua by Dianne Hales
One Italian Summer by Pip Williams
Bella Figure by Samin Mohammadi
Letters from Italy by Susan Van Allen
A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi
The Spirit of Rome by Vernon Lee
Children of the Volcano by Ros Belford
On Peresephone’s Island: A Sicilian Journal by Mary Taylor Simeti
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
Italy: The Places in Between by Kate Simon
Rome and a Villa by Eleanor Clark
Risotto with Nettles by Anna del Conte
That Summer in Sicily by Marlena de Blasi
Finding Nino: A Seachange in Italy by Marc Llewellyn
Ciao Bella by Kate Langbroek
Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and Place by Matthew Spender
In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy by Jeff Biggers
The Hero’s Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
The Stones of Florence by Mary McCarthy
Venice Observed by Mary McCarthy
A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveler by Frances Mayes
Biography and Italy
Their Other Side: Six American Women and the Lure of Italy by Helen Barolini
Hemingway in Italy by Richard Owen
Iris Origo: Marchesa of Val d’Orcia by Caroline Moorehead
Queen Bee of Tuscany: The Redoubtable Janet Ross by Ben Downing
A Castle in Tuscany: The Remarkable Life of Janet Ross by Sarah Benjamin
The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice by Judith Mackrell
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gary by Adam Federman
Lampedusa by Stephen Price (biographical fiction)
Italophiles and Italy
Italian Journey by Goethe
A Castle in Italy by Lina Waterfield
Twilight in Italy by DH Lawrence
Italian Hours by Henry James
Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens
Italian Backgrounds by Edith Wharton
Fiction and Italy
Classics:
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim (quote above)
A Room with a View by E.M Foster
Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Contemporary:
Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman
Siracusa by Delia Ephron
My House in Umbria by William Trevor
House of the Wind by Gudrun Cuillo
Drink Wine and Be Beautiful by Kimberly Sullivan
A Recipe from Rome by Laura Botten
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
Love and Gelato by Jenna Evans Welsh
Farewell Ghosts by Nadia Terranova
From Italy with Love
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrente
La Bella Figure by Beppe Severgnini
Italian Lessons by Beppe Severgnini
Eat Pray Love in Rome by Luca Spaghetti
Anything is Possible by Luca Spaghetti
Harry’s Bar: The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark by Arrigo Cipriani
The Business of Living: Diaries, 1935-1950 by Cesare Pavese
The Beautiful Summer by Cesare Pavese
The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
War in Val d’Orcia: An Italian War Diary by Iris Origo
Images and Shadows: Part of a Life by Iris Origo
Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi
Torregreca: Life, Death and Miracles in a Southern Italian Village by Ann Cornelisen
An Italian Education by Tim Parks
Italian Life by Tim Parks
The Sweetness of Doing Nothing by Sophie Minchilli
Serendipity by Oscar Farinetti
History and Italy
Within Tuscany: Reflections on a Time and Place by Matthew Spender
In Sardinia: An Unexpected Journey in Italy by Jeff Biggers
The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their People by David Gilmour
Sicily by John Julius Norwich
The Land Where Lemons Grow by Helena Atlee
The Hero’s Way: Walking with Garibaldi from Rome to Ravenna by Tim Parks
Moving to Italy
A House Somewhere - Tales of Life Abroad by Lonely Planet
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes
Living the Dream - Australians in Italy by Nikki Taylor, Buzz McCarthy
When in Rome by Penelope Green
Love in a Tuscan Kitchen by Sheryl Ness
A House in Sicily by Daphne Phelps
A Small Place in Italy by Eric Newby
La Bella Vita by Vida Adamoli
Italian Lessons by Joan L.Arndt
Our Italian Journey by Ilene and Gary Modica
Living in Italy: The Real Deal by Stef Smulders
Vanilla Beans and Brodo: Real life in the hills of Tuscany by Isabella Dusi
Bel Vino: A year of sundrenched pleasure among the vines of Tuscany by Isabella Dusi
Travel Guides and Italy
100 Places in Italy Every Woman Should Go by Susan Van Allen
Glam Italia: How to Travel in Italy (on a budget) by Corinna Cooke
Always Italy by Frances Mayes and Ondine Cohan
Magical Venice: The Hedonist’s Guide by Guillaume Dutreix
The Venice I know by Margie Miklas
Always Italy by Frances Mayes & Ondine CohanHungry in Italy
Eating My Way Through Italy by Elizabeth Minchilli
Eating Rome by Elizabeth Minchilli
Eat Italy by Lonely Planet
Italy for the Gourmet Traveller by Fred Plotkin
Italy for Food Lovers by Rick Steves, Fred Plotkin
Let’s Eat Italy by Francoise-Regis Gaudry
Cooking and Italy
Acquacotta by Emiko Davies
Tortellini at Midnight by Emiko Davies
Cinnamon and Salt by Emiko Davies
Florentine by Emiko Davies
Venetian Republic by Nino Zoccali
Cucina Povera by Giulia Scarpaleggia
Liguria in Cucina by Enrica Monzani
Italian Coastal by Amber Guinness
A House Party in Tuscany by Amber Guinness
Venice Cult Recipes by Laura Zavan
Coastline by Lucio Galletto, David Dale
Veneto: Recipes from an Italian Country Kitchen by Valeria Necchia
Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros
Twelve by Tessa Kiros
Now & Then by Tessa Kiros
Limoncello & Lemon Water by Tessa Kiros
A Vegan Summer in Southern Italy by Nadia Fragnito
The Silver Spoon - Naples and the Amalfi Coast by Phaidon
Italian Street Food by Paola Bacchia
Adriatico by Paola Bacchia
Gastronomy of Italy by Anna del Conte
How to Be Italian by Maria Pasquale
Pomegranites & Artichokes by Saghar Setareh
Old World Italian by Mimi Thorrison
A Table in Venice by Skye McAlpine
Cooking Italy: the Country and its Cuisine by Ingebord Pils, Stefan Pallmer
Cucina Povera by Pamela Sheldon Johns
Honey from a Weed by Patience Grey
Naturally Vegetarian: Recipes and Stories from my Italian Family Farm by Valentina Solfrini
Gennaro’s Italian Bakery by Genarro Contaldo
My Italian Heart: Recipes from an Italian Kitchen by Guy Grossi
Jamie’s Italy by Jamie Oliver
Venice to Istanbul by Rick Stein
Preserving the Italian Way by Pietro Demaio
Five Quarters: Recipes and Notes from a Kitchen in Rome by Rachel Roddy
Pasta Grannies by Vicky Bennison
The Food of Italy by Claudia Roden
Tuscan Cookbook by Stephanie Alexander, Maggie Beer
Eataly - Contemporary Italian Cooking by Oscar Farinetti
Italian Food by Elizabeth David
A Book of Mediterranean Food by Elizabeth David
Coffee Table Books and Italy
The Monocle Book of Italy by Tyler Brule
Let’s Eat Italy by Francoise-Regis Gaudry
Italian Home by Massimo Listri
Assouline Books - Capri, Tuscany Sicily, Costa Smeralda etc
Love Italy by Guy Grossi
My Amalfi Coast by Amanda Tabberer
Bringing Tuscany Home by Frances Mayes
La Vita e Bella by Jill Foulston
Living in Tuscany - Taschen
Great Escape Mediterranean: The Hotel Book - Taschen
La Dolce Vita by Slim Aarons
Italian Joy by Carla Coulson
Diaspora and Italy
My Two Italies by Joseph Luzzi
The Italians in Australia by Gianfranco Cresciani
Istria by Paola Bacchia
Art and Italy
Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissnce by Joseph Luzzi
The Unfinished Palazzo: Life, Love and Art in Venice by Francine Prose
The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari
Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Food Centric Memoirs
A Thousand Days in Venice by Marlena de Blasi
Dolce e Salata: A Bittersweet Adventure in Tuscany by Marlena de Blasi
Heat: An Amateur’s Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante - Quoting Butcher in Tuscany by Bill Buford
Only in Naples: Lessons in Food and Famiglia from my Italian Mother-in-law by Katherine Wilson
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home by Tembi Locke
A Curious Absence of Chickens: A Journal of Life, food and recipes from Puglia by Sophie Grigson
Risotto with Nettles: A Memoir with Food by Anna del Conte
Honey from a Weed by Patience Grey
Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci
Eat Pray Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything by Elizabeth Gilbert
A Year in the Village of Eternity by Tracey Lawson
A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure & Discovery on the Road - Edited by James Oseland (International Musings on Place and Food)
Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gary by Adam Federman
Nb. A favourite, even if it is a biography, it’s still perfect, up there with My Life in France and Provence 1970 (obviously not Italian, but a worthy mention in my opinion and my life would not be the same without them!)
