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In the heart of southern Italy, the perfect crime is about to meet its match: a book club. The Black Cats Bookshop in Southern Italy has everything a crime-fiction lover could dream of: shelves stacked with Christie, Penny, Osman, and King, a book club full of amateur detectives . . . and a...

THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED LOVELOCKS ON BRIDGES AROUND THE WORLD In this second novel about the "deep, passionate romance that transcends time and age" (Booklist), Federico Moccia delights readers with an enchanting novel about making wishes, second chances at love, and following dreams. After...

From an international bestselling author, this modern romance story explores whether distance and separation can ever keep true love apart. Published for the first time in English, One Step to You has captured the hearts of millions and garnered a dedicated fan base across the world. The Romeo...

"Luca Spaghetti is not only one of my favorite people in the world, but also a natural-born storyteller. . . . This [is a] marvelous book." -Elizabeth Gilbert When Luca Spaghetti (yes, that's really his name) was asked to show a writer named Elizabeth Gilbert around Rome, he had no idea how his...

“With the openhearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples.” —Elena Ferrante In Gomorrah, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, Roberto Saviano revealed a true, devastating portrait of...

On the island of Lampedusa, the southernmost part of Italy, between Africa and Europe, Davide Enia looks in the faces of those who arrive and those who wait, and tells the story of an individual and collective shipwreck. On one side, a multitude in motion, crossing entire nations and then the Mediterranean Sea under conditions beyond any imagination. On the other, a handful of men and women on the border of an era and a continent, trying to welcome the newcomers.  

'With the open-hearted rashness that belongs to every true writer, Saviano returns to tell the story of the fierce and grieving heart of Naples.' Elena Ferrante In Naples, a new kind of gang rules the streets: the ‘Paranze’, the ‘Children’s Gangs’, groups of teenage boys who divide...

In Ostia, a depressed coastal settlement twenty miles from the powerful and corrupt city of Rome, a mighty local crime family, the Mafia, corrupt politicians, and new rabid criminal elements battle each other for a billion-dollar payoff. During the final days of Silvio Berlusconi's reign, a...

Anna and Francesca are on the brink of everything: high school, adulthood, and the edge of ambition in their provincial town. It’s summer in Piombino, Italy, and in their skimpy bathing suits, flaunting their newly acquired curves, the girls suddenly have everyone in their thrall. This power opens their imagination to a destiny beyond Piombino: the resort town of Elba is just a ferry ride away and yet they’ve never dared to go. Maybe the future is waiting for them there, or somewhere beyond.

A semiautobiographical coming-of-age story, framed by the harrowing 1975 Circeo massacre Edoardo Albinati’s The Catholic School, the winner of Italy’s most prestigious award, The Strega Prize, is a powerful investigation of the heart and soul of contemporary Italy. Three well-off young...

The international bestseller! Translated from the Italian, this is a cosy, twisty whodunit for fans of Agatha Christie and Richard Osman. In the heart of Sardinia, the perfect crime is about to meet its match: a book club. Marzio Montecristo is a grumpy bookseller who prefers fictional murders...

An inventive international bestseller set in a bookstore filled with crime novels, cats, amateur detectives, and a very grumpy bookseller. The Black Cats Bookshop in Southern Italy has everything a crime fiction lover could dream of: shelves stacked with Christie, Penny, Osman, and King, a book...

A beautiful, atmospheric detective story set in Berlin during The Second World War. The perfect Winter Christmas read in 2026. Oriana Ramunno's Hugo Fischer series is full of tension, drama and, ultimately, hope. A DETECTIVE WITH A SECRET Berlin, June 1944. Hugo Fischer is forced to work for the...