Italy in Books and Movies

I find a good book often puts me in the mood for Italy (as if I need it)….I’m constantly in a "search" for new books about life or travels in Italy……...here’s a list of some of my favorites………

1. Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera – A. Hawes
2. Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy – F. Mayes
3. A Tuscan Childhood – K. Beever
4. A Garden in Lucca: Finding Paradise in Tuscany – P. Gervais
5. Desiring Italy – S. N. Cahill
6. Italy Fever: 14 Ways to Satisfy Your Love Affair With Italy – D. Marwitz
7. The Tuscan Year – E. Romer
8. In Maremma: Life and a House in Southern Tuscany – D. Leavitt & M. Mitchell
9. The Hills of Tuscany: A New Life in an Old Land – F. Mate
10. A Valley in Italy: The Many Seasons of a Villa in Umbria – L. St. Aubin de Teran
11. Greene on Capri – S. Hazzard
12. Straddling the Borders: The Year I Grew Up in Italy – M. T. Cummings
13. The Enchanted April – E. Von Arnim
14. Summer’s Lease – J. Mortimer
15. Pasquale’s Nose – M. Rips
16. Italian Neighbors: or A Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona – T. Parks
17. An Italian Journey – J. Giono & J. Cumming
18. A House in Sicily – D. Phelps
19. Italian Fever – V. Martin
20. Stones of Florence – M. McCarthy
21. Last Cannoli: A Novel – C. Cusumano
22. Italian Hours – H. James
23. Mattanza: Love & Death in the Sea of Sicily – T. Maggio
24. Italian Days – B. G. Harrison
25. As the Romans Do: An American Family’s Italian Odyssey – A. Epstein
26. Bella Tuscany: The Sweet Life in Italy – F. Mayes
27. Venice Observed – M. McCarthy
28. Blood Washes Blood: A True Story of Love, Murder and Redemption Under the Sicilian Sun – F. Viviano
29. On Persephone’s Island: A Sicilian Journal – M. T. Simeti
30. Follow Your Heart – S. Tamaro
31. In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu – T. Ardizzone
32. A Small Place in Italy – E. Newby
33. The Wings of the Dove – H. James
34. A Room With A View – E. M. Forster
35. Italian Backgrounds – E. Wharton
36. An Italian Education: The Further Adventures of an Expatriate in Verona – T. Parks
37. Midnight in Sicily – P. Robb
38. Dances with Luigi – P. E. Paolicelli
39. North of Naples, South of Rome – P. Tullio
40. Mother Tongue – W. Wilde-Menozzi
41. Portrait of a Lady – H. James
42. The Light in the Piazza & Other Italian Tales – E. Spencer
43. Traveler’s Tales Italy: True Stories – A. Calcagno
44. My Father Came From Italy – M. C. McLean
45. Innocence – P. Fitzgerald
46. The Marble Faun: Or the Romance of Monte Beni – N. Hawthorne
47. Sometimes the Soul – G. Timpanelli
48. After Hannibal – B. Unsworth
49. Italy: The Places in Between – K. Simon
50. Notes From An Italian Garden – J. Marble
51. A Summer in Tuscany – S. Swanson
52. A Thousand Bells At Noon – G. Franco Romagnoli
53. The Passions of Artemesia - S. Vreeland
54. Italian Pride: 101 Reasons To Be Proud You're Italian - F. & S. Moramarco
55. Miracle of St. Anna - J. McBride
56. Sprezzatura: 50 Ways Italian Genius Shaped the World - P. D'Epiro, M.D. Pinkowish
57. The 16 Pleasures - R. Hellenga
58. The Shadow of the Lion - M. Lackey, E. Flint, D. Freer
59. In Nonna's Kitchen - C. Field
60. Restoring A Home In Italy - E.H. Minchelli, S. McBride
61. The Secret Book of Grazia Dei Rossi - J. Park
62. The Raphael Affair - I. Pears
63. The Mysteries of Udolpho - A. Radcliffe, T. Castle
64. Castle of Otranto - H. Walpole
65. La Dolce Vita - C. Fairweather
66. The Heart of Sicily: Recipes, Reminiscences of Regaleali, A Country Estate - A. T. Lanza
67. Italian Pleasures - D. Leavitt
68. An Italian Journey - J. Giono
69. The Stone Boudoir - T. Maggio
70. Elements Of Italy - L. St. Aubin de Teran
71. Venetian Dreaming - P. Weideger
72. In Sicily - N. Lewis
73. A Thousand Days In Venice - M. De Blasi
74. Brunelleschi's Dome - R. King
    
75. Property Of Blood - M. Nabb
    
76. Death of An Englishman - M. Nabb
77. Nectar - L. Prior
78. Giotto's Hand - I. Pears
79. Bringing Italy Home - C. MacLachlan, B. Niles, I. Terestchenko
80. Private Tuscany - E. Helman-Minchelli, S. McBride
81. La Dolce Vita: Living In Italy - C. Fairweather, M. Luscombe-Whyte
82. A Hole In The Water - M. Briskin
83. The Apprentice Lover - J. Parini
84. Sasso - J. Sturz
85. Piazzas and Pizzas: Adventures Of The Clean Plate Club In Italy - J.B. Kubik
86. Wisdom Of Angels: Unearthing My Italian Roots - M.T. Cummings
87. Summer In Tuscany - E. Adler
88. Death In Autumn - M. Nabb
89. Vanilla Beans And Brodo: Real Life In The Hills Of Tuscany - I. Dusi
90. Tourmaline - J. Scott
91. The Last Promise - R.P. Evans
92. Salute! - K. Donavan
93. Hidden Tuscany: Unusual Destinations and Secret Places - M. Listri & C.M. Cunnaccia
94. Living In Venice - F. Vitoux
95. A Traveller in Rome - H.V. Morton
96. Botticelli Blue Skies: An American in Florence - M.J. Gerber
97. Alone With Michelangelo: A Woman Follows Her Dreams To Italy - M. Hill
98. Vino Italiano: The Regional Wines of Italy - J. Bastianich & D. Lynch
99. Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling - R. King
100. The Miracles of Santo Fico - D.L. Smith
101. Renato's Luck - J. Shapiro
102. Rosemary and Bitter Oranges: Growing Up in a Tuscan Kitchen - P.   Chen
103. Cartwheel to the Moon: My Sicilian Childhood - E. DiPasquale
104. A Kiss From Maddalena - C. Castellani
105. Venetian Stories - J. Turner
106. Sicilian Passages - T. & A. Roma
107. City of the Soul: A Walk in Rome - W. Murray
108. Macbeth in Venice - W. Logan
109. Under the Southern Sun: Stories of the Real Italy and the Americans It   Created - P. Paolicelli
110. Stolen Figs: And Other Adventures in Calabria - M. Rotella
111. Sicilian Odyssey - F. Prose
112. Romola - G. Eliot
113. My House in Umbria - W. Trevor
114. The Latest Bombshell: A Novel - M. Mitchell
115. A Tuscan Alphabet - G. Kelley
116. Made In Italy - L. Morelli
117. Heel to Toe: Encounters in the South of Italy - C. Lister
118. Love In Idleness: A Novel - A. Craig
119. The King of Capri - J. Winterson
120. The Last Gondola: A Mystery of Venice - E. Sklepowich
121. Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer - R. Byrd
122. The Last Ridge - M. Jenkins
123. T is for Toscana - G. Kelley
124. What's It Like to Live in Italy - J. Powell
125. And Then You Die - M. Didbin
126. Seasons in Tuscany - A. Parker
127. A Venetian Affair - A. Di Robilant
128. In The Hand of Dante - N. Tosches
129. Some Bitter Taste - M. Nabb
130. Mother Tongue - An American Life in Italy - M. Wilde-Menozzi
131. Al Dente: The Adventures of a Gastronome in Italy - W. Black
132. Mirror Mirror: A Novel - G. Maguire
133. Casa Rossa - F. Marciano
134. My Renaissance: A Widow's Healing Pilgrimage to Tuscany -
135. The Last Promise - R. P. Evans
136. Italy and the Grand Tour - J. Black
137. By the Ionian Sea - G. Gissing
138. We're All Made Out of the Same Pasta! - A. Montalbano
139. The Floating Book - M. Lovric
140. Living in Ancient Rome - D. Nardo
141. Calabrian Tales - P. Chiarella
142. Venetian Views - F. Pedrocco
143. The Grand Canal - U. Franzoi
144. Venice From the Belltowers - T. Sammartini
145. Paintings in Venice - A. Gentili
146. Eating Up Italy - M. Fort
147. The Food of Love - A. Capella
148. More Than Peace & Cypresses - C. Cassells
149. Indian Summer - W.D. Howells
150. Home to Italy - P. Pezzelli
151. The Italian - A. Radcliffe
152. Seasons in Basilicata: A Year In a Southern Italian Hill Village - D. Yeadon
153. The Evening of the Holiday - S. Hazzard
154. From Anzio to the Alps: An American Soldiers Story - L.M. Wells
155. Italy in Small Bites - C. Field
156. A Sicilian Romance - A. Radcliffe
157. Tuscan Echoes: A Season In Italy - M.G. Smith
158. Love In Idleness - A. Craig
159. The Sights, Sounds & Silences of Italy - A. Szarkowski
160. Domino - R. King
161. Stickshift - M. Leo
162. When In Rome - G. Townley
163. The Sun At Midday - G. Alhadeff
164. From Italy With Love - Compiled - L. Richer, M. Panagiotopoulos, D. Mills
165. Unveiling - S.M. Wolfe
166. La Mortola: In the Footsteps of Thomas Hanbury - A. Moore
167. Pietro's Book: The Story of a Tuscan Peasant - P. Pinti
168. Ardor: A Novel of Enchantment - L. Prior
169. Notes From a Roman Terrace - J. Marble
170. Too Much Tuscan Sun - D. Castagno, R. Rodi
171. On The Spine of Italy: A Year in the Abruzzi - H. Clifton
172. The Breadmaker's Carnival - A. Lindsay
173. Tuscan Countess: Matilda of Canossa - M. Spike
174. 1000 Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure - M. de Blasi
175. The Scarith of Scornello - I.D. Rowland
176. Every Boy's Got One - M. Cabot
177. Villa of Mysteries - D. Hewson
178. Pasta Imperfect - M. Hunter
179. A Thread of Grace - M.D. Russell
180. Last Touch of Bliss - A. Tolnitch
181. The Smiles of Rome - S. Cahill
182. The Sicilian Amulet - J. Manning
183. The Honeymoon - J. Haythe
184. By The Grand Canal - W. Riviere
185. The Almond Picker - S.A. Hornby
186. Working With Bacchus - C. Fraser
187. Waking Raphael - L. Forbes
188. Seven Years in Tuscany - A. Ferragamo189. Italy Out of Hand - B. Hodgson
189. Italy Out of Hand - B. Hodgson
190. Tuscany in Mind - A.L. Powers
191. The Immaculate Deception – I. Pears
192. Any Four Women Could Rob the Bank of Italy – A. Cornelisen
193. The Etruscan Smile – V. Johnston
194. Mapping the Edge – S. Dunant
195. On the Shores of the Mediterranean – E.Newby
196. Giotto’s Hand – I. Pears
197. A Deceptive Clarity – A. Elkins
198. The Last Castrato – J.S. Hill
199. Summer’s Lease – J. Mortimer
200. The Almond Picker – S.A. Hornby
201. Once Upon A Tuscan Table – S. Oddson
     
202. The Reluctant Tuscan – P. Doran
     
203. La Bella Vita – V. Adamoli
     
204. Bel Vino – I. Dusi
     
205. Culinary Traveller in Tuscany – B. Elon
     
206. Sisterchicks in Gondolas – R.J. Gunn
     
207. Atavismo! A.M. Baccellieri
     
208. Lost Hearts in Italy – A. Lee
     
209. Palladian Days – S & C Gable
     
210. Hilltop in Tuscany – S. Whitson
     
211. Sailing to Capri – E. Adler
     
212. Hotel Casanova – S. Leather
     
213. The House in Amalfi – E. Adler
     
214. Tuscany: Inside the Light – J. Meyrowitz & M. Barrett
     
215. A Sicilian Romance – A. Radcliffe
     
216. Last Voyage of Valentina – S. Montefiore
     
217. Dreaming of Tuscany – B. Ohrbach
     
218. Satyr Square – L. Barkan
     
219. Biba’s Italy – B. Caggiano
     
220. Tasting Italy – A. Vollenweider
     
221. I, Mona Lisa – J. Kalogridis
     
222. Romancing the Vine – A. Tardi
     
223. Jamie’s Italy – J. Oliver
     
224. Eating in Italy – M. Fort
     
225. Falling Palace – L. Hofstadter
     
226. Across the Bridge of Sighs – J. Rylands
     
227. Inheritance – N. Danford
     
228. The Roman Way – D. Friedland
     
229. Call Me By Your Name – A. Aciman
     
230. Lady in the Palazzo – M. De Blasi
     
231. Leonardo’s Swans – K. Essex
     
232. One Summer in Italy – L. Gordon
     
233. Sicilan Summer – B. Johnsont
     

And sometimes it’s a great movie either filmed in or about Italy…..an evocative movie that can carry you back to Italy……..here’s a list of some of my favorites……

1. Enchanted April
2. Much Ado About Nothing
3. A Month By the Lake
4. The Tree of the Wooden Clogs
5. Il Postino
6. Malena
7. Up at the Villa
8. Life Is Beautiful
9. Stealing Beauty
10. La Strada
11. The Bicycle Thief
12. The Wings of the Dove
13. A Room With A View
14. L’Avventura
15. Ciao Professore!
16. Roman Holiday
17. The Barefoot Contessa
18. Cinema Paradiso
19. The Talented Mr. Ripley
20. Amarcord
21. Dangerous Beauty
22. The Leopard
23. Johnny Stecchino
24. La Dolce Vita
25. Three Coins in the Fountain
26. Farinelli
27. Tea With Mussolini
28. Bread and Chocolate
29. Two Women
30. It Started in Naples
31. La Notte
32. City of Women
33. La Traviata
34. Summertime
35. The Shampoo Girls
36. Swept Away
37. The Age of the Medici
38. Night of the Shooting Stars
39. The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
40. Il Ciclone
41. Open City
42. Besieged
43. Marriage Italian Style
44. Divorce Italian Style
45. Anna
46. Bitter Rice
47. Portrait of a Lady
48. Death in Venice
49. Pane e Tulipani
50. Viaggio in Italia
51. E Primavera
52. Sotto Il Sole De Roma
53. Due Soldi Di Speranza
54. Cabiria
55. Fabiola
56. Ladri Di Biciclette
57. Roma, Citta Aperta
58. Paisan
59. Addio Mia Bella Napoli
60. Disillusion
61. Umberto D.
62. 8 1/2
63. Europa 51
64. Il Miracolo
65. Italian Lessons
66. The Tree of the Wooden Clogs