Topic
Italy
4 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Where to Start with Bill Buford: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Bill Buford — how to approach Heat, his account of leaving the New Yorker to apprentice in Mario Batali's kitchen and then tracing Italian cuisine to its origins in Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. A complete reading guide.
Best Books Set in Italy: Essential Fiction and Nonfiction
The best books set in Italy — from A Room with a View and The Talented Mr. Ripley to My Brilliant Friend and The English Patient. Essential reading for Italy lovers.
Books About Italy: Essential Reading for Every Visitor
The best books set in Italy — from Tuscany to Venice, Naples to Rome. Fiction, memoir, and historical fiction for travellers and Italophiles.
Books Like Eat, Pray, Love: Memoirs of Self-Discovery and Travel
Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of divorce, spiritual seeking, and finding balance across Italy, India, and Bali has sold over twelve million copies and made self-discovery travel writing a recognisable genre. These books share its central preoccupations: leaving behind a life that no longer fits, finding meaning in movement, and the particular honesty required to describe that process on the page.
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