✍️ Biography & Memoir · Italy
Best Biography & Memoir Books from Italy
Biography and memoir are the literature of real lives. Italy has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in biography & memoir, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best biography & memoir from Italy by editorial consensus.
#1
biography-memoir
The Periodic Table
Primo Levi· 1975
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score71/100
#2
biography-memoir
If This Is a Man
Primo Levi· 1947
★Nobel Prize in Literature
Editorial Score69/100
#3
biography-memoir
Comment voyager avec un saumon
Umberto Eco· 1992
Notable Work
Editorial Score43/100
#4
biography-memoir
The Hermit in Paris
Italo Calvino· 2003
Editorial Score38/100
#5
biography-memoir
Novelle per un anno
Luigi Pirandello· 1900
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#6
biography-memoir
Il fu Mattia Pascal
Luigi Pirandello· 1904
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#7
biography-memoir
Cosima
Grazia Deledda· 1937
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#8
biography-memoir
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Carlo Levi· 1945
Editorial Score30/100
