Literal Summer Reads

L’amica geniale Series

4 primary works • 5 total works
Also known as
English: The Neapolitan Novels
Spanish: Dos amigas / La amiga estupenda
Swedish: Neapelkvartetten
French: Série Napolitana / L'amie prodigieuse
Romanian: Tetralogia Napolitana
German: Neapolitanische Saga
Greek: Η τετραλογία της Νάπολης
Dutch: De Napolitaanse romans of De geniale vriendin
Czech: Geniální přítelkyně
Ukrainian: Неаполітанські ро…

Book 1

My Brilliant Friend
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4.05 · 500084 Ratings · 50663 Reviews · published 2011 · 4 editions
Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neigh…

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    Book 2

    The Story of a New Name
    by
    4.47     · 251986 Ratings · 20022 Reviews · published 2012 · 43 editions
    In 2012, Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend intr…

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    Book 3

    Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
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    4.36     · 207994 Ratings · 14835 Reviews · published 2013 · 8 editions
    In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila, th…

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    Book 4

    The Story of the Lost Child
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    4.47     · 191381 Ratings · 17161 Reviews · published 2014 · 167 editions
    "Nothing quite like this has ever been published b…

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    The Neapolitan Novels
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    4.53     · 8029 Ratings · 588 Reviews · published 2015 · 15 editions
    Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seduct…

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