2026 Reading Challenge

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 · 465930 Ratings · 46012 Reviews · published 2011 · 8 editions
Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neigh…

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    Book 2

    The Story of a New Name
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    4.46     · 237039 Ratings · 18206 Reviews · published 2012 · 7 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     · 195773 Ratings · 13443 Reviews · published 2013 · 179 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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    4.46     · 180392 Ratings · 15689 Reviews · published 2014 · 165 editions
    "Nothing quite like this has ever been published b…

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    The Neapolitan Novels
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    4.55     · 7464 Ratings · 522 Reviews · published 2015 · 40 editions
    Against the backdrop of a Naples that is as seduct…

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