# The best books by Italo Calvino

Calvino's novels, stories and essays most recommended by reader rankings and guides, from The Baron in the Trees to Six Memos for the Next Millennium.

- 6 votes · 15 items
- Jul 15, 2025 · Sofia Pellegrini
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## Top 15

1. **Invisible Cities** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1972. Marco Polo describes imaginary cities to Kublai Khan.
2. **If on a Winter's Night a Traveller** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1979. A novel that keeps starting over.
3. **The Cloven Viscount** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1952. A nobleman split in two by a cannonball.
4. **The Nonexistent Knight** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1959. An empty suit of armour serving Charlemagne.
5. **t zero** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1967. The follow-up to Cosmicomics.
6. **The Baron in the Trees** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1957. Cosimo climbs into the trees and never comes down.
7. **Marcovaldo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1963. A simple man looks for nature in the city.
8. **Cosmicomics** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1965. Science and fantasy narrated by Qfwfq.
9. **The Path to the Spiders' Nests** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1947. The Resistance seen through a boy's eyes.
10. **Six Memos for the Next Millennium** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1988. Lectures on what literature should keep.
11. **Mr. Palomar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1983. A man who studies the world in detail.
12. **Italian Folktales** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1956. Two hundred folk tales collected and retold.
13. **The Watcher** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1963. Election day at the Cottolengo in Turin.
14. **A Plunge into Real Estate** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1957. The concrete boom on the Riviera.
15. **The Castle of Crossed Destinies** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1973. Stories told with tarot cards.

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