The best books by Italo Calvino
The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: Invisible Cities · If on a Winter's Night a Traveller · The Cloven Viscount. (Updated Jul 15, 2025.)
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.
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Top 15
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Invisible Cities
1972. Marco Polo describes imaginary cities to Kublai Khan.
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveller
1979. A novel that keeps starting over.
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The Cloven Viscount
1952. A nobleman split in two by a cannonball.
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The Nonexistent Knight
1959. An empty suit of armour serving Charlemagne.
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t zero
1967. The follow-up to Cosmicomics.
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The Baron in the Trees
1957. Cosimo climbs into the trees and never comes down.
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Marcovaldo
1963. A simple man looks for nature in the city.
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Cosmicomics
1965. Science and fantasy narrated by Qfwfq.
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The Path to the Spiders' Nests
1947. The Resistance seen through a boy's eyes.
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Six Memos for the Next Millennium
1988. Lectures on what literature should keep.
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Mr. Palomar
1983. A man who studies the world in detail.
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12
Italian Folktales
1956. Two hundred folk tales collected and retold.
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The Watcher
1963. Election day at the Cottolengo in Turin.
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A Plunge into Real Estate
1957. The concrete boom on the Riviera.
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The Castle of Crossed Destinies
1973. Stories told with tarot cards.
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