# The best Andrea Camilleri books

Camilleri's most recommended novels, from Inspector Montalbano's cases to the historical novels set in Vigàta.

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- Nov 16, 2025 · Simona Bianco
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## Top 15

1. **The Shape of Water** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1994. The first Montalbano novel.
2. **The Terra-Cotta Dog** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. Two lovers buried in a cave.
3. **The Snack Thief** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1996. A Tunisian boy and a murder in a lift.
4. **The Excursion to Tindari** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2000. A triple murder between old and new Sicily.
5. **The Voice of the Violin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1997. A woman killed in a villa.
6. **The Brewer of Preston** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1995. An opera that causes chaos in Vigàta.
7. **The Telephone Connection** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1998. Applying for a phone line in 19th-century Sicily.
8. **The Scent of the Night** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2001. A financier who vanished with the town's savings.
9. **The Patience of the Spider** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2004. A very unusual kidnapping.
10. **Rounding the Mark** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2003. Montalbano thinks about leaving the police.
11. **The Knight's Move** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1999. A Genoese inspector in Sicily.
12. **The King of Girgenti** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2001. A peasant becomes king in the 1600s.
13. **Death at Sea** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2014. The young inspector's first cases.
14. **The Cook of the Halcyon** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2019. The last Montalbano published in his lifetime.
15. **Riccardino** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2020. The series finale, published posthumously.

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