The best Andrea Camilleri books
The top 3 according to 1 vote: The Shape of Water · The Terra-Cotta Dog · The Snack Thief. (Updated Nov 16, 2025.)
Camilleri's most recommended novels, from Inspector Montalbano's cases to the historical novels set in Vigàta.
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Top 15
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1
The Shape of Water
1994. The first Montalbano novel.
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The Terra-Cotta Dog
1996. Two lovers buried in a cave.
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The Snack Thief
1996. A Tunisian boy and a murder in a lift.
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The Excursion to Tindari
2000. A triple murder between old and new Sicily.
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The Voice of the Violin
1997. A woman killed in a villa.
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The Brewer of Preston
1995. An opera that causes chaos in Vigàta.
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The Telephone Connection
1998. Applying for a phone line in 19th-century Sicily.
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The Scent of the Night
2001. A financier who vanished with the town's savings.
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The Patience of the Spider
2004. A very unusual kidnapping.
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Rounding the Mark
2003. Montalbano thinks about leaving the police.
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The Knight's Move
1999. A Genoese inspector in Sicily.
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12
The King of Girgenti
2001. A peasant becomes king in the 1600s.
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13
Death at Sea
2014. The young inspector's first cases.
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14
The Cook of the Halcyon
2019. The last Montalbano published in his lifetime.
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15
Riccardino
2020. The series finale, published posthumously.
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