# The best books by Primo Levi

Primo Levi's most recommended books, from his Auschwitz testimony to his fantastic tales and The Periodic Table.

- 3 votes · 12 items
- Aug 13, 2026 · Simona Bianco
- https://even.best/en/l/2804/the-best-books-by-primo-levi

## Top 12

1. **If This Is a Man** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1947. His testimony of Auschwitz.
2. **The Truce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1963. The long journey home, almost a picaresque novel.
3. **The Periodic Table** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1975. Twenty-one chapters, each named after a chemical element.
4. **The Drowned and the Saved** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986. His final reflection on the camps.
5. **If Not Now, When?** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1982. The Jewish partisans who fought Nazism.
6. **Natural Histories** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1966. Fifteen science fiction stories.
7. **Flaw of Form** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1971. More fantastic tales.
8. **Lilith and Other Stories** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1981. Stories between the camps and the imagination.
9. **Other People's Trades** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1985. Short essays on science and language.
10. **At an Uncertain Hour** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1984. His poems.
11. **The Mirror Maker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1986. Stories and reflections.
12. **The Wrench** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 1978. A Piedmontese rigger tells of his work.

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