The best books by Primo Levi
The top 3 according to 3 votes from people: If This Is a Man · The Truce · The Periodic Table. (Updated Aug 13, 2026.)
Primo Levi's most recommended books, from his Auschwitz testimony to his fantastic tales and The Periodic Table.
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Top 12
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1
If This Is a Man
1947. His testimony of Auschwitz.
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The Truce
1963. The long journey home, almost a picaresque novel.
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The Periodic Table
1975. Twenty-one chapters, each named after a chemical element.
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The Drowned and the Saved
1986. His final reflection on the camps.
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5
If Not Now, When?
1982. The Jewish partisans who fought Nazism.
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6
Natural Histories
1966. Fifteen science fiction stories.
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7
Flaw of Form
1971. More fantastic tales.
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Lilith and Other Stories
1981. Stories between the camps and the imagination.
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9
Other People's Trades
1985. Short essays on science and language.
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10
At an Uncertain Hour
1984. His poems.
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11
The Mirror Maker
1986. Stories and reflections.
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12
The Wrench
1978. A Piedmontese rigger tells of his work.
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