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Sicily Books
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The Leopard (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.01 — 49,284 ratings — published 1958
The Shape of Water (Inspector Montalbano, #1)
by (shelved 45 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.74 — 26,971 ratings — published 1994
Il giorno della civetta (Paperback)
by (shelved 32 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.72 — 19,083 ratings — published 1961
Sicily: An Island at the Crossroads of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.83 — 2,137 ratings — published 2015
Midnight in Sicily (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.78 — 1,840 ratings — published 1996
Seeking Sicily: A Cultural Journey Through Myth and Reality in the Heart of the Mediterranean (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.74 — 501 ratings — published 2011
The Terra-Cotta Dog (Inspector Montalbano, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.95 — 14,635 ratings — published 1996
From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.96 — 49,973 ratings — published 2019
Excursion to Tindari (Inspector Montalbano, #5)
by (shelved 21 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.06 — 9,213 ratings — published 2000
On Persephone's Island: A Sicilian Journal (Vintage Departures)
by (shelved 20 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.68 — 529 ratings — published 1986
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions (Tante Poldi #1)
by (shelved 19 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.39 — 7,953 ratings — published 2015
August Heat (Inspector Montalbano, #10)
by (shelved 19 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.01 — 7,285 ratings — published 2006
Voice of the Violin (Inspector Montalbano, #4)
by (shelved 18 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.06 — 10,773 ratings — published 1997
The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano, #9)
by (shelved 17 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.02 — 7,054 ratings — published 2005
The Smell of the Night (Inspector Montalbano, #6)
by (shelved 17 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.03 — 8,001 ratings — published 2001
The Florios of Sicily (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.97 — 19,387 ratings — published 2019
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.40 — 472,703 ratings — published 1969
Conversations in Sicily (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.73 — 3,745 ratings — published 1941
The Winter's Tale (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.71 — 37,462 ratings — published 1623
I Malavoglia (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.48 — 16,662 ratings — published 1881
The Ruby in Her Navel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.43 — 879 ratings — published 2006
The Wings of the Sphinx (Inspector Montalbano, #11)
by (shelved 15 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,673 ratings — published 2006
The Snack Thief (Inspector Montalbano, #3)
by (shelved 15 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.07 — 11,247 ratings — published 1996
The Sicilian (The Godfather, #2)
by (shelved 15 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.04 — 32,108 ratings — published 1984
The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.95 — 768 ratings — published 2021
To Each His Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.82 — 7,748 ratings — published 1966
Treasure Hunt (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.90 — 4,670 ratings — published 2010
The Patience of the Spider (Inspector Montalbano, #8)
by (shelved 13 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.04 — 7,308 ratings — published 2004
Rounding the Mark (Inspector Montalbano, #7)
by (shelved 13 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.09 — 7,471 ratings — published 2003
The Potter's Field (Inspector Montalbano, #13)
by (shelved 12 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.10 — 5,775 ratings — published 2008
Un covo di vipere (Commissario Montalbano, #21)
by (shelved 12 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,074 ratings — published 2013
Siracusa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.39 — 13,936 ratings — published 2016
The Sicilian Inheritance (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.98 — 59,130 ratings — published 2024
The Dance of the Seagull (Commissario Montalbano, #15)
by (shelved 11 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.97 — 5,141 ratings — published 2009
The Age of Doubt (Inspector Montalbano, #14)
by (shelved 11 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,381 ratings — published 2008
The Track of Sand (Inspector Montalbano, #12)
by (shelved 11 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,115 ratings — published 2007
La lunga vita di Marianna Ucrìa (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.67 — 4,004 ratings — published 1990
Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,025 ratings — published 2004
The Stone Boudoir: Travels Through the Hidden Villages of Sicily (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.83 — 555 ratings — published 2002
The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century (Canto)
by (shelved 9 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.22 — 527 ratings — published 1958
Loyalty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.76 — 16,319 ratings — published 2023
La prima indagine di Montalbano (Commissario Montalbano, #8.5)
by (shelved 8 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,885 ratings — published 2004
Una lama di luce (Commissario Montalbano, #19)
by (shelved 8 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.05 — 4,254 ratings — published 2012
Il gioco degli specchi (Commissario Montalbano, #18)
by (shelved 8 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.97 — 4,122 ratings — published 2011
Il sorriso di Angelica (Commissario Montalbano, #17)
by (shelved 8 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.85 — 4,120 ratings — published 2010
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (World War II Liberation Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.36 — 16,214 ratings — published 2007
A House in Sicily (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.48 — 730 ratings — published 1999
Glorious Exploits (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.13 — 25,042 ratings — published 2024
The Peoples of Sicily: A Multicultural Legacy (Sicilian Medieval Studies)
by (shelved 7 times as sicily)
avg rating 4.00 — 51 ratings — published 2014
The Pyramid of Mud (Inspector Montalbano, #22)
by (shelved 7 times as sicily)
avg rating 3.97 — 3,832 ratings — published 2014
“Il tempo stava cambiando. Nuvoloni grigi spuntavano minacciosi dietro la cerchia dei monti alle spalle della città; lì il cielo era livido. Una grossa nuvola coprì il sole e la terrazza si oscurò all'improvviso. Il barone sollevò gli occhi malati e li puntò su Monte Pellegrino. Lo vedeva sfocato in lontananza, stagliato contro il cielo: ma il monte aveva già cambiato colore. Nuove sfumature - blu, viola - lo rendevano austero e minaccioso. Quella montagna dalle proporzioni perfette e dalla solida bellezza era il guardiano del golfo: una mitica fiera accovacciata e immersa a metà nel mare - groppa e gambe emergevano nelle loro forme angolose -, ma pronta a trarsi dal sonno e a drizzarsi contro chi osasse avvicinarsi alla città. Domenico Safamita amava Palermo d'una passione quasi fisica. "Si distruggono monasteri, palazzi, si sventrano quartieri. Non importa che manchi l'acqua, che le fognature siano rudimentali o inesistenti, che il popolino viva in tuguri e muoia di fame e malattie: i palermitani vogliono un nuovo grandioso teatro lirico. Sempre più bella e più abietta, mai come ora Palermo si rivela magnifica e compiaciuta di aver mantenuto la sua identità di città superlativamente cortigiana. A Palermo anche le pietre sudano sensualità." Sulla sinistra la nuova strada, larghissima, finiva a mare.
Lì sembrava essere calata la notte e l'acqua era cosparsa di puntini luccicanti: le prime lampare dei pescatori. La nuvola scivolò dal sole e tutto ritornò come prima: il mare era una macchia scura senza bagliori, Monte Pellegrino, appena rosato, si stagliava netto e benigno.”
― La zia marchesa
Lì sembrava essere calata la notte e l'acqua era cosparsa di puntini luccicanti: le prime lampare dei pescatori. La nuvola scivolò dal sole e tutto ritornò come prima: il mare era una macchia scura senza bagliori, Monte Pellegrino, appena rosato, si stagliava netto e benigno.”
― La zia marchesa
“Costanza non capiva sino in fondo, ma non poneva domande, tanto le piacevano quelle passeggiate in carrozza, seduta orgogliosa accanto al fratello maggiore, su e giù per il lungomare. Da un lato c'erano i grandi palazzi nobiliari con le loro terrazze lussureggianti. Sul marciapiede gremito di gente benvestita per la passeggiata si aprivano i caffè della Marina, davanti ai quali si fermavano le carrozze per il gelato. La strada costeggiava il mare limpido, tranquillo, su cui si rifletteva a occidente, magnifico, il lare protettore: Monte Pellegrino. I camerieri li servivano in carrozza. Si facevano strada in mezzo ai clienti seduti ai tavolini e alla gente che passeggiava davanti a loro tenendo in bilico sul braccio teso in alto, sulle teste dei passanti, grandi vassoi rotondi con sopra bicchieri d'acqua e coppette di metallo argentato piene di gelato rasato al bordo. Su ognuna era infilzato un biscotto tubolare, croccante. Costanza era golosa: assaporava con voluttà persino l'acqua dolce e rinfrescante, che sorbiva a piccoli sorsi dopo il gelato.”
― La zia marchesa
― La zia marchesa
