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Elena Ferrante

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Elena Ferrante is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of Neapolitan Novels are her most widely known works. ...more

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Elena Ferrante: this is my last column, after a year that has scared and inspired me

Writing every Saturday has meant the permanent exposure of fragments of myself. But I am indebted to you, my readers

This exercise ends here: I gave myself a year, and the year is up. I had never done work like this, and I hesitated a good deal before trying it. I was afraid of the weekly deadline; I was afraid of having to write even if I didn’t feel like it; I was afraid of the need to publish wi

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Average rating: 4.15 · 1,084,834 ratings · 94,411 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Brilliant Friend 4.05 avg rating — 367,293 ratings — published 2011 — 249 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator) 4.45 avg rating — 193,473 ratings — published 2012 — 192 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay 4.35 avg rating — 160,005 ratings — published 2013 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of the Lost Child 4.45 avg rating — 147,216 ratings — published 2014 — 151 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 75,362 ratings — published 2019 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Daughter 3.73 avg rating — 51,360 ratings — published 2006 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 47,181 ratings — published 2002 — 113 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troubling Love 3.26 avg rating — 21,323 ratings — published 1992 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neapolitan Novels 4.58 avg rating — 5,831 ratings — published 2015 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Margins: On the Pleasures of Reading and Writing by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 5,054 ratings — published 2021 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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L’amica geniale (4 books)
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My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante

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All Our Names by Dinaw Mengestu

4 votes, 28.6%

A God in Ruins

2 votes, 14.3%

Glow by Ned Beauman

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The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

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