Books set in Piemonte

72 books and other written works set here; ordered by Italian Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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1TorinoCuore49
2Lago d'OrtaC'era due volte il barone Lamberto3
3BraGli anni del giudizio1
4Casale MonferratoIl bambino che guardava le donne1
5CuneoLe parole tra noi leggere1
6ExillesLa Sacra Rappresentazione, ovvero Come il forte di Exilles fu conquistato ai francesi1
7LangheLa luna e i falò1

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Cuoreby Edmondo De Amicis · 1886 · Torino
#1234avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Accabadoraby Michela Murgia · 2009 · Torino
#2209avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La solitudine dei numeri primiby Paolo Giordano · 2008 · Torino
#3201avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La luna e i falòby Cesare Pavese · 1950 · Langhe
#4159avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Il pendolo di Foucaultby Umberto Eco · 1988
#5112avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Lessico famigliareby Natalia Ginzburg · 1963 · Torino
#6105avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Nel mare ci sono i coccodrilliby Fabio Geda · 2010 · Torino
#795.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Il partigiano Johnnyby Beppe Fenoglio · 1968
#889.9avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Petrolioby Pier Paolo Pasolini · 1992 · Torino
#981.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
La casa in collinaby Cesare Pavese · 1949
#1072.0avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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