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Elena Ferrante Books in Order

4 series including Neapolitan, Elena Ferrante Picture Books and more

★ 5 NYT bestsellers 4 series 12 books Latest: In the Margins ( With: Ann Goldstein) (2021)

Elena Ferrante has written 12 books since 2002. Across 4 series, Neapolitan stands out as the longest at 4 books. Their latest title in our catalogue is In the Margins, from 2021.

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1 Neapolitan 2 Elena Ferrante Other Novels 3 Elena Ferrante Picture Books 4 Elena Ferrante Non-Fiction Books

New York Times Bestsellers

5 books

Elena Ferrante has placed 5 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 80 weeks on the charts.

Cover of My Brilliant Friend
My Brilliant Friend
Neapolitan Series

50 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #2 · debuted Dec 2014 · 53 weeks across 2 NYT lists

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Cover of The Story of a New Name
The Story of a New Name
Neapolitan Series

15 weeks on the Times Paperback Trade Fiction list · peaked at #10 · debuted Dec 2015

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Bestseller chart data from BestsellerStats.net — explore Elena Ferrante’s complete chart history, week by week.

Reading Order

4 series · 12 books

Neapolitan Series

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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 My Brilliant Friend 2011 Dublin Literary AwardFull award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 The Story of a New Name 2012 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay 2013 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Story of the Lost Child 2014 Booker Prize 2016Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Elena Ferrante Other Novels

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1 The Days of Abandonment 2002 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Troubling Love (Short Story) 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 The Lost Daughter (Short Story) 2006 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
4 The Lying Life of Adults 2019 Kirkus Prize 2020Full award history → Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Elena Ferrante Picture Books

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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 The Beach at Night (Short Story) 2007 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

Elena Ferrante Non-Fiction Books

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✓ # Book Title Year Awards Buy
1 Frantumaglia 2003 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
2 Incidental Inventions (Short Story) 2019 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
3 In the Margins ( With: Ann Goldstein) 2021 Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
About the Author

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.

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