We're taking the South of Italy tour in September and I'm looking for a recommended reading list
Posted by
Miami
338 posts
Not a book but a movie.
Purple Noon with Alain Delon filmed in Naples, the Amalfi Coast and Rome. The location for a good chunk of the movie is a fictitious town based on Positano.
Posted by
Southeastern US
2623 posts
Try novels by Elena Ferrante and Domenico Starnone (rumored to be the same person or spouses).
Posted by
Chicago, IL, USA
497 posts
I enjoyed all of these before our trip to Rome:
https://a.co/d/7cK593M The Secrets of Rome: Love and Death in the Eternal City
https://a.co/d/9HtoIqe Four Seasons in Rome
https://a.co/d/fk2Vxna Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter's