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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    The Days of Abandonment (September 2005)
  • Last Book:
    My Last White Boyfriend and Other Epiphanies (December 2022)
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Books in Order: 15 titles

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  • Here is a prose collection from the independent literary journal Epiphany, collecting highlights from the last 20 years of print issues. With delightfully intense reading from all sorts of wonderful writers (such as National Book Award nominee Doming...



  • The New York Times -- bestseller set in a divided Naples -- now a Netflix original series -- from the acclaimed author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. A BEST BOOK OF 2020 The Washington Post�O, The Oprah Magazine�TIME Magazine�NPR�Peopl...



  • "Fifty-one columns, short in length but long on wisdom" from the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, an HBO original series (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflection...



  • A "beautifully written" dark fable from a doll's point of view -- by the New York Times -- bestselling author of The Lost Daughter and the Neapolitan Novels (The Washington Post).   One of NPR's Best Books of the Year.   ...



  • The "stunning conclusion" to the bestselling saga of the fierce lifelong bond between two women, from a gritty Naples childhood through old age (Publishers Weekly, starred review). One of the New York Times​'s 100 Best Books of the 21st C...




  • Part of the bestselling saga about childhood friends following different paths by "one of the great novelists of our time" (The New York Times).   In the third book in the New York Times -- bestselling Neapolitan quartet that inspire...



  • A novel in the bestselling quartet about two very different women and their complex friendship: "Everyone should read anything with Ferrante's name on it" (The Boston Globe).   The follow-up to My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name contin...



  • Now an HBO series.

    Book one in the New York Times bestselling Neapolitan quartet about two friends growing up in post-war Italy is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted family epic by Italy's most beloved and acclaimed writer, Elena Ferrante,...






  • From the author of My Brilliant FriendThis book invites readers into Elena Ferrante's workshop. It offers a glimpse into the drawers of her writing desk, those drawers from which emerged her three early standalone novels and the four installments ...



  • Named the #1 Book of the 21st Century by the New York Times: The "enduring classic" about the lifelong friendship of two women from Naples (The Atlantic).   Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, El...




  • Now a major motion picture directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson, Paul Mescal, and Peter SarsgaardAnother penetrating Neapolitan story from New York Times -- bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend&...



  • A woman goes home to Naples after her mother's mysterious death in a "tour de force" by the New York Times -- bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend (Seattle Times).   Following her mother's untimely and unexplained drowning, whic...



  • From the New York Times -- bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, this novel of a deserted wife's descent into despair -- and rage -- is "a masterpiece" (The Philadelphia Inquirer).One of the New York Times's 100 Best Books of the 21st Centu...


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elena Ferrante has published 15 books.

Elena Ferrante does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, My Last White Boyfriend and Other Epiphanies, was published in December 2022.

The first book by Elena Ferrante, The Days of Abandonment, was published in September 2005.

Yes. Elena Ferrante has 1 series.