Guide Books and Travelogues about Italy

Top 10 Italy Guide Books

Here are recommended guide books useful for travel planning and to take on your Italian vacation. Guide books include general guides to Italy and specialty guides for walking, driving, shopping, gourmets, and garden lovers.

Top 10 Books about Venice

Venice is one of Italy's most romantic and popular destinations. Here are both fiction and non-fiction books about Venice as well as Venice guide books.

Books about Living in Italy

Have you ever dreamed of life in Italy? Many people, such as Francis Mayes in Under the Tuscan Sun, have left their home countries to find a new life in Italy. In these books, expats tell about their experiences and adventures. You can experience living in Italy through their eyes.

Rome Guide Books

If you're going to Rome, these books will be useful to you. Besides general Rome guidebooks, we have books about Rome's archeology, culture, and cafes that would make good gifts for the person interested in modern or ancient Rome.

Carol Field's Italy and Italian Cookbooks

Carol Field is a leading food writer who writes cookbooks about Italian cuisine. Unlike other cookbooks, these are composed of equal parts food anthropology, recipes, and admiration for the lives Italian live. These are cookbooks to be read and savored because the lifestyle that has produced Italy's handmade cuisine is vanishing rapidly.

Italy Book Suggestions from Italy Travel

Italy Travel has recommendations for Italy guidebooks, travelogues, and books about Italy. There are book lists for selected Italian destinations, too.