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Home / Authors / Elena Ferrante Elena Ferrante Italian author best known for the Neapolitan Novels series, including *My Brilliant Friend*. Her works have sold over 10 million copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. This page provides the Elena Ferrante books in order, including both chronological publication order and the series reading order.
All books · chronological
2002 The Days of Abandonment POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 2003 Frantumaglia POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2006 Troubling Love POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 2006 The Lost Daughter POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 2007 The Beach at Night POoPB · 1 Buy ↗ 2011 My Brilliant Friend POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 2012 The Story of a New Name POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 2013 Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2014 The Story of the Lost Child POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 2019 Incidental Inventions POoNB · 2 Buy ↗ 2019 The Lying Life of Adults POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 2021 In the Margins(With: Ann Goldstein) POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2023 My Brilliant Friend: The Graphic Novel(With: Ann Goldstein,Mara Cerri,Chiara Lagani) POoGN · 1 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Graphic Novels 1 book · 2023
01 My Brilliant Friend: The Graphic Novel(With: Ann Goldstein,Mara Cerri,Chiara Lagani) 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 3 books · 2003–2021
02 Incidental Inventions 2019 Buy ↗ 03 In the Margins(With: Ann Goldstein) 2021 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 4 books · 2002–2019
01 The Days of Abandonment 2002 Buy ↗ 02 Troubling Love 2006 Buy ↗ 03 The Lost Daughter 2006 Buy ↗ 04 The Lying Life of Adults 2019 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Picture Books 1 book · 2007
01 The Beach at Night 2007 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Neapolitan Books 4 books · 2011–2014
01 My Brilliant Friend 2011 Buy ↗ 02 The Story of a New Name 2012 Buy ↗ 03 Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay 2013 Buy ↗ 04 The Story of the Lost Child 2014 Buy ↗