Marlena de Blasi Books in Order
Marlena de Blasi has written 10 books, published between 1997 and 2012. The first book is Regional Foods of Southern Italy (1997) and the newest is The Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club (2012). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 1997–2012
- Pages on record
- 1,312 in 4 of 10 books
Marlena de Blasi is a US-born writer and culinary critic whose catalogue covers Italian cooking, food habits and Italian travel and social life. Regional Foods of Northern Italy and Regional Foods of Southern Italy both date from 1997. A Thousand Days in Venice (2002) and A Thousand Days in Tuscany (2004) follow, and Italian Memoirs is the listed series. That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story (2008) and Amandine (2010) come later, and The Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club (2012) is the newest of 10 books.
How many Marlena de Blasi books are there?
Marlena de Blasi has 10 books, released between 1997 and 2012. 6 of them belong to the Italian Memoirs series.
Marlena de Blasi Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 10 Marlena de Blasi books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Regional Foods of Southern Italy1997 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/419973041/4
- 2Regional Foods of Northern Italy1997 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/419973681/4
- 320022721/4
- 420043681/4
- 5A Taste of Southern Italy2006 · confirmed 1/42006–1/4
- 62006–1/4
- 72008–1/4
- 8Amandine2010 · confirmed 1/42010–1/4
- 92011–1/4
- 102012–1/4
Marlena de Blasi books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Italian Memoirs in order
6 booksStandalone books
4 books4 Marlena de Blasi titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Marlena de Blasi books in order?
You only need to read Marlena de Blasi books in order within the Italian Memoirs series, which holds 6 of the 10 Marlena de Blasi books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Marlena de Blasi
Start with Regional Foods of Southern Italy (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Marlena de Blasi book?
The Umbrian Thursday Night Supper Club (2012) is the newest Marlena de Blasi book released so far.
Is there a new Marlena de Blasi book coming?
No next Marlena de Blasi book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Marlena de Blasi at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Marlena de Blasi title on record dates from 2012, 14 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Marlena de Blasi books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 1,312 pages across the 4 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Marlena de Blasi books, 5 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
What the Marlena de Blasi books are about
5 of the 10 Marlena de Blasi books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: italian cooking is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Italian Cooking 4 of 5 books
- Nonfiction 2 of 5 books
- Social life and customs 2 of 5 books
- Southern style 2 of 5 books
- Biography 1 of 5 books
- Cookery, Italian 1 of 5 books
- Cooking & Food 1 of 5 books
- Cooking, italian 1 of 5 books
- Travel 1 of 5 books
- Food 1 of 5 books
- Food habits 1 of 5 books
- Homes and haunts 1 of 5 books