Maurizio de Giovanni Books in Order
Maurizio de Giovanni has written 38 books, published between 2007 and 2024. The first book is I Will Have Vengeance (2007) and the newest is Volver (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 38
- Published
- 2007–2024
- Pages on record
- 5,390 in 16 of 38 books
Thirty-eight books make up Maurizio de Giovanni's catalogue, published between 2007 and 2024. Three series carry it: the Commissario Ricciardi novels, the Giuseppe Lojacono books and Le indagini di Sara. The catalogue opens with I Will Have Vengeance in 2007 and reaches Volver in 2024, with murder, police investigation and Italian settings as its standing subjects. De Giovanni is an Italian mystery novelist, born in Naples in 1958, and the catalogue is ongoing.
Source: Wikidata
How many Maurizio de Giovanni books are there?
Maurizio de Giovanni has 38 books, released between 2007 and 2024. They include 3 separate series.
Maurizio de Giovanni Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 38 Maurizio de Giovanni 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 November 2026.
- 120072162/4
- 220083432/4
- 32009–2/4
- 420103662/4
- 520113502/4
- 620122622/4
- 720123252/4
- 8The Bastards of Pizzofalcone / I Bastardi di PizzofalconeGiuseppe Lojacono #22013 · 323 pages · confirmed 2/420133232/4
- 92013–2/4
- 10Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone / Buio per i Bastardi di PizzofalconeGiuseppe Lojacono #42013 · 317 pages · confirmed 2/420133172/4
- 112013–2/4
- 12Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone / Gelo per i bastardi di PizzofalconeGiuseppe Lojacono #62014 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/420143202/4
- 132014–2/4
- 1420144562/4
- 1520154122/4
- 16Puppies / Cuccioli per i Bastardi di PizzofalconeGiuseppe Lojacono #82015 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/420153042/4
- 172015–2/4
- 1820163972/4
- 1920163522/4
- 202016–2/4
- 2120173842/4
- 222017–2/4
- 232018–2/4
- 242018–2/4
- 252019–2/4
- 262019–2/4
- 272019–2/4
- 2820192632/4
- 292019–2/4
- 302020–2/4
- 312020–2/4
- 322021–2/4
- 332021–2/4
- 342022–2/4
- 352022–2/4
- 362022–2/4
- 372023–2/4
- 382024–2/4
Maurizio de Giovanni series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Commissario Ricciardi books in order 15 books
Maurizio de Giovanni 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.
Giuseppe Lojacono in order
16 books- 1. The Crocodile / Il metodo del coccodrillo
- 2. The Bastards of Pizzofalcone / I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 3. I Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 4. Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone / Buio per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 5. Buio per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 6. Cold for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone / Gelo per i bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 7. Gelo per i bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 8. Puppies / Cuccioli per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 9. Cuccioli per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 10. Bread / Pane per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 11. Pane per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- 12. Souvenir per i Bastardi di Pizzofalcone
- and 4 more in the table above
Le indagini di Sara in order
7 booksDo you have to read Maurizio de Giovanni books in order?
You only need to read Maurizio de Giovanni books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Maurizio de Giovanni
Start with I Will Have Vengeance (2007), the first Commissario Ricciardi book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Maurizio de Giovanni book?
Volver (2024) is the newest Maurizio de Giovanni book released so far.
Is there a new Maurizio de Giovanni book coming?
No next Maurizio de Giovanni book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Awards Maurizio de Giovanni has won
Wikidata records 1 award for Maurizio de Giovanni. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- Bancarella Selection Prize2013Wonfor Vipera
Maurizio de Giovanni at a glance
- Still publishing
- Maurizio de Giovanni published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Maurizio de Giovanni books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 5,390 pages across the 16 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 334 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Maurizio de Giovanni books, 26 of 38, were published in the 2010s.
When Maurizio de Giovanni books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Maurizio de Giovanni titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 26 titles.
38 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Maurizio de Giovanni books are about
15 of the 38 Maurizio de Giovanni books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: italy is tagged on 10 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Italy 10 of 15 books
- Crime 8 of 15 books
- Murder 7 of 15 books
- Police 7 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 15 books
- Investigation 4 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 4 of 15 books
- History 3 of 15 books
- International crimes 3 of 15 books