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ⓘ About Primo Levi
Primo Levi was a Jewish Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author born in 1919 in Turin, Italy. Growing up, he was a sickly and frail child and was often mocked for his timid disposition and small frame. As such, he became socially withdrawn though he excelled in his academic pursuits and was among the Jews that got their degree from the university before it was made illegal for them to attend colleges. During the Holocaust, Levi became a partisan while his mother and sister hid from the police. Unfortunately, his partisan group was infiltrated by Mussolini fascists and he was caught and sent to a labor camp in Italy before being transferred to Auschwitz.
All Book Series by Primo Levi
San Francisco Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 1990 Anthology · John Miller
On Suicide: Great Writers on the Ultimate Question
Book 3 of 12 · published 1992 Co-authored · William Shakespeare,Virginia Woolf,Ambrose Bierce,Leo Tolstoy,Graham Greene,Langston Hughes,Emily Dickinson,John Donne,Plato,Jorge Luis Borges,Gustave Flaubert,Robert Coles,Walker Percy,Albert Camus,Cynthia Ozick,William Styron,Dorothy Parker,Sylvia Plath,Phillip Lopate,John Miller,Genevieve Anderson,Alfred Alvarez,Émile Durkheim,Howard I. Kushner
New Orleans Stories
Book 4 of 12 · published 1992 Anthology · John Miller,Genevieve Anderson
Chicago Stories
Book 5 of 12 · published 1993 Anthology · Stuart Dybek,John Miller
Southwest Stories
Book 6 of 12 · published 1993 Anthology · D.H. Lawrence,Alison Moore,Barry Gifford,Sandra Cisneros,Larry McMurtry,Sam Shepard,Leslie Marmon Silko,C.G. Jung,John Miller,Georgia O'Keefe
Florida Stories
Book 7 of 12 · published 1993 Anthology · Dave Barry,Elmore Leonard,Ernest Hemingway,John D. MacDonald,Damon Runyon,Isaac Bashevis Singer,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Stephen Crane,Zora Neale Hurston,Elizabeth Bishop,Tennessee Williams,Alison Lurie,Wallace Stevens,John Sayles,John James Audubon,Joy Williams,Joan Didion,John Miller,KirstenMiller,William Bartram
Lust: Lascivious Love Stories and Passionate Poems
Book 8 of 12 · published 1994 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
Alaska Stories
Book 9 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
Texas Stories
Book 10 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · John Miller,KirstenMiller
San Francisco Thrillers
Book 11 of 12 · published 1995 Anthology · Tim Smith,John Miller
Cape Cod Stories
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2002 Anthology · Tim Smith,John Miller
Writers: Their Lives and Works
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2018
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Primo Levi?
Primo Levi was a Jewish Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author born in 1919 in Turin, Italy. Growing up, he was a sickly and frail child and was often mocked for his timid disposition and small frame. As such, he became socially withdrawn though he excelled in his academic pursuits and was among the Jews that got their degree from the university before it was made illegal for them to attend colleges.
Which Primo Levi series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Auschwitz Trilogy series, the earliest of Primo Levi's multi-book series: it opens with Survival in Auschwitz (1947) and runs to 3 books across 1947–1986, ending with The Drowned and the Saved (1986).
How many books has Primo Levi written?
Primo Levi has 40 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1947 and 2018. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Auschwitz Trilogy series with 3 books — and 37 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Primo Levi's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Primo Levi's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Auschwitz Trilogy (1947–1986, 3 books).
How are Primo Levi's books organised into series?
This guide splits Primo Levi's 40 books into 1 named series and 37 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Auschwitz Trilogy (3 books, 1947–1986).