Looking for the next book to dive into as you sip on your morning cappuccino or wait for your sauce to finish simmering? Here are 19 famous novels by Italian authors to complete your summer reading list for 2019. Many of the novels on this list were originally penned in the Italian language and translated into English years later, and some were even adapted for the big screen.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The award-winning debut album for Eco is a murder mystery combined with biblical analysis, literary theory, medieval studies, and semiotics in fiction. The 1980 novel was also turned into a movie featuring Sean Connery and Christian Slater in 1986. A television series based on the novel has also been created this year.