8 must-read nonfiction books like See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes

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See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

By: Frances Mayes

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuo…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Girl in Hyacinth Blue

By: Susan Vreeland

3.74

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

A professor invites a colleague from the art department to his home to view a painting he has kept … read more

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"Work is love made plain, whether man’s work or woman’s work."

-Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

"I came to see that knowing what love isn't might be just as valuable, though infinitely less satisfying, as knowing what it is."

-Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

"No one but another painter could know the delicacy required to balance the complexities, to keep reality at bay in order to remain in the innermost center of his work."

-Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

"The only place Aletta and I could be together unseen was just under the rafters in the church tower, a circumstance that propelled us into an earlier intimacy than what we would have known had we bee…"

-Susan Vreeland, Girl in Hyacinth Blue

Cover of No Surrender (Skink #7) by Carl Hiaasen

2. No Surrender (Skink #7)

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.00

Format: 281 pages, Library Binding

Carl Hiaasen serves up his unique brand of swamp justice in the New York Times bestseller Skink—No … read more

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  • audiobook
"You live most of your life in your head, so make sure it's in a good space."

-Carl Hiaasen, No Surrender (Skink #7)

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3. The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder

By: Daniel Stashower

3.69

Format: None pages,

On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the … read more

Similar categories in Daniel Stashower's The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • nonfiction
  • biography
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4. The Little Antique Shop Under The Eiffel Tower

By: Rebecca Raisin

3.74

Format: 296 pages,

Escape to Paris this summer and prepare to be swept off your feet... Anouk LaRue used to be a roman… read more

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5. Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo

By: Tim Parks

4.09

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

The best-selling author of Italian Neighborsreturns with a wry and revealing portrait of Italian li… read more

Similar categories in Tim Parks's Italian Ways: On and Off the Rails from Milan to Palermo book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • italy
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • italian literature

6. My Italian Bulldozer

By: Alexander McCall Smith

2.00

Format: 88 pages,

When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late… read more

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  • italy
  • travel
  • audiobook
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7. A Year in Provence

By: Peter Mayle

3.67

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

National Bestseller In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to r… read more

Similar categories in Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • food
  • nonfiction
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8. Summer's End

By: Danielle Steel

4.08

Format: 581 pages,

Deanna was eighteen when she married a handsome Frenchman, attorney Marc-Edouard Duras. Now, at thi… read more

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9. The City of Falling Angels

By: John Berendt

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

The author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil returns after more than a decade to give us a… read more

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10. Last House

By: Jessica Shattuck

3.64

Format: 321 pages, Hardcover

"An ambitious historical epic that doubles as an intimate family saga. Jessica Shattuck captures an… read more

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  • audiobook
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11. Before the Crown

By: Flora Harding

3.90

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Before the crown there was a love story… ’If you’re a fan of The Crown, you’ll love this… read more

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  • audiobook
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12. Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

By: Tina Turner

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

I dedicate this book to you… in honor of your unseen efforts to triumph over each problem life send… read more

Similar categories in Tina Turner's Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
  • audiobook
"When we dream, and especially when we dream big, there is always a gap between the reality of what we have and our goals. The key is finding a way to successfully bridge that distance."

-Tina Turner, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

"7. LEARNING Positive: Striving for self-improvement by studying new concepts through others’ teachings. Negative: Tendency to become self-centered; dismissive attitude toward others with less experie…"

-Tina Turner, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

"Ако има един урок, който съм научила, той е, че сблъсъкът с беди, както се е случвало на самата мен, не е непременно нещо лошо. Важното е на какво ще ни научи, как ще го използваме, за да оформим себ…"

-Tina Turner, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

"I really do believe that age is just a number, and I have never let age stand in my way. Not at forty-two, when people said that I was too old to be a rock star. And not now, in my eighties, when the…"

-Tina Turner, Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

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13. The Lost Vintage

By: Ann Mah

4.03

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Sweetbitter meets The Nightingale in this page-turning novel about a woman who returns to her famil… read more

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  • audiobook
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14. A Taste for Vengeance (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11)

By: Martin Walker

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

When a British tourist fails to turn up for a luxurious cooking vacation in Bruno's usually idyllic… read more

Similar categories in Martin Walker's A Taste for Vengeance (Bruno, Chief of Police, #11) book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • food
  • audiobook
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15. The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club

By: Helen Simonson

3.96

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A timeless comedy of manners—refreshing as a summer breeze and bracing as the British seaside—about… read more

Similar categories in Helen Simonson's The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • audiobook
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16. All the Summers in Between

By: Brooke Lea Foster

3.27

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When wealthy, impulsive summer girl Margot meets hardworking and steady local girl Thea in the summ… read more

Similar categories in Brooke Lea Foster's All the Summers in Between book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • audiobook
Cover of The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women by Barbie Latza Nadeau

17. The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women

By: Barbie Latza Nadeau

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“ The Godmother [is a] crisply written, dutifully researched book exploring the role of women in th… read more

Similar categories in Barbie Latza Nadeau's The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance, and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • italy
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
Cover of See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes

18. See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

By: Frances Mayes

3.52

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

The bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuo… read more

Similar categories in Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • italy
  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • foodie
  • food
  • nonfiction
  • italian literature
  • travelogue
  • audiobook
Cover of Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair by June Gervais

19. Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair

By: June Gervais

3.96

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

An uplifting, feminist coming-of-age love story about a young woman who dreams of becoming a tattoo… read more

Similar categories in June Gervais's Jobs for Girls with Artistic Flair book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • audiobook
Cover of A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece by Peter Fiennes

20. A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece

By: Peter Fiennes

3.29

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

What do the Greek myths mean to us today? It’s now a golden age for these tales – they crop up in n… read more

Similar categories in Peter Fiennes's A Thing of Beauty: Travels in Mythical and Modern Greece book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Cinnamon and Salt: Ciccheti in Venice: Small Bites From The Lagoon City by Emiko Davies

21. Cinnamon and Salt: Ciccheti in Venice: Small Bites From The Lagoon City

By: Emiko Davies

4.08

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Cinnamon and Salt is a collection of recipes, stories and photographs that invites you to beautiful… read more

Similar categories in Emiko Davies's Cinnamon and Salt: Ciccheti in Venice: Small Bites From The Lagoon City book and Frances Mayes's See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy

  • italy
  • nonfiction
  • food
  • travel

12 Top audiobook books like See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy by Frances Mayes

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No Surrender (Skink #7)

Carl Hiaasen

4.00

My Italian Bulldozer

Alexander McCall Smith

2.00

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Last House

Jessica Shattuck

3.64

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Before the Crown

Flora Harding

3.90

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The Royal Nanny

Karen Harper

3.93

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Flora Harding

3.90

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Ren Richards

3.83

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