 | The World of Venice: Revised Edition by Jan Morris
Buy new: $13.68 / Used from: $2.37 The ever-popular Jan Morris with enough dirt on Venice to fill the canals. Amazing.
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 | Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Donna Leon writes about Venice accurately, and she writes about food exquisitely. Any of her books will make you very hungry for both.
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 | Dead Lagoon: An Aurelio Zen Mystery by Michael Dibdin
Buy new: $11.16 / Used from: $0.01 Too bad Aurelio Zen wasn't in Venice more often...
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 | Simple Prayers by Michael Golding
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $0.01 A beautiful, but overlooked book. Don't miss it.
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 | A Mapmaker's Dream: The Meditations of Fra Mauro, Cartographer to the Court of Venice by James Cowan
Buy used from: $0.01 Reminded me a little of Milan Kundera...I discovered little gems scattered throughout the book. Very sweet.
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 | The Passion by Jeanette Winterson
Buy new: $11.20 / Used from: $0.49 A gorgeous, somewhat erotic tale by one of my favorite authors.
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 | The Gondola Scam (Lovejoy Mystery) by Jonathan Gash
Buy used from: $0.01 Cute, but it REALLY reminded me of my first trip to Venice. Except for the crime, of course.
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 | The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Buy used from: $0.01 The story was, to me, a bit disturbing, but the word paintings of the Italian riviera and Venice were lovely.
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 | The Anonymous Venetian (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) by Donna Leon
Buy used from: $55.80 What can I say? I like Donna Leon.
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 | Vaporetto 13 by Robert Girardi
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $0.16 Good background info, but the ending left me quite unsatisfied.
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