Generations of people have taken the leap that many of us only dream of by moving to Italy and immersing themselves into a completely new culture and way of life.

The books below are the literary mirror to the experiences of those who did take the plunge and decided to live the dream: set in many different regions of Italy, they describe the experiences that are born of living there and they all have one thing in common: their authors are people who have developed a true love of their adopted homeland and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else!