Mystery

Commissario Brunetti

Donna Leon

32 books

Venetian police commissioner Guido Brunetti investigates murders while navigating corruption, bureaucracy, and the beauty of a slowly sinking city — literary crime fiction at its most elegant.

Reading Order

  1. 1.

    Death at La Fenice

    Each book is also a meditation on Venice and Italian culture — start here.

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  2. 2.

    Death in a Strange Country

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  3. 3.

    The Anonymous Venetian

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  4. 4.

    A Venetian Reckoning

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  5. 5.

    Acqua Alta

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  6. 6.

    The Death of Faith

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  7. 7.

    A Noble Radiance

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  8. 8.

    Fatal Remedies

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  9. 9.

    Friends in High Places

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  10. 10.

    A Sea of Troubles

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