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Top 100 Novels in Italy

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest novels in Italy, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 387 novels tracked in Italy, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. The Count of Monte Cristo, The Prince and Old Testament lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 210k, and the largest, The Count of Monte Cristo, reaches around 3.3M people in Italy. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with each novel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Italy and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Italy who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Italy. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Italy, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Italy. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Eldest 50k 56.9 34.1% Novel
77 Notes from Underground 50k Novel
78 Book Lovers 49k 33.7 64.9% Novel
79 The Shadow of the Wind 47k Novel
80 Blindness (novel) 45k Novel
81 The Secret History 44k Novel
82 Aeneid 44k 42.8 70.0% Novel
83 Tao Te Ching 43k 44.9 59.7% Novel
84 Jonathan Livingston Seagull 42k 30.9 61.6% Novel
85 Executive Orders 41k Novel
86 Hatha Yoga Pradipika 41k 49.8 71.5% Novel
87 Trade Me 40k 43.2 45.1% Novel
88 Gabriel's Inferno 39k 43.4 100.0% Novel
89 The Lady of the Camellias 38k Novel
90 The Idiot 38k 39.5 74.6% Novel
91 Journey to the End of the Night 36k 41.2 72.9% Novel
92 The Overcoat 35k 37.5 61.7% Novel
93 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 34k 39.0 44.8% Novel
94 A Streetcar Named Desire (play) 34k Novel
95 The Jungle 33k 38.1 63.4% Novel
96 Shakespeare's sonnets 32k 43.6 64.5% Novel
97 Imperialism 32k 38.1 47.7% Novel
98 The Fellowship of the Ring 31k 43.9 0.0% Novel
99 The Red and the Black 29k 30.0 100.0% Novel
100 Goodnight Moon 29k 36.8 83.7% Novel

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Italy and ranks each novel by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest novel in Italy?

The Count of Monte Cristo currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.3M people in Italy.

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