Alberto Moravia books in order
Italian writer and journalist
- Lived
- 1907–1990
- Country
- Italy
- Books
- 37
- Also writes as
- Pseudo
Alberto Moravia published 25 novels, 1 novella, 8 short story collections, 2 non-fiction books and 1 other book, beginning with Agostino (1943). The best-known is Il Conformista (1951).
Updated September 2026
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Il Conformista
Alberto Moravia's most-read book.
Standalone novels in order
Gli Indifferenti (1929)
The Woman of Rome (1947)
Conjugal Love (1949)
Disobedience (1950)
Il Conformista (1951)
I Racconti (1952)
The Fancy Dress Party (1952)
Two Adolescents (1952)
Contempt (1954)
A Ghost at Noon (1955)
Two Women (1957)
Boredom (1960)
La Noia (1960)
The Empty Canvas (1961)
Man as an End (1965)
The Lie (1965)
The Conformist [by] Alberto Moravia (1970)
The Time of Indifference (1970)
The Two of Us (1971)
Two (1971)
Boh (1976)
La Vita Interiore (1978)
Time of Desecration (1980)
1934 (1982)
The Voyeur (1985)
Novellas in order
Agostino (1943)
Short story collections in order
Racconti Romani (1954)
Roman Tales (1956)
More Roman Tales (1963)
The Fetish, and Other Stories (1965)
Command, and I Will Obey You (1969)
Paradise & Other Stories (1971)
Bitter Honeymoon, and Other Stories (1977)
Erotic Tales (1985)
Non-fiction in order
The Red Book and the Great Wall (1968)
Which Tribe Do You Belong To? (1972)
Other books in order
The Conformist (1951)
Film and TV adaptations
- Contempt (1963)Film · from Contempt
- Two Women (1960)Film · from Two Women
- L'Ennui (1998)Film · from Boredom
About Alberto Moravia
Alberto Pincherle, known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel Gli indifferenti and for the anti-fascist novel Il conformista, the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his adapted for the cinema are Agostino, filmed with the same title by Mauro Bolognini in 1962; Il disprezzo, filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris ; La noia (Boredom), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as The Empty Canvas in 1964 and La ciociara, filmed by Vittorio De Sica as Two Women (1960). Cédric Kahn's L'Ennui (1998) is another version of La noia.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Alberto Moravia FAQ
- How many books has Alberto Moravia written?
- Alberto Moravia published 25 novels, 1 novella, 8 short story collections, 2 non-fiction books and 1 other book that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Alberto Moravia's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Il Conformista.
- What is Alberto Moravia's last book?
- The Voyeur (1985).
- What is Alberto Moravia's most famous book?
- Il Conformista (1951) is Alberto Moravia's most widely read book.
- Does Alberto Moravia write under a pen name?
- Yes: Alberto Moravia has also published as Pseudo.
- Which Alberto Moravia books have been adapted?
- 3 books have been adapted for film or TV, including Contempt (film, 1963), Two Women (film, 1960) and Boredom (as L'Ennui, film, 1998).
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.