Sometimes you want to read in Italian. Sometimes you want to read in English.
There’s a great option: bilingual books!
Bilingual, or dual-language books, are books in which text appears side-by-side in both the target language and English. These are some of the Italian books to enjoy since you can practice your Italian without being in over your head.
Plus, there are plenty of different types of bilingual books, so there’s something out there for any learner at any level. You can read children’s books, Italian short stories and beginner and intermediate Italian books, all with the support of the helpful English-language text.
Try these English – Italian bilingual books from Italian and Foreign authors.
Charles Dickens – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Lewis Carroll – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
– THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
Hans Christian Andersen – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– FAIRY TALES
Torquato Tasso – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– GODFREY OF BULLOIGNE
William Shakespeare – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– HAMLET
Ludovico Ariosto – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– ORLANDO FURIOSO
Antonio Fogazzaro – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– PEREAT ROCHUS
Dante Alighieri – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– THE DIVINE COMEDY
Daniel Defoe – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE
Niccolo Machiavelli – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– THE PRINCE
Charles Perrault – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– THE TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE
Edgar Allan Poe – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– THE WORKS OF THE EDGAR ALLAN POE
Jerome Klapka Jerome – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– THREE MEN IN A BOAT
Lewis Carroll – Bilingual Edition: English – Italian
– THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE