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