Once you have decided what novel you want to read ( see the main list in my previous post), it could be useful for you to know the Italian pronunciation
http://www.learnitalianow.net/2013/01/the-different-gendre-od-books-in.html
essay = saggio narrative= narrativa lyric poetry = lirica poetica prose = prosa. the epic-chivalrous or picaresque novel = romazo epico –cavalleresco o picaresco The adventure novel = romanzo d’avventura the realistic novel = romanzo realistico the police novel = romanzo poliziesco the Gothic novel = il romanzo gotico he horror novel = romanzo horror humor/ funny novel = romanzo comico the romance novel = romanzo rosa
the biographical novels = romanzi biografici