3. The Story of a New Name, Elena Ferrante
Fiction, Pages: 471, Published: September 2013
Yes, you need to have read the first of Ferrante's acclaimed Neopolitan Trilogy to truly appreciate the second, but it's so, so worth it. As love and sex infiltrate Elena and Lila's shared universe, their childhood bond splinters, frays, and warps, all against the backdrop of Naples' steamy summers.
