[go: up one dir, main page]
2026 Reading Challenge
Donna Leon

Donna Leon’s Followers (2,923)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo

Donna Leon


Born
in Montclair, New Jersey, The United States
September 28, 1942

Website

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Donna Leon (born September 29, 1942, in Montclair, New Jersey) is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti.

Donna Leon has lived in Venice for over twenty-five years. She has worked as a lecturer in English Literature for the University of Maryland University College - Europe (UMUC-Europe) in Italy, then as a Professor from 1981 to 1999 at the american military base of Vicenza (Italy) and a writer.

Her crime novels are all situated in or near Venice. They are written in English and translated into many foreign languages, although not, by her request, into Italian. Her ninth Brunetti novel, Friends in High Places, won the Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger i ...more

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.94 · 404,983 ratings · 30,593 reviews · 107 distinct works • Similar authors
Death at La Fenice (Commiss...
3.88 avg rating — 42,533 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Death in a Strange Country ...
3.94 avg rating — 20,727 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Acqua Alta (Commissario Bru...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17,385 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Dressed for Death (Commissa...
3.95 avg rating — 17,525 ratings — published 1994 — 121 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
A Noble Radiance (Commissar...
4.06 avg rating — 13,211 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Death and Judgment (Commiss...
3.93 avg rating — 13,281 ratings — published 1995 — 110 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Friends in High Places (Com...
3.90 avg rating — 12,372 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Quietly in Their Sleep (Com...
3.95 avg rating — 11,790 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
Transient Desires (Commissa...
4.09 avg rating — 11,276 ratings — published 2021 — 45 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
A Sea of Troubles (Commissa...
3.97 avg rating — 11,504 ratings — published 2001 — 82 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars
More books by Donna Leon…

Series by Donna Leon

Death at La Fenice Death in a Strange Country Dressed for Death Death and Judgment Acqua Alta Quietly in Their Sleep A Noble Radiance
(33 books)
by
3.95 avg rating — 396,960 ratings

Related News

We all have our reading bucket lists. James Mustich's 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die is bound to seriously expand that list...
Read more...
128 likes · 52 comments
Quotes by Donna Leon  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction.”
― Donna Leon, Death in a Strange Country
tags: church, italy, venice
23 likes
Like

“He hesitated then, anticipating the panic that came when there was nothing left to read”
― Donna Leon, Earthly Remains
20 likes
Like

“Though he did not believe, he was not untouched by the magic of belief ...”
― Donna Leon, Death and Judgment
20 likes
Like

Polls

Next Focus on the Author

 
  57 votes, 33.1%

 
  20 votes, 11.6%

 
  16 votes, 9.3%

 
  15 votes, 8.7%

 
  13 votes, 7.6%

 
  12 votes, 7.0%

 
  11 votes, 6.4%

 
  11 votes, 6.4%

 
  9 votes, 5.2%

 
  8 votes, 4.7%

172 total votes
More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
The Book Challenge: Samantha's 2008 Book Challenge 35 330 31 déc. 2008 08:29  
The Next Best Boo...: Female author recommendations? 63 1359 20 fév. 2009 20:57  
The Next Best Boo...: OFFICIAL WINTER CHALLENGE - 2008/2009 2155 4187 04 mar. 2009 16:03  
The Book Challenge: Poppy's Book Challenge 28 231 28 avr. 2009 00:35  
Readers and Reading: JUNE 2010 Reads 22 75 16 juil. 2010 04:23  
Readers and Reading: This topic has been closed to new comments. July - August, 2010 CHAT 35 116 29 août 2010 22:59  
2010 A-Z Titles: Carrie's 2010 List 19 44 16 nov. 2010 00:34  


Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Donna to Goodreads.