All of the Don Camillo stories originally appeared individually-- one chapter at a time, in our terms-- in weekly journals (the vast majority of them as a continuing feature in Giovannino Guareschi's own weekly paper, Candido, between 1946 and 1960). There were 347 in all. Some of these pieces were then periodically collected and released in book form, three such volumes appearing in Italian during Guareschi's lifetime (in 1948, 1953, and 1963) and a fourth just posthumously (in 1969).

In English, of course, we only received the stories collected in book form-- but we got six volumes (comprising 132 stories), as follows:

Nos. 1, 2, 5, and 6 were translations of the four Italian books alluded to above. Nos. 3 & 4 do not correspond to any particular Italian books; they were assembled specially for export to the eager English-speaking world. All were released in the US (mostly by Farrar, Straus, et al.), in Great Britain (by Victor Gollancz) and (I believe) in Canada.

Use the linked titles above, or those in the menu bar at left, to learn more about the individual books. On each book's page, I've listed publication data, a general plot description, and one-line summary blurbs for all of the chapters. When you've satisfied your curiosity on those things, I hope you'll also have a look at my pages on the stories' appeal, major characters, GG's big themes, some favorite quotes, and the critics' opinions.

P.S. You'll notice that I have named the books under their American titles first, but on each story's page I've also tried to give as much publication information, including UK and Canadian, as I could find about each one (data for the most part simply copied right out of the front pages of various editions I own-- if you have info. to add, please email me!).