A Ranking of All Italo Calvino’s Books

After years of steady work, I have finally finished reading the oeuvre of Italian genius Italo Calvino! He is unmatched in postmodernist literature for intellect and playfulness. Some books tip more toward extreme intellectualism, and some toward unbounded whimsy. The top five or six books here would easily be on my list of favorite reads. Calvino himse…