| Alvaro, Corrado | The Black Mare |
| Berto, Giuseppe | Midnight Trysts |
| Brancati, Vitaliano | Enemies |
| Brancati, Vitaliano | The Old Print |
| Brancati, Vitaliano | Pipes and Walking Sticks |
| Buzzati, Dino | Seven Stories |
| Cakvino, Italo | Unpa Nights |
| Cakvino, Italo | Last Comes the Raven |
| D'Arzo, Silvio | Exile |
| Ginzburg, Natalia | Valentino |
| Manzini, Gianna | Fate |
| Moravia, Alberto | A Sick Boy's Winter |
| Ortese, Anna Maria | A Pair of Glasses |
| Pavese, Cesare | Suicides |
| Pirandello, Luigi | To the Hoe! |
| Pratolini, Vasco | A Long Christmas Journey |
| Rea, Domenico, Rea | Mother and Daughter |
| Rimanelli, Giose | A Marriage Contract |
| Silone, Ignazio | The Parting of the Ways |
| Soldati, Mario | The Father of the Orphans |
| Svevo, Italo | In My Indolence |
| Tecchi, Bonaventura | Blind Alley |
| Tozzi, Federigo | Tenants |
| Tozzi, Federigo | Revenge |
| Verga, Giovanni | Malaria |
| Verga, Giovanni | Property |