La strada che va in città [The Road to the City] (novella) 1942

È stato così [The Dry Heart] (novella) 1947

Tutti i nostri ieri [Dead Yesterdays] (novel) 1952; revised as All Our Yesterdays, 1985

Valentino [Two Novellas: Valentino and Sagittarius] (novellas) 1957

Le voci della sera [Voices in the Evening] (novella) 1961

Le piccole virtù [The Little Virtues] (essays) 1962

Lessico famigliare [Family Sayings] (memoir) 1963

Cinque romanzi brevi (novels) 1964

Fragola e panna (play) 1966

Ti ho sposato per allegria e alter commedie (play) 1966

La segretaria (play) 1967

L'inserzione [The Advertisement] (play) 1968

Mai devi domandarmi [Never Must You Ask Me] (essays) 1970

Caro Michele [No Way] (novel) 1973; also published as Dear Michael, 1975

Vita immaginaria (essays) 1974

Famiglia [Family: Two Novellas] (novellas) 1977

La famiglia Manzoni [The Manzoni Family] (biography) 1983

La città e la casa [The City and the House] (novel) 1984

Opere, raccolte e ordinate dall'autore. 2 vols. (novellas, memoir, essays, plays) 1986-87

Serena Cruz, o la vera giustizia (essays) 1990

Teatro (plays) 1990

A Place to Live, and Other Selected Essays of Natalia Ginzburg (essays) 2002

It's Hard to Talk about Yourself (interviews) 2003