''Il Giallo Mondadori'' is an Italian series of mystery/crime novels published by

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore Arnoldo Mondadori Editore () is the biggest publishing company in Italy. History The company was founded in 1907 in Ostiglia by 18-year-old Arnoldo Mondadori who began his publishing career with the publication of the magazine ''Luce!''. In 1 ...

since 1929. Their original title was ''I libri gialli'', where ''giallo'' in Italian means "yellow", a reference to the color of the cover background. The title was changed to ''I gialli Mondadori'' in 1946. The series had a weekly periodicity for decades, while currently is published every fifteen days. In its long life, the series spawned several companion series, the most successful being ''I classici del Giallo'', which is still ongoing and publishes reprints. The series usually features translations of American novels, although Italian and European authors have become more frequent starting from the 1990s; authors published include

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(the first issue was ''The Case of Silent Partner''),

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, Seicho Matsumoto,

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, John D. MacDonald,

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, Giulio Leoni,

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and many others. There was usually a short appendix containing articles and short stories (including, for many years, stories from the ''

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''). In the ''pulp'' collection Il Giallo Mondadori presenta (edited by Alan D. Altieri) authors published include the Italian horror writer Alda Teodorani, and Claudia Salvatori. Cover artists include Kurt Caesar and Carlo Jacono, who realized the covers until 1986.

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