The novel "The Zrinjski-Frankopan Conspiracy" (1893) was the most widely read Croatian book for ten years, and, thanks to the interest of readers at the time in historical events, it had a huge influence on younger generations of readers.
The Magic Love Box (2002) follows the life story of Federica Campione, which begins in Vina del Mar, Chile, in the summer of 1982. Montefiore creates an epic story of growth, where the magic is not only in the box, but in the courage to let go of the past
The novel "Usta puna zemlje" (1970), the masterpiece of the Serbian writer Branimir Šćepanović, is a psychologically in-depth explorer of the limits of the human soul, solitude and existential freedom, reminiscent of Kafka and Camus.