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He wrote two other highly praised memoirs, {{lang|it|Lilit e altri racconti}} (''Moments of Reprieve'', 1978) and {{lang|it|Il sistema periodico}} (''The Periodic Table'', 1975). ''[[Moments of Reprieve]]'' deals with characters he observed during imprisonment. ''[[The Periodic Table (short story collection)|The Periodic Table]]'' is a collection of mostly autobiographical short stories and also includes two fictional stories that he wrote while being employed in 1941 at the asbestos mine in San Vittore. Each story is named after a chemical element and the story matter is related to that element. At London's [[Royal Institution]] on 19 October 2006, ''The Periodic Table'' was as the [[best science book ever]] written.<ref>{{cite news |last=Randerson |first=James |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/oct/21/uk.books |title=Levi's memoir beats Darwin to win science book title |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=20 October 2006 |access-date=30 March 2012 }}</ref>
In 1977 at the age of 58, Levi retired as a part-time consultant at the SIVA paint factory to devote himself full-time to writing. Like all his books, [[The Wrench|''La chiave a stella'']] (1978), published in the US in 1986 as ''The Monkey Wrench'' and in the UK in 1987 as ''The Wrench,'' is difficult to categorize. Some reviews describe it as a collection of stories about work and workers told by a narrator who resembles Levi. Others have called it a novel, created by the linked stories and characters. Set in the Fiat-run Russian company town of [[Tolyatti|Togliattigrad]], it portrays the engineer as a hero on whom others depend. The Piedmontese engineer Faussone has travelled the world as an expert in erecting cranes and bridges. Most of the stories involve the solution of industrial problems by the use of [[troubleshooting]] skills; many stories come from the author's personal experience. The underlying philosophy is that pride in one's work is necessary for
In 1984 Levi published his only [[novel]], ''[[If Not Now, When? (novel)|If Not Now, When?]]''— or his second novel, if ''The Monkey Wrench'' is counted. It traces the fortunes of a group of [[Jewish partisans]] behind German lines during World War II as they seek to survive and continue their fight against the occupier. With the ultimate goal of reaching [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] to take part in the development of a [[Jewish state|Jewish national home]], the partisan band reaches Poland and then German territory. There the surviving members are officially received as [[displaced persons]] in territory held by the Western allies. Finally, they succeeded in reaching Italy, on their way to Palestine. The novel won both the {{lang|it|[[Premio Campiello]]}} and the {{lang|it|[[Premio Viareggio]]}}.
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