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An easy counting argument shows that \\(\\bigcup_{g \\in G} H^{G} \\not =G\\). However, there are examples of finite groups which are the union of conjugates of two proper subgroups (typical examples are Frobenius groups).\\N\\NA normal (weak normal) \\(k\\)-covering of \\(G\\) is a set \\(\\mu= \\{H_{1}, \\ldots, H_{k} \\}\\) of \\(k\\) proper subgroups of \\(G\\) with the property that every element of \\(G\\) belongs to the conjugate \\(H_{i}^{g}\\), for some \\(i \\in \\{1, \\ldots , k\\}\\) and for some \\(g \\in G\\) (\\(g \\in \\Aut(G)\\)). The normal (weak normal) covering number of \\(G\\), denoted by \\(\\gamma(G)\\) (\\(\\gamma_{w}(G)\\)), is the smallest integer \\(k\\) such that \\(G\\) admits a normal (weak normal) \\(k\\)-covering.\\N\\NThe purpose of this monograph is the classification of finite non-abelian simple groups such that \\(\\gamma_{w}(G)=2\\) and \\(\\gamma(G)=2\\) (an effective list appears in Tables 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7).\\N\\NIn the introduction, the authors give various motivations for their investigation. Besides the intrinsic theoretical interest in (weak) normal \\(2\\)-coverings, a few remarkable applications have arisen: ranging from Galois theory, the generation of simple groups and the density of derangement graphs. Each of these applications has a number of interesting open questions and conjectures, which might benefit from having a well-established theory of weak normal coverings. 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