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A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboDeadly Election by Arthur CrandonFirst I Love You by Genevieve DeweyBoot by Charles L. TempletonFound Money by Peter Watson Jenkins
Little Known Authors Worth Reading
3,938 books — 3,118 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best French Literature
872 books — 1,572 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
449 books — 767 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 498 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
371 books — 294 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLes Misérables by Victor HugoMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Classic French Literature
344 books — 255 voters

The Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnCode Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
WW2: The Resistance - Fiction & Non-Fiction
304 books — 191 voters
The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia RodenEssentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella HazanMadhur Jaffrey's World Vegetarian by Madhur JaffreyMastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia ChildOlive Trees and Honey by Gil Marks
Best Ethnic Cookbooks
317 books — 144 voters

5 Minute Fitness Strength Training for Senior Women at 50+ by Bruce HarrisLift, Eat, Repeat by spoonacularSuper Cleanse by Adina NiemerowThe Vail Method by Matthew EhrlichWeight Loss Secrets - How to get a slim, energetic, good look... by Lise Gottlieb
It's All About Being Fit and Healthy
203 books — 135 voters
Catherine the Great by Robert K. MassieNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserQueen Isabella by Alison WeirEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison Weir
Oh, Royalty...
380 books — 134 voters

Les Fiancés de l'hiver by Christelle DabosLe Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryD'un monde à l'autre by Pierre BotteroLes sortceliers by Sophie Audouin-MamikonianEllana by Pierre Bottero
French Fantasy/Fantaisie française
127 books — 101 voters
A Year in Provence by Peter MayleMy Life in France by Julia ChildAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Life in France
284 books — 80 voters

Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansLes Misérables by Victor HugoA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke
Little Bit of Paris
173 books — 67 voters
One Hot Italian Summer by Karina HalleGetting Hot with the Scot by Melonie JohnsonDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesSmitten by the Brit by Melonie JohnsonComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa Layne
Book Boyfriends With Accents
125 books — 67 voters

Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Story of Babar by Jean de BrunhoffAsterix the Gaul by René GoscinnyThe Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage CarlsonThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
KIDS France..and Paris! Les enfants...Kids!
173 books — 57 voters
La Nuit des temps by René BarjavelVingt mille lieues sous les mers by Jules VerneEmpire of the Ants by Bernard WerberLa Planète des singes by Pierre BoulleContact Immédiat Nous Ne Sommes Pas Seuls Dans L'Univers by Bryant Johnson
French Science-Fiction / Science-Fiction Française
88 books — 52 voters

Le Plongeur by Stéphane LarueThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai RichlerLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'NeillThe Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O'NeillBeautiful Losers by Leonard Cohen
Books set in Montreal
157 books — 45 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasTwenty Years After by Alexandre DumasLa Reine Margot by Alexandre DumasThe Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas
Best of Dumas
31 books — 40 voters

Joan of Arc by Mark TwainJoan by Donald SpotoJoan of Arc by Régine PernoudJoan by Katherine J. ChenSaint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
Joan of Arc Books
192 books — 36 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
The 52 Book Club 2026: #49 - In The 800's Of The Dewey Decimal System
182 books — 33 voters

Big Freedia by Big FreediaI Love My Doctor, But... by Lawrence W. GoldSexuality and Its Impact on History by Hunter S. JonesCreole by Sybil KeinBlack Life in Old New Orleans by Victor Block
New Orleans (nonfiction)
94 books — 32 voters
In Search of the Return by Joshua RaymondQuiet American by Graham GreeneLotusland by David JoinerThe Lover by Marguerite DurasTree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Fictitious Vietnam
54 books — 31 voters

Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert CamusLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireCandide by VoltaireMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
The french list
306 books — 30 voters
Rhinocéros by Eugène IonescoMémoires d'Hadrien by Marguerite YourcenarL'Amant by Marguerite DurasBonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganUne si longue lettre by Mariama Bâ
French literature 1950-2000
90 books — 28 voters

Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansMadeline's Rescue by Ludwig BemelmansStone Soup by Marcia BrownMadeline's Christmas by Ludwig BemelmansEloise in Paris by Kay Thompson
France: for Children and Middle Grades
272 books — 23 voters
Une petite chose by Piper VaughnThe Backup Boyfriend by River JaymesJustin' Love by H.V. GavrielJournal d'une robe noire by H.V. GavrielAfter the Sunset by Mary Calmes
Romans M/M en Français
161 books — 19 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Best European Novels Of All Times
121 books — 17 voters
Fire & Ice by Laura HamiltonUp to No Good by Karen S. SmithMénage by Emma HollyCassandra's Conflict by Fredrica AlleynZomerkoorts by Anna Ricci
Black Lace collection
46 books — 14 voters

The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O'NeillAliss by Patrick SenécalBeautiful Losers by Leonard CohenJump by Marianne AckermanMemories of a Butterfly by Ivan Vlasov
Novels Set in Montreal, Canada
12 books — 8 voters
The Western Canon by Harold BloomNotes Towards The Definition Of Culture by T.S. EliotPhaedrus by PlatoThe intimate philosophy of art by John ArmstrongCulture and Anarchy by Matthew Arnold
Roger Scruton's Bibliographies
100 books — 6 voters

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