The Greatest Books of All Time Set in France

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
7215 The Conquerors Andre Malraux 1928 French French
7215 Man's Hope Andre Malraux 1937 French French
7215 The Desert Of Love François Mauriac 1925 French French
7215 The Woman Of The Pharisees François Mauriac 1941 French French
7215 A Princesa De Clèves Madame de La Fayette 1678 French French
7215 Little Boy Lost Marghanita Laski 1949 British English
7215 Orient Express Graham Greene 1932 British English
7215 A Compass Error Sybille Bedford 1968 British English
7568 All Fires The Fire Julio Cortazar 1966 Argentinian Spanish
7585 After Sappho Selby Wynn Schwartz 2023 Unknown English
7595 Wealth And Power Orville Schell, John Delury 2013 Chinese English
7601 Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein 2012 British English
7605 Writing Marguerite Duras 1993 French French
7608 The Complete War Memoirs Of Charles De Gaulle Charles De Gaulle 1954 French French
7611 Selected Poetry And Prose Stéphane Mallarmé 1945 French French
7615 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7639 The Sermon On The Fall Of Rome Jerome Ferrari 2012 French French
7655 Collected Poetry Aimé Césaire 1946 French French
7655 The Sunday Of Life Raymond Queneau 1952 French French
7670 The Letters Of Vincent Van Gogh Vincent van Gogh 1914 Dutch Dutch
7682 Sophie Calle Sophie Calle 1994 French French
7687 The Rest is Noise Alex Ross 2007 American English
7716 Selected Writings Antonin Artaud 1947 French French
7723 The Peasants Of Languedoc Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 1966 French French
7744 Désirée Annemarie Selinko 1951 Austrian German
7755 One Hundred and One Poems by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine 1948 French French
7771 Napoleon Vincent Cronin 1971 British English
7771 Poems Of André Breton André Breton 1948 French French
7780 The Pairing Casey McQuiston 2024 Unknown English
7807 Products Of The Perfected Civilization Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort 1969 French French
7811 The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery 2006 French French
7819 Collected Stories Colette 1949 French French
7819 Selected Writings Henri Michaux 1949 French French
7819 Transparence Of The World Jean Follain 1949 French French
7830 The Blue Flowers Raymond Queneau 1965 French French
7838 The Invisible Life Of Addie La Rue V. E. Schwab 2020 American English
7852 L'organisation Jean Rolin 1996 French French
7852 La Sorcière Marie NDiaye 1996 French French
7860 Selected Writings Paul Valéry 1950 French French
7860 Poems Of René Char René Char 1950 French French
7871 Mr Standfast John Buchan 1919 British English
7914 How To Talk About Books You Haven't Read Pierre Bayard 2007 French French
7927 Autobiographie De Mon Pere Pierre Pachet 1997 French French
7966 Selected Writings Guillaume Apollinaire 1952 French French
7966 Saint Genet Jean Paul Sartre 1952 French French
7988 Sita Kate Millett 1976 American English
8008 Poems Of Philippe Jacottet Philippe Jacottet 1953 French French
8031 Two Towns In Provence M. F. K. Fisher 1964 American English
8068 Minor Angels Antoine Volodine 1999 French French
8090 Paris Nocturne Patrick Modiano 2003 French French
8106 After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie Jean Rhys 1930 British English
8106 My Mother's House And Sido Colette 1922 French French
8166 In A State Of Memory Tununa Mercado 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8167 Returning To Reims Didier Eribon 2009 French French
8173 Life Keith Richards 2010 British English
8202 The Day I Wasn't There Hélène Cixous 2000 French French
8267 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8263 Rosie Carpe & Hilda Marie NDiaye 2001 French French
8279 The Wind Claude Simon 1957 French French
8304 The Ghost Riders Of Ordebec Fred Vargas 2011 French French
8314 Last Seen In Massilia Steven Saylor 2000 American English
8335 The Grass Claude Simon 1958 French French
8362 Integral Humanism Jacques Maritain 1936 French French
8388 Poems Of Edmond Jabès Edmond Jabès 1959 French French
8388 Becket Jean Anouilh 1959 French French
8403 The Art Of Losing Alice Zeniter 2017 French French
8426 Sad Tiger Neige Sinno 2023 Unknown French
8442 Diaries 1959 1971 Alejandra Pizarnik 2003 Argentinian Spanish
8442 Journal Mireille Havet 2003 French French
8444 Identity Milan Kundera 1998 Czech French
8444 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
8444 Trilogie Des Mittelalters Dieter Kühn 2000 German German
8472 Babylon Revisited And Other Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 1960 American English
8472 The Patrick Melrose Novels Edward St Aubyn 1992 British English
8491 Underland Robert Macfarlane 2019 British English
8522 The History Of The Franks Gregory of Tours 594 French Latin
8533 L'amour, Roman Camille Laurens 2003 French French
8541 Any Human Heart William Boyd 2002 British English
8540 Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh 1992 Vietnamese English
8585 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
8586 The Postcard Anne Berest 2021 French French
8595 As They Were M. F. K. Fisher 1982 American English
8600 No Me Esperen En Abril Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1994 Peruvian Spanish
8606 Lyrical And Critical Essays Albert Camus 1968 French French
8644 Orality And Literacy Walter J. Ong 1982 American English
8651 Pedigree Patrick Modiano 2005 French French
8665 Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
8688 The One Before Juan José Saer 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8729 A Girl's Story Annie Ernaux 2016 French French
8736 The End Of Eddy Édouard Louis 2014 French French
8751 Running Away Jean-Philippe Toussaint 2005 French French
8766 War Diaries Jean Paul Sartre 1940 French French
8774 Eroticism Georges Bataille 1957 French French
8793 Viper In The Fist Hervé Bazin 1948 French French
8799 Time Regained Marcel Proust 1927 French French
8814 Loot Tania James 2023 Unknown English
8849 My Lives Edmund White 2005 American English
8857 Letters From My Windmill Alphonse Daudet 1869 French French
8860 Empire Of The Ants Bernard Werber 1991 French French
8865 First on the Rope Roger Frison-Roche 1941 French French
8876 How To Survive A Plague David France 2016 American English
8888 The Beautiful Fall Alicia Drake 2006 British English
8888 Cendrillon Éric Reinhardt 2007 French French
8907 Unravelling Oliver Liz Nugent 2014 Irish English
8971 The Society Of The Spectacle Guy Debord 1967 French French
8986 Good Little Girls Countess of Ségur. 1857 French French
8989 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
9001 Little Fadette George Sand 1849 French French
9005 Regain Jean Giono 1930 French French
9034 The Thibaults Roger Martin du Gard 1922 French French
9105 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9115 Collected Short Stories Edith Wharton 1968 American English
9141 My Mother's Castle Marcel Pagnol 1957 French French
9191 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
9191 Hit Makers Derek Thompson 2017 American English
9191 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9257 The Great Swindle Pierre Lemaitre 2013 French French
9307 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger 2003 American English
9320 Red Lights Georges Simenon 1953 Belgian French
9321 The Beautiful Room Is Empty Edmund White 1988 American English