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
11021 Jerome Jean-Pierre Martinet 1978 French French
11025 Four Novels Marguerite Duras 1985 French French
11032 Cinema And History Marc Ferro 1977 French French
11032 This Sex Which Is Not One Luce Irigary 1977 French French
11064 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
11089 Heeresbericht Edlef Köppen 1930 German German
11128 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11173 Philosophy In The Boudoir Marquis de Sade 1795 French French
11164 A World Lit Only By Fire William Manchester 1992 American English
11164 The Creators Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 American English
11195 Stranglehold On Africa René Dumont 1980 French French
11196 Silence Of The Sea Jean Bruller 1942 French French
11202 Ninety Three Victor Hugo 1874 French French
11206 Canoës Maylis de Kerangal 2021 French French
11210 The Lily Of The Valley Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
11214 Book Of My Mother Albert Cohen 1954 French French
11218 La Dernière Harde Maurice Genevoix 1938 French French
11234 The Horla Guy de Maupassant 1887 French French
11240 L'huile Sur Le Feu Hervé Bazin 1954 French French
11242 Liberty Or Love! Robert Desnos 1929 French French
11248 Queen Margot Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
11249 The Man Who Walked Through Walls Marcel Aymé 1943 French French
11251 Éthiopiques Léopold Sédar Senghor 1956 Senegalese French
11273 A Monkey In Winter Antoine Blondin 1959 French French
11274 Gospel Wilton Barnhardt 1993 American English
11307 Mysteries Of The Middle Ages Thomas Cahill 2006 American English
11331 The French Art Of War Alexis Jenni 2011 French French
11342 Best Loved Folktales Of The World Joanna Cole 1982 Unknown English
11354 Walking On The Ceiling Ayşegül Savaş 2019 Turkish English
11361 Une Façon D'aimer Dominique Barbéris 2019 French French
11363 Complete Works Jorge Luis Borges Argentinian Spanish
11363 Tout Péguy Charles Péguy French French
11389 Marbot Wolfgang Hildesheimer 1981 German German
11408 Hildegarde Léo Henry 2018 French French
11436 A History Of Bombing Sven Lindqvist 1999 Swedish Swedish
11481 Why Comics? Hillary L. Chute 2017 American English
11496 Ultramarine Mariette Navarro, Eve Hill-Agnus 2021 Unknown French
11512 On The Line Joseph Ponthus 2019 French French
11539 The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1869 American English
11545 The Course in Positive Philosophy Auguste Comte 1830 French French
11540 The Economic Consequences of the Peace John Maynard Keynes 1919 British English
11570 The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1837 British English
11575 Inside The Whale And Other Essays George Orwell 1940 British English
11611 The Next Christendom Philip Jenkins 2002 American English
11614 The Prague Cemetery Umberto Eco 2010 Italian Italian
11629 Political And Social Writings Cornelius Castoriadis 1988 French French
11635 The Means Of Reproduction Michelle Goldberg 2009 American English
11642 On Animals Susan Orlean 2021 American English
11647 A Secular Age Charles Taylor 2007 Canadian English
11661 The Sleepwalkers Christopher Clark 2012 British English
11661 Apollo’s Angels Jennifer Homans 2010 American English
11661 The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams 2018 American English
11661 Fatal Discord Michael Massing 2018 Unknown English
11661 Looking For Lorraine Imani Perry 2018 Unknown English
11801 The Attention Merchants Tim Wu 2016 American English
11802 Point Blanc Anthony Horowitz 2001 British English
11805 The Meursault Investigation Kamel Daoud 2013 Algerian French
11840 Broad Band Claire Evans 2018 Unknown English
11842 The Fate Of Rome Kyle Harper 2017 American English
11847 Them Francine du Plessix Gray 2005 French English
11844 Le Pavillon Des Enfants Fous Valérie Valère 1978 French French
11851 Chosen Peoples Anthony D. Smith 2003 British English
11855 Mahmoud Ou La Montée Des Eaux Antoine Wauters 2021 Belgian French
11856 Dominion Tom Holland 2019 British English
11870 Within A Budding Grove Marcel Proust 1919 French French
11888 Whittaker Chambers Sam Tanenhaus 1997 American English
11923 Capitalism, Socialism, Ecology Andre Gorz 1991 French French
11932 Animals Strike Curious Poses Elena Passarello 2017 American English
11939 Oscar Wilde Richard Ellmann 1987 American English
12017 La Danseuse Patrick Modiano 2023 French French
12048 The Death Of Napoleon Simon Leys 1986 Belgian French
12048 The Alphonse Courrier Affair Marta Morazzoni 1985 Italian Italian
12064 Trustee From The Toolroom Nevil Shute 1982 British English
12069 Mr. Ibrahim And The Flowers Of The Koran Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt 2001 French French
12071 When You Listen To This Song Lola Lafon 2022 French French
12122 The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein 2023 Australian English
12136 The Powers That Be David Halberstam 1979 American English
12142 Gertrude Stein Francesca Wade 2025 British English
12191 Mitt Liv Herbert Tingsten 1966 Swedish Swedish
12212 Perspective Laurent Binet 2023 Unknown French
12319 Muybridge Guy Delisle, Helge Dascher, Rob Aspinall 2024 Unknown French
12320 Angel Down Daniel Kraus 2025 American English
12325 Simone De Beauvoir Deirdre Bair 1990 American English
12325 The Lost Upland W. S. Merwin 1992 American English
12325 Across The Bridge Mavis Gallant 1993 Canadian English
12325 Balzac Graham Robb 1994 British English
12325 Zola Frederick Brown 1995 Unknown English
12325 The Collected Stories Of Mavis Gallant Mavis Gallant 1996 Canadian English
12325 The Unknown Matisse Hilary Spurling 1998 British English
12325 Victor Hugo Graham Robb 1997 British English
12325 The First World War John Keegan 1998 British English
12325 Secrets Of The Flesh Judith Thurman 1999 American English
12469 And The Pursuit Of Happiness Maira Kalman 2010 American English
12600 The Winter Warriors Olivier Norek 2024 French French
12614 I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere Anna Gavalda 1999 French French
12723 Acts Of Resistance Pierre Bourdieu 1998 French French
12739 Small Country Gaël Faye 2016 French French
12768 Mon Vrai Nom Est Elisabeth Adèle Yon French French
12767 The Art Spy Michelle Young 2025 Unknown English
12867 The Rarest Fruit Gaëlle Bélem 2025 Unknown English
12922 Paris Undercover Matthew Goodman 2025 Unknown English
12987 The Hour Of The Predator Giuliano da Empoli 2025 Unknown English
13108 Ubac And Me Cédric Sapin-Defour, Adriana Hunter 2025 French French
13135 Katherine Mansfield Gerri Kimber 2025 Unknown English
13136 Josephine Baker's Secret War Hanna Diamond 2025 British English
13138 Erik Satie Three Piece Suite Ian Penman 2025 British English
13142 A Historian In Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu 2025 French Unknown
13188 Misery Of Love Yvan Alagbe, Donald Nicholson-Smith 2025 Beninese French
13257 The Photographer Emmanuel Guibert 2003 French English
13285 Swimming Home Deborah Levy 2011 British English
13291 My Life Of Absurdity Chester Himes 1990 American English
13352 In My Brother's Shadow Uwe Timm 2005 German German
13360 The Pure and the Impure Colette 1932 French French
13360 A Book of Mediterranean Food Elizabeth David 1950 British English
13360 Anne Of Geierstein Sir Walter Scott 1829 Scottish English
13360 An Iceland Fisherman Pierre Loti 1886 French French
13360 The Red Lily Anatole France 1894 French French
13360 Break Of Day Colette 1928 French French
13360 Strange People Frank Edwards 1961 American English
13360 Writers At Work Malcolm Cowley 1958 American English