The Greatest Books of All Time Set in Paris

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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
5292 Der Kleine Unterschied Und Seine Großen Folgen Alice Schwarzer 1975 German German
5307 The Devil Rides Out Dennis Wheatley 1934 British English
5318 The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte Karl Marx 1852 German German
5331 Through A Glass Darkly Karleen Koen 1986 American English
5465 In The Solitude Of Cotton Fields Bernard-Marie Koltès 1986 French French
5469 And There Was Light Jacques Lusseyran 1963 French French
5514 Journal Of A Soul Pope John XXIII 1964 Italian Italian
5589 L'argent Émile Zola 1891 French French
5614 Shadow 81 Lucien Nahum 1978 American English
5624 Olivia Dorothy Bussy 1949 British English
5639 The Kites Romain Gary 1980 French French
5665 La Famille Boussardel Philippe Heriat 1944 French French
5665 Moira Julien Green 1950 French French
5665 The boys Henry de Montherlant 1969 French French
5683 Big Blondes Jean Echenoz 1995 French French
5700 A Place of Greater Safety Hilary Mantel 1992 British English
5724 Simple Passion Annie Ernaux 1991 French French
5744 Největší Z Pierotů František Kožík 1972 Czech Czech
5760 The Lady In The Car With Glasses And A Gun Sebastien Japrisot 1966 French French
5777 Special Friendships Roger Peyrefitte 1943 French French
5801 Illuminations Walter Benjamin 1968 German German
5850 Chatterton Alfred de Vigny 1835 French French
5860 The Big Sea Langston Hughes 1940 American English
5887 The Girl With The Golden Eyes Honoré de Balzac 1835 French French
5897 Complete Works Arthur Rimbaud 1895 French French
5929 King Kong Theory Virginie Despentes 2006 French French
5935 Der Bedrohte Friede Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker 1982 German German
5944 Separate Rooms Pier Vittorio Tondelli 1989 Italian Italian
5966 The Perfect Nanny Leïla Slimani 2016 French French
5968 The Man Who Watched The Trains Go By Georges Simenon 1938 Belgian French
6002 Men In Dark Times Hannah Arendt 1968 German English
6002 Shakespeare And Company Sylvia Beach 1959 American English
6002 The Story Of My Life Giacomo Casanova 1822 Italian French
6002 A Woman Named Solitude André Schwarz-Bart 1972 French French
6002 An Anecdoted Topography Of Chance Daniel Spoerri 1962 Multiple French
6002 Ceux De 14 Maurice Genevoix 1949 French French
6002 Marginalia On Casanova Miklós Szentkuthy 1939 Hungarian Hungarian
6002 My Feminine Brother Marina Tsvetaeva 1923 Russian Russian
6002 Quai Des Grands Augustins Jean Rhys 1930 Unknown French
6002 Seven Gothic Tales Karen Blixen 1934 Danish Danish
6002 The Life Of Rancé François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand 1844 French French
6002 The Sailor From Gibraltar Marguerite Duras 1952 French French
6002 The Story Of My Wife Milán Füst 1942 Hungarian Hungarian
6002 Theatre Of The World Frances A. Yates 1969 British English
6002 Things Seen Victor Hugo 1887 French French
6002 Tous N'étaient Pas Des Anges Joseph Kessel 1970 French French
6002 Travaux Georges Navel 1945 French French
6002 Van Gogh Antonin Artaud 1947 French French
6002 Which Moped With Chrome Plated Handlebars At The Back Of The Yard? Georges Perec 1966 French French
6072 The Dream Years Lisa Goldstein 1985 American English
6145 A Giacometti Portrait James Lord 1965 American English
6186 The March Of Folly Barbara Wertheim Tuchman 1984 American English
6256 The Allure Of Chanel Paul Morand 1976 French French
6259 At The Existentialist Café Sarah Bakewell 2016 British English
6275 Citizens Simon Schama 1989 British English
6301 Les Lieux De Marguerite Duras Marguerite Duras 1977 French French
6322 The Voices Of Silence Andre Malraux 1951 French French
6334 The Worldly Philosophers Robert Heilbroner 1953 American English
6339 Nothing Holds Back The Night Delphine de Vigan 2011 French French
6368 The Journal Of Raïssa Maritain Raïssa Maritain 1974 French French
6379 An Essay On Universal History, The Manners, And Spirit Of Nations Voltaire 1756 French French
6379 History Of Germany In The Nineteenth Century Heinrich von Treitschke 1879 German German
6379 Friedrich Hebbels Tagebücher Friedrich Hebbel 1885 German German
6436 The Gaudy Image William Talsman 1958 American English
6488 Happy Are The Happy Yasmina Reza 2013 French French
6515 A Frozen Woman Annie Ernaux 1981 French French
6574 Ingrid Caven Jean-Jacques Schuhl 2000 French French
6584 Women Philippe Sollers 1983 French French
6584 Im Bach Des Wals Paul Nizon 1983 Swiss German
6591 The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis 1983 American English
6594 The Invention Of Nature Andrea Wulf 2015 German English
6606 The Anomaly Hervé Le Tellier 2020 French French
6619 Zone Mathias Enard 2008 French French
6631 Reveries Of The Wild Woman Hélène Cixous 2000 French French
6630 Confessions Jaume Cabré 2011 Spanish Catalan
6635 Autonauts Of The Cosmoroute Julio Cortazar 1983 Argentinian Spanish
6655 Organon Of The Rational Art Of Healing Samuel Hahnemann 1989 German German
6667 Strange Pilgrims Gabriel García Márquez 1992 Colombian Spanish
6679 A Fraction Of The Whole Steve Toltz 2008 Australian English
6686 Ravelstein Saul Bellow 2000 American English
6736 The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup Susan Orlean 2001 American English
6757 La Bâtarde Violette Leduc 1964 French French
6765 Notes Of A Desolate Man Chu Tʽien-wen 1994 Taiwanese Chinese
6789 The Eleven Pierre Michon 2009 French French
6811 Écrits Jacques Lacan 1966 French French
6842 Timpul Trăirii, Timpul Mărturisirii. Jurnal Parizian Eugen Simion 2003 Romanian Romanian
6881 Tinísima Elena Poniatowska 1992 Mexican Spanish
6888 The Boxer Rebellion Diana Preston 1999 Unknown English
6897 The Winter Sea Susanna Kearsley 2008 Canadian English
6914 Théresè And Isabelle Violette Leduc 1966 French French
6939 The Talisman Sir Walter Scott 1825 Scottish English
6978 News From The Empire Fernando del Paso 1987 Mexican Spanish
6992 Hallucinating Foucault Patricia Duncker 1996 British English
6996 Panegyric Guy Debord 1989 French French
7000 The Gray Man Mark Greaney 2009 American English
7023 La Vida Exagerada De Martín Romaña Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1981 Peruvian Spanish
7041 The Man In The Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas 1847 French French
7122 Why We Love Helen Fisher 2004 American English
7133 Desolation Angels Jack Kerouac 1965 American English
7168 The Confession Of A Child Of The Century Alfred de Musset 1836 French French
7168 Julio Jurenito Ilya Ehrenburg 1921 Russian Russian
7215 The Learned Ladies Molière 1672 French French
7215 The Precious Ridiculous Molière 1659 French French
7215 The Red Notebook Benjamin Constant 1804 French French
7215 Complete Poems Of Alfred De Musset Alfred de Musset 1857 French French
7215 Aurelia Gerard de Nerval 1855 French French
7215 On Love Stendhal 1822 French French
7215 Danton's Death Georg Buchner 1835 German German
7215 Count D'orgel's Ball Raymond Radiguet 1923 French French
7215 Seven Dada Manifestoes Tristan Tzara 1924 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
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
7605 Writing Marguerite Duras 1993 French French
7611 Selected Poetry And Prose Stéphane Mallarmé 1945 French French
7615 Don't Get Too Comfortable David Rakoff 2005 Canadian English
7655 The Sunday Of Life Raymond Queneau 1952 French French