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
7682 Sophie Calle Sophie Calle 1994 French French
7770 Poems Of André Breton André Breton 1948 French French
7811 The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery 2006 French French
7830 The Blue Flowers Raymond Queneau 1965 French French
7852 L'organisation Jean Rolin 1996 French French
7852 La Sorcière Marie NDiaye 1996 French French
7966 Selected Writings Guillaume Apollinaire 1952 French French
7988 Sita Kate Millett 1976 American English
8090 Paris Nocturne Patrick Modiano 2003 French French
8105 After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie Jean Rhys 1930 British English
8165 In A State Of Memory Tununa Mercado 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8166 Returning To Reims Didier Eribon 2009 French French
8172 Life Keith Richards 2010 British English
8266 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8262 Rosie Carpe & Hilda Marie NDiaye 2001 French French
8440 Diaries 1959 1971 Alejandra Pizarnik 2003 Argentinian Spanish
8440 Journal Mireille Havet 2003 French French
8442 Identity Milan Kundera 1998 Czech French
8442 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
8442 Trilogie Des Mittelalters Dieter Kühn 2000 German German
8469 Babylon Revisited And Other Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 1960 American English
8469 The Patrick Melrose Novels Edward St Aubyn 1992 British English
8531 L'amour, Roman Camille Laurens 2003 French French
8539 Any Human Heart William Boyd 2002 British English
8538 Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh 1992 Vietnamese English
8583 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
8584 The Postcard Anne Berest 2021 French French
8598 No Me Esperen En Abril Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1994 Peruvian Spanish
8604 Lyrical And Critical Essays Albert Camus 1968 French French
8642 Orality And Literacy Walter J. Ong 1982 American English
8649 Pedigree Patrick Modiano 2005 French French
8663 Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
8686 The One Before Juan José Saer 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8749 Running Away Jean-Philippe Toussaint 2005 French French
8764 War Diaries Jean Paul Sartre 1940 French French
8791 Viper In The Fist Hervé Bazin 1948 French French
8797 Time Regained Marcel Proust 1927 French French
8812 Loot Tania James 2023 Unknown English
8847 My Lives Edmund White 2005 American English
8858 Empire Of The Ants Bernard Werber 1991 French French
8886 The Beautiful Fall Alicia Drake 2006 British English
8886 Cendrillon Éric Reinhardt 2007 French French
8905 Unravelling Oliver Liz Nugent 2014 Irish English
8969 The Society Of The Spectacle Guy Debord 1967 French French
8987 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
9032 The Thibaults Roger Martin du Gard 1922 French French
9102 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9189 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
9189 Hit Makers Derek Thompson 2017 American English
9189 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9255 The Great Swindle Pierre Lemaitre 2013 French French
9305 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger 2003 American English
9319 The Beautiful Room Is Empty Edmund White 1988 American English
9354 The Family Idiot Jean Paul Sartre 1971 French French
9373 Clermont Regina Maria Roche 1798 Irish English
9373 The Mystery Of Choice Robert W. Chambers 1897 American English
9373 The Spider Hanns Heinz Ewers 1908 German German
9373 The Lesson Of The Master And Other Stories Henry James 1892 American English
9373 Terminations And Other Stories Henry James 1895 American English
9518 Astonish Me Maggie Shipstead 2014 American English
9529 Marie Antoinette Antonia Fraser 2001 British English
9535 Petit Robert Paul Robert 1967 French French
9565 Les Naufragés Patrick Declerck 2001 French French
9580 Edith Wharton R. W. B. Lewis 1975 American English
9593 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
9654 Rachel, Monique… Sophie Calle 2012 French French
9704 Black Skin, White Masks Frantz Fanon 1952 French French
9740 Reasons Of State Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
9817 The Way To Paradise Mario Vargas Llosa 2003 Peruvian Spanish
9820 Alex Pierre Lemaitre 2011 French French
9832 Poems Of Pierre Reverdy Pierre Reverdy 1975 French French
9847 Entre Les Deux Il N’y A Rien Mathieu Riboulet 2006 French French
9881 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
9883 Man And The Natural World Keith Thomas 1983 British English
9918 Hail And Farewell George Moore 1911 British English
9944 An Apartment On Uranus Paul B. Preciado 2019 Spanish French
9960 Varieties Of Exile Mavis Gallant 2003 Canadian English
9985 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10017 Nine Continents Xiaolu Guo 2017 Chinese English
10060 Persepolis 1 & 2 — The Complete Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
10062 In The Café Of Lost Youth Patrick Modiano 2007 French French
10091 Twenty Years And A Day Jorge Semprún 2003 Spanish Spanish
10100 My Life As A Russian Novel Emmanuel Carrère 2007 French French
10131 Nora Nuala O’Connor 2021 Irish English
10175 The Kill Artist Daniel Silva 2000 American English
10194 Une Enfance De Reve Catherine Millet 2014 French French
10220 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10215 Her Majesty's Secret Service Christopher Andrew 1985 Unknown English
10276 La Burla Del Tiempo Mauricio Electorat 2004 Chilean Spanish
10281 A Bag Of Marbles Joseph Joffo 1973 French French
10304 The Coming Of The French Revolution Georges Lefebvre 1939 French French
10304 Renoir, My Father Jean Renoir 1962 French French
10393 Scaffolding Lauren Elkin 2024 Unknown English
10412 H Hh H Laurent Binet 2010 French French
10407 The Free Frenchman Piers Paul Read 1986 British English
10449 Arthur Ashe: A Life Raymond Arsenault 2018 Unknown English
10449 Churchill Andrew Roberts 2018 British English
10497 The Second Oldest Profession Phillip Knightley 1986 British English
10526 Of Grammatology Jacques Derrida 1967 French French
10603 Someone Like Us Dinaw Mengestu 2024 American English
10623 Lives Of The Wives Carmela Ciuraru 2023 Unknown English
10647 Blue Sisters Coco Mellors 2024 Unknown English
10733 Le Pull Over Rouge Gilles Perrault 1978 French French
10760 The Blue Bicycle Régine Deforges 1983 French French
10778 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
10797 I'm Gone Jean Echenoz 1999 French French
10841 Who Controls The Internet? Tim Wu, Jack Goldsmith 2006 American English
10858 Nova Antologia Poética Vinícius De Moraes 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
10913 Common As Air Lewis Hyde 2010 American English
10936 The Art Of Cruelty Maggie Nelson 2011 American English
10962 The Films In My Life Francois Truffaut 1975 French French
10968 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
10973 Stalin's Meteorologist Olivier Rolin 2014 French French
10995 The History Of Sexuality Michel Foucault 1976 French French
11000 Shifting The Silence Etel Adnan 2020 Unknown English
11016 The Story Of San Michele Axel Munthe 1929 Swedish English
11063 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
11088 Heeresbericht Edlef Köppen 1930 German German
11127 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11163 The Creators Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 American English