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
7683 Sophie Calle Sophie Calle 1994 French French
7772 Poems Of André Breton André Breton 1948 French French
7812 The Elegance of the Hedgehog Muriel Barbery 2006 French French
7831 The Blue Flowers Raymond Queneau 1965 French French
7853 L'organisation Jean Rolin 1996 French French
7853 La Sorcière Marie NDiaye 1996 French French
7967 Selected Writings Guillaume Apollinaire 1952 French French
7989 Sita Kate Millett 1976 American English
8091 Paris Nocturne Patrick Modiano 2003 French French
8107 After Leaving Mr. Mackenzie Jean Rhys 1930 British English
8167 In A State Of Memory Tununa Mercado 1990 Argentinian Spanish
8168 Returning To Reims Didier Eribon 2009 French French
8174 Life Keith Richards 2010 British English
8268 A Caribbean Heiress In Paris Adriana Herrera 2022 American English
8264 Rosie Carpe & Hilda Marie NDiaye 2001 French French
8443 Diaries 1959 1971 Alejandra Pizarnik 2003 Argentinian Spanish
8443 Journal Mireille Havet 2003 French French
8445 Identity Milan Kundera 1998 Czech French
8445 The Natashas Yelena Moskovich 2016 Russian English
8445 Trilogie Des Mittelalters Dieter Kühn 2000 German German
8473 Babylon Revisited And Other Stories F. Scott Fitzgerald 1960 American English
8473 The Patrick Melrose Novels Edward St Aubyn 1992 British English
8534 L'amour, Roman Camille Laurens 2003 French French
8542 Any Human Heart William Boyd 2002 British English
8541 Peace Is Every Step Thich Nhat Hanh 1992 Vietnamese English
8586 The Accidental Indies Robert Finley 2000 Canadian English
8587 The Postcard Anne Berest 2021 French French
8601 No Me Esperen En Abril Alfredo Bryce Echenique 1994 Peruvian Spanish
8607 Lyrical And Critical Essays Albert Camus 1968 French French
8645 Orality And Literacy Walter J. Ong 1982 American English
8652 Pedigree Patrick Modiano 2005 French French
8666 Twenty Years After Alexandre Dumas 1845 French French
8689 The One Before Juan José Saer 2015 Argentinian Spanish
8753 Running Away Jean-Philippe Toussaint 2005 French French
8768 War Diaries Jean Paul Sartre 1940 French French
8795 Viper In The Fist Hervé Bazin 1948 French French
8801 Time Regained Marcel Proust 1927 French French
8816 Loot Tania James 2023 Unknown English
8850 My Lives Edmund White 2005 American English
8861 Empire Of The Ants Bernard Werber 1991 French French
8889 The Beautiful Fall Alicia Drake 2006 British English
8889 Cendrillon Éric Reinhardt 2007 French French
8908 Unravelling Oliver Liz Nugent 2014 Irish English
8972 The Society Of The Spectacle Guy Debord 1967 French French
8990 Less Andrew Sean Greer 2017 American English
9035 The Thibaults Roger Martin du Gard 1922 French French
9106 The Art Thief Michael Finkel 2023 Unknown English
9192 How We Got To Now Steven Johnson 2014 American English
9192 Hit Makers Derek Thompson 2017 American English
9192 The Saboteur Paul Kix 2017 Unknown English
9258 The Great Swindle Pierre Lemaitre 2013 French French
9309 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger 2003 American English
9323 The Beautiful Room Is Empty Edmund White 1988 American English
9358 The Family Idiot Jean Paul Sartre 1971 French French
9377 Clermont Regina Maria Roche 1798 Irish English
9377 The Mystery Of Choice Robert W. Chambers 1897 American English
9377 The Spider Hanns Heinz Ewers 1908 German German
9377 The Lesson Of The Master And Other Stories Henry James 1892 American English
9377 Terminations And Other Stories Henry James 1895 American English
9522 Astonish Me Maggie Shipstead 2014 American English
9533 Marie Antoinette Antonia Fraser 2001 British English
9539 Petit Robert Paul Robert 1967 French French
9569 Les Naufragés Patrick Declerck 2001 French French
9584 Edith Wharton R. W. B. Lewis 1975 American English
9597 The Naked Eye Yoko Tawada 2004 Multiple German
9658 Rachel, Monique… Sophie Calle 2012 French French
9708 Black Skin, White Masks Frantz Fanon 1952 French French
9744 Reasons Of State Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
9821 The Way To Paradise Mario Vargas Llosa 2003 Peruvian Spanish
9824 Alex Pierre Lemaitre 2011 French French
9836 Poems Of Pierre Reverdy Pierre Reverdy 1975 French French
9851 Entre Les Deux Il N’y A Rien Mathieu Riboulet 2006 French French
9885 The Gentleman’s Guide To Vice And Virtue Mackenzi Lee 2017 American English
9887 Man And The Natural World Keith Thomas 1983 British English
9923 Hail And Farewell George Moore 1911 British English
9949 An Apartment On Uranus Paul B. Preciado 2019 Spanish French
9965 Varieties Of Exile Mavis Gallant 2003 Canadian English
9990 Ravel Jean Echenoz 2006 French French
10022 Nine Continents Xiaolu Guo 2017 Chinese English
10066 Persepolis 1 & 2 — The Complete Persepolis Marjane Satrapi 2000 French French
10068 In The Café Of Lost Youth Patrick Modiano 2007 French French
10097 Twenty Years And A Day Jorge Semprún 2003 Spanish Spanish
10106 My Life As A Russian Novel Emmanuel Carrère 2007 French French
10136 Nora Nuala O’Connor 2021 Irish English
10181 The Kill Artist Daniel Silva 2000 American English
10200 Une Enfance De Reve Catherine Millet 2014 French French
10226 Doctor Pasavento Enrique Vila-Matas 2005 Spanish Spanish
10221 Her Majesty's Secret Service Christopher Andrew 1985 Unknown English
10281 La Burla Del Tiempo Mauricio Electorat 2004 Chilean Spanish
10286 A Bag Of Marbles Joseph Joffo 1973 French French
10309 The Coming Of The French Revolution Georges Lefebvre 1939 French French
10309 Renoir, My Father Jean Renoir 1962 French French
10398 Scaffolding Lauren Elkin 2024 Unknown English
10417 H Hh H Laurent Binet 2010 French French
10412 The Free Frenchman Piers Paul Read 1986 British English
10454 Arthur Ashe: A Life Raymond Arsenault 2018 Unknown English
10454 Churchill Andrew Roberts 2018 British English
10502 The Second Oldest Profession Phillip Knightley 1986 British English
10531 Of Grammatology Jacques Derrida 1967 French French
10608 Someone Like Us Dinaw Mengestu 2024 American English
10628 Lives Of The Wives Carmela Ciuraru 2023 Unknown English
10652 Blue Sisters Coco Mellors 2024 Unknown English
10738 Le Pull Over Rouge Gilles Perrault 1978 French French
10765 The Blue Bicycle Régine Deforges 1983 French French
10783 An Island Princess Starts A Scandal Adriana Herrera 2023 Unknown English
10802 I'm Gone Jean Echenoz 1999 French French
10845 Who Controls The Internet? Tim Wu, Jack Goldsmith 2006 American English
10863 Nova Antologia Poética Vinícius De Moraes 2003 Brazilian Portuguese
10918 Common As Air Lewis Hyde 2010 American English
10941 The Art Of Cruelty Maggie Nelson 2011 American English
10967 The Films In My Life Francois Truffaut 1975 French French
10973 This Machine Kills Secrets Andy Greenberg 2012 Unknown English
10978 Stalin's Meteorologist Olivier Rolin 2014 French French
11000 The History Of Sexuality Michel Foucault 1976 French French
11005 Shifting The Silence Etel Adnan 2020 Unknown English
11021 The Story Of San Michele Axel Munthe 1929 Swedish English
11068 The Complete Works Of Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft 1989 British English
11093 Heeresbericht Edlef Köppen 1930 German German
11132 The Templar Legacy Steve Berry 2006 American English
11168 The Creators Daniel J. Boorstin 1992 American English