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
17120 Pentimento Lillian Hellman 1973 American English
17120 The Day After Tomorrow Allan Folsom 2004 American English
17120 The Wedding Dress Danielle Steel 2020 American English
17120 This Must Be The Place Maggie O'Farrell 2016 British English
17120 The Best Of Me David Sedaris 2020 American English
17120 The Spy Paulo Coelho 2016 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne 1992 American English
17120 Savage Beauty Nancy Milford 2001 American English
17120 The Age Of The Cathedrals Georges Duby 1966 French French
17120 Colossus Niall Ferguson 2004 British English
17120 The Crusades Through Arab Eyes Amin Maalouf 1983 French French
17120 Destinations Jan Morris 1980 British English
17120 The Diary Of Alice James Alice James 1982 American English
17120 The Holocaust Martin Gilbert 1978 British English
17120 Islam In History Bernard Lewis 1973 British English
17120 Memoirs Pablo Neruda 1974 Chilean Spanish
17120 The Ornament Of The World María Rosa Menocal 2002 American English
17120 Ways Of Escape Graham Greene 1971 British English
17120 The Women's History Of The World Rosalind Miles 1988 British English
17120 The Climate Crisis And The Global Green New Deal Noam Chomsky 2020 American English
17120 Walkable City Rules Jeff Speck 2018 American English
17120 The Cellist Daniel Silva 2021 American English
17120 The Little Girl On The Ice Floe Adélaïde Bon 2018 French French
17120 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17120 The Court Of The Stone Children Eleanor Cameron 1973 American English
17120 1919 Martin W. Sandler 2019 American English
17120 Migratory Birds Mariana Oliver 2014 Mexican Spanish
17120 A Country For Dying Abdellah Taïa 2015 French French
17120 Selected Writings Gerard de Nerval 1853 French French
17120 Four Comedies Molière 1982 French French
17120 Women, Art, And Society Whitney Chadwick 1990 American English
17120 Open Heart Elie Wiesel 2012 American French
17120 Eine Leidenschaft Annie Ernaux Unknown French
17120 Porträt Eines Jungen Kochs Maylis de Kerangal 2014 French French
17084 Maria Stuart Stefan Zweig 1935 Austrian German
17120 Talking It Over Julian Barnes 1991 British English
17120 The Method Isaac Butler 2022 American English
17120 Focault's Pendulum Umberto Eco 1988 Italian Italian
17120 Saint Thomas Aquinas And Saint Francis Of Assisi G.K. Chesterton English English
17120 The New Climate War Michael Mann 2021 American English
17120 Who Paid The Pipers Of Western Marxism? Gabriel Rockhill American English
17120 Banners Of Silk Rosalind Laker 1981 British English
17120 Als Zeuge Der Zeit Arthur Koestler 1983 German Unknown