Books from France
344 popular french books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from France.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Arta simplităţii by Dominique Loreau RO
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Dominique Loreau vă propune o subtilă alianţă a eticii cu estetica, inspirată din filosofiile orientale, o apologie a simplităţii, care nu înseamnă, în ruptul capului, simplificare.
„Spaţiu, lumină şi ordine, iată de ce are nevoie omul ca să trăiască, pe lângă o farfurie cu mâncare şi un pat.“ Le Corbusier
Dominique Loreau, eseistă franceză, trăieşte de peste treizeci de ani în Japonia. A devenit cunoscută în întreaga lume odată cu bestsellerul său Arta simplităţii, vândut în sute de mii de exemplare.... continue
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At Night All Blood Is Black : A Novel by David Diop EN
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Selected by students across France to win the the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, David Diop’s English-language, historical fiction debut At Night All Blood is Black is a “powerful, hypnotic, and dark novel” (Livres Hebdo) of terror and transformation in the trenches of the First World War. Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting as a so-called “Chocolat” soldier with the French army during World War I. When his friend Mademba Diop, in the same regiment, is seriously injured in battle, Diop begs Alfa to kill him and spare him the pain of a l... continue
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Baise-moi by Virginie Despentes FR
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Nadine et Manu sont deux filles de leur époque, à une nuance près : elles refusent de subir la vie, ses frustrations et ses défaites. Alors, elles forcent le destin à accomplir leur volonté, persuadées que tout ce qui ne les tuera pas les rendra plus fortes. De casses de supermarchés en revanches sanglantes, elles deviennent des prédatrices insatiables et sans scrupules, parsemant leur sale balade de sentences bien brutales, syncopées et implacables. [Source : 4eme de couv.]
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Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan EN
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What would you do if your closest friend tried to steal your life? 'Combining the allure of Gone Girl with the sophistication of literary fiction, Based on a True Story is a creepy but unapologetically clever psychological thriller' Independent Today I know that L. is the sole reason for my powerlessness. And that the two years that we were friends almost made me stop writing for ever.Overwhelmed by the huge success of her latest novel, exhausted and unable to begin writing her next book, Delphine meets L. L. is the kind of impeccable, sophisticated woman who fascinates Delphine; a woman with ... continue
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Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann, Kerascoët EN
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BEST OF THE YEAR NODS FROM AMAZON.COM AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY! "Kerascoët... render Aurora and her friends in the huge-eyed style of classic children's book illustrations, but cuteness is just another Darwinian survival strategy here. Even on her clover-high scale, as Aurora discovers, romance is decided by social pecking order and murderous deceit."--Douglas Wolk, New York Times Kerascoët's and Fabien Vehlmann's unsettling and gorgeous anti-fairy tale is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ tiny. Join princess Aurora and her friends as they journey to civilization's heart o... continue
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Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant EN
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Bel Ami is the second novel by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885; an English translation titled Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel first appeared in 1903. Bel Ami Young, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La Vie francaise and soon makes a great success of his new career. But he also comes face to face with the realities of the corrupt society in which he lives - the sleazy colleagues, the manipulative mistresses and wily financiers - and swiftly learns to become an arch-seducer, blackm... continue
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Beneath the Pyramid by Christian Jacq EN
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The first in a new trilogy by Christian Jacq, BENEATH THE PYRAMID is a gripping novel of suspense which takes place during the reign of Ramses the Great. A young, intelligent, incorruptible novice judge, Pazair, is called to Memphis to investigate the mysterious deaths of five guards standing watch over the sphinx at Giza. His inquiries unearth a plot to overthrow Ramses, and with the help of Souti, a former scribe, and the beautiful Nefertet, a young doctor, he sets out to discover the truth.
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Beyond the Door or No Return by David Diop EN
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FINALIST FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED FICTION 'Stunningly realized... A spellbinding novel' MAAZA MENGISTE, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Shadow King'Diop has opened a new way of thinking about the eighteenth century and its hideous cruelties' ABDULRAZAK GURNAH, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'A compelling romantic adventure... Through an act of remembrance, Diop seeks to build a repository of lives and histories lost to the slave trade' FINANCIAL TIMES __________ The captivating new novel from David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize Paris, 1806... continue
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Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon EN
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Fanon, born in Martinique and educated in France, is generally regarded as the leading anti-colonial thinker of the 20th century. His first book is an analysis of the impact of colonial subjugation on the black psyche. It is a very personal account of Fanon's experience being black: as a man, an intellectual, and a party to a French education.--Adapted from wikipedia.org.