Books from France
344 popular french books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
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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Correr by Jean Echenoz ES
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En los Juegos Interaliados de Berlín, en 1946, al ver detrás del cartel de Checoslovaquia a un solo atleta desmañado, todo el mundo se ríe. Pero después, cuando en los cinco mil metros acelera sin parar y cruza la meta en solitario, los espectadores estallan en un clamor. El nombre de ese chico que siempre sonríe: Emil Zátopek. En pocos años y dos Olimpiadas, Emil se convierte en invencible. Nadie puede pararlo: ni siquiera el régimen checoslovaco, que le espía, limita sus traslados y distorsiona sus declaraciones. Emil corre contra su decadencia, y sonríe. Incluso en las minas de uranio adond... continue
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Criză la Moscova by Simone de Beauvoir RO
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Inspirat din vizitele pe care Simone de Beauvoir le-a făcut, împreună cu Jean Paul Sartre, în Uniunea Sovietică între 1962 şi 1966, Criză la Moscova este o poveste despre dificultatea comunicării şi dependenţa în cuplu.
Nicole şi André, doi profesori universitari, pleacă într-o călătorie la Moscova pentru a o vizita pe Maşa, fiica lui André dintr-o altă căsătorie.
Sumbra realitate sovietică îl dezamăgeşte pe André şi declanşează un moment de tensiune în cuplu. Nicole se simte neînţeleasă şi abandonată, criza conjugală oblig... continue
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Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand EN
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Une édition de référence de Cyrano de Bergerac d’Edmond Rostand, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. DE GUICHE. Personne ne va donc lui répondre ?... LE VICOMTE Personne ? Attendez ! Je vais lui lancer un de ces traits !... Il s'avance vers Cyrano qui l'observe, et se campant devant lui d'un air fat. Vous... vous avez un nez... heu... un nez... très grand. CYRANO, gravement Très. LE VICOMTE, riant Ha ! CYRANO, imperturbable C'est tout ?... LE VICOMTE Mais... CYRANO Ah ! non ! c'est un peu court, jeune homme ! On pouvait dire... Oh ! Dieu !... bien des choses en som... continue
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Dama cu camelii by Alexandre Dumas RO
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Celebră în lumea întreagă încă din 1848, când a văzut lumina tiparului, povestea de dragoste dintre tânărul Armand Duval şi frumoasa prostituată Marguerite Gautier este o ilustrare perfectă a mentalităţii dominante în secolul al XIX-lea. Povestea este inspirată, după cum însuşi scriitorul mărturiseşte în prima pagină, dintr-un episod biografic din propria viaţă: povestea de dragoste cu Marie Duplessis, curtezană de lux din Oraşul Luminilor, bine-cunoscută în cercul nobililor. După acest model romancierul a plăsmuit-o pe eroina romanului, Ma... continue
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Dangerous Liaisons by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos EN
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The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major film and stage adaptations, the novel's prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil, form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game - a game which they must win. This new translation gives Laclos a modern voice, and readers will be able a judge whether the novel is as `diabolical' and `infamous' as its critics have claimed, or whether it has much to tell us about the kind of wor... continue
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Darwin : An Exceptional Voyage by Fabien Grolleau EN
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This sweeping, intelligent and immersive biographical graphic novel from award-winning creators, joins legendary scientist Charles Darwin as a young man, as he embarks on his voyage on the H.M.S. Beagle. It is the year 1831. A gifted but distracted young man named Charles Darwin has been offered a place aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, in a chain of events that will change both his life and the course of modern science. Join him on an epic journey of thrilling discovery as he explores remote corners of the natural world and pieces together the very beginnings of his revolutionary theory of evolution.
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Das Phantom der Oper by Gaston Leroux DE
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In den Kulissen der Pariser Oper geht ein Phantom um. Geschickt verbirgt es sich den Blicken der Menschen, und doch nimmt es Einfluss auf das Bühnengeschehen, denn dank seiner Hilfe wird die Sängerin Christine Daée zum Star des Ensembles. Als das abstoßend hässliche Phantom sich ihr offenbart, kommt erst ein großes Erschrecken und bald darauf die Liebe ins Spiel – und löst eine komisch-turbulente Lawine von Ereignissen aus.
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De wonderbaarlijke reis van de fakir die vastzat in een Ikea-kast / druk 1 by Romain Puértolas NL
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Waar koop je een spijkerbed? Bij Ikea natuurlijk! Dus rept een gewiekste fakir zich vanuit New Delhi naar een filiaal in Parijs.
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Delta of Venus: Erotica by Anaïs Nin EN
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Conjuring up a cascade of sexual encounters, this book evokes the essence of female sexuality in a world where only love has meaning. Among these provocative stories, a Hungarian adventurer seduces wealthy women then vanishes with their money; a veiled woman selects strangers from a chic restaurant for private trysts; and a Parisian hatmaker named Mathilde leaves her husband for the opium dens of Peru.