List of 48 Books Based in France
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Searching for books that are set in a particular location? See this useful list of books based in France. You'll find the reading material you're looking for here.
Interested in learning more about France? The books below are great but some were published a while ago. Some other resources to learn about France include the Crowdsourced Explorer and Wikipedia.
| Title | Author | Publishing Year | Genre |
| A Moveable Feast | Ernest Hemingway | 1964 | Autobiography, Biography, Memoir |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Charles Dickens | 1859 | Classics, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literature, Historical, Novels |
| A Year in Provence | Peter Mayle | 1989 | Travel literature |
| All the Light We Cannot See | Anthony Doerr | 2014 | Novel, Historical Fiction |
| Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris | Sarah Turnbull | 2002 | Biography, Travel literature, Autobiography |
| An Officer and a Spy | Robert Harris | 2013 | Novel, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Spy fiction |
| Anna and the French Kiss | Stephanie Perkins | 2010 | Novel, Young adult fiction, Romance novel |
| Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief | Maurice Leblanc | 1907 | Crime novel, Mystery, Crime Fiction |
| Aspects of Provence | James Pope-Hennessy | 1952 | History, Architecture |
| Charlotte Gray | Sebastian Faulks | 1998 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Romance novel |
| Chocolat | Joanne Harris | 1999 | Novel, Magical Realism, Fantasy Fiction, Psychological Fiction |
| Code Name Verity | Elizabeth Wein | 2012 | Novel, Young adult fiction, Historical Fiction, Thriller, Spy fiction |
| Dangerous Liaisons | Pierre Choderlos de Laclos | 1782 | Classics, Fiction, France, European Literature > French Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature |
| Down and Out in Paris and London | George Orwell | 1933 | Autobiography, Biography, Memoir, Fictional Autobiography |
| Giovanni's Room | James Baldwin | 1956 | Novel, Gay literature, Psychological Fiction |
| Hunting and Gathering | Anna Gavalda | 2004 | Fiction |
| La Bête Humaine | Émile Zola | 1906 | Novel, Fiction, Romance, Psychological thriller |
| Labyrinth | Kate Mosse | 2005 | Historical Fiction, Fantasy Fiction |
| Les Misérables | Victor Hugo | 1862 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Tragedy, Epic, Historical romance |
| Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution | Michelle Moran | 2011 | Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction |
| Madeline | Ludwig Bemelmans | 1939 | Children's literature |
| Mademoiselle Chanel | C.W. Gortner | 2015 | Novel, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction |
| Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria–France 1769 | Kathryn Lasky | 2000 | Historical Fiction |
| Murder on the Quai | Cara Black | 2016 | Mystery, Fiction, Thriller |
| My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle | Marcel Pagnol | 1957 | Novel, Biography, Autobiographical novel, Fictional Autobiography |
| Nana | Émile Zola | 1880 | Novel, Fiction |
| Paris | Edward Rutherfurd | 2013 | Historical Fiction, Saga |
| Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Patrick Süskind | 1985 | Novel, Mystery, Horror fiction, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction |
| Phantom: The Novel of His Life | Susan Kay | 1990 | Novel, Romance novel, Historical Fiction, historical novel |
| Pied Piper | Nevil Shute | 1942 | Fiction, War story |
| Sarah's Key | Tatiana de Rosnay | 2006 | Novel, Historical Fiction |
| Seeking Whom He May Devour | Fred Vargas | 1999 | Novel, Crime novel, Thriller, Mystery, Crime Fiction |
| Suite Française | Irène Némirovsky | 2004 | Novel, Fiction |
| The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo | Tom Reiss | 2012 | Biography |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas | 1844 | Novel, Romance novel, Historical Fiction, Adventure fiction, Serialised Work |
| The Da Vinci Code | Dan Brown | 2003 | Novel, Thriller, Mystery, Detective novel, Conspiracy fiction, Crime Fiction |
| The Day of the Jackal | Frederick Forsyth | 1967 | Thriller, Spy fiction, Historical Fiction, historical novel |
| The Elegance of the Hedgehog | Muriel Barbery | 2006 | Novel, Fiction |
| The Horseman on the Roof | Jean Giono | 1951 | Fiction |
| The House in France: A Memoir | Gully Wells | 2011 | Biography, Autobiography |
| The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | Victor Hugo | 1831 | Novel, Drama, Gothic fiction |
| The Last Time I Saw Paris | Lynn Sheene | 2011 | Romance novel, Historical Fiction, Historical romance |
| The Little Paris Bookshop | Nina George | 2013 | Novel, Romance novel, Psychological Fiction, Contemporary romance |
| The Murders in the Rue Morgue | Edgar Allan Poe | 1841 | Detective novel, Mystery, Noir fiction, Crime Fiction |
| The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah | 2015 | Novel, Romance novel, Historical Fiction, War story |
| The Phantom of the Opera | Gaston Leroux | 1909 | Novel, Horror fiction, Gothic fiction |
| The Scarlet Pimpernel | Emmuska Orczy | 1905 | Classics, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Adventure, Romance, Historical, Mystery |
| The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas | 1844 | historical novel, Historical Fiction, Adventure fiction |
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