Books set for the most part in France, where the French setting or French culture are plot-relevant, or centered on anything French.
I tried to include a diversity of places rather than just Paris.
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last updated June, 2026
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Victoria Schwab
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
Marcel Proust
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief (Arsène Lupin, #1)
Maurice Leblanc
The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
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