Best of French Literature

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

29,870 members

428 reviews

½ 3.7

11 Members: roby72, Opinionated, advincent, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, alex68, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, Bookkat33, FranzK72,Bretzky1

5

Candide

by Voltaire

23,165 members

344 reviews

3.8

11 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, leigonj, alex68, ahef1963, Bookkat33, Insatiable8, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Little Prince

by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

53,225 members

874 reviews

4.2

9 Members: roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, Bookkat33, FranzK72, BonnieLassie

7

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

7,341 members

106 reviews

4.1

9 Members: thorold, roby72, ReneeGKC, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, JuliaMaria, Bookkat33, FranzK72

8

The Red and the Black

by Stendhal

10,800 members

144 reviews

3.9

10 Members: thorold, roby72, Opinionated, advincent, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, Bookkat33, Insatiable8, FranzK72

9

Les Misérables

by Victor Hugo

30,555 members

380 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72, BonnieLassie

10

17,626 members

264 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: roby72, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Bookkat33, ManWithAnAgenda, BonnieLassie

11

Life: A User's Manual

by Georges Perec

4,269 members

66 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: thorold, roby72, Opinionated, advincent, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, FranzK72

12

Nausea

by Jean-Paul Sartre

11,521 members

102 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, leigonj, alex68, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, FranzK72

13

Germinal

The Charterhouse of Parma

6,139 members

90 reviews

4.2

8 Members: eromsted, thorold, roby72, Opinionated, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, boleslasditboby
Explanations: boleslasditboby: C'est le livre qui m'a donné le goût de la lecture

14

by Stendhal

4,980 members

82 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: thorold, roby72, advincent, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

15

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

by Victor Hugo

16,428 members

208 reviews

3.9

8 Members: roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, BonnieLassie

16

Exercises in Style

by Raymond Queneau

2,910 members

57 reviews

3.9

8 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

17

Cyrano de Bergerac

by Edmond Rostand

8,566 members

102 reviews

4.1

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72, BonnieLassie

18

The Vatican Cellars

by André Gide

1,510 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, ahef1963, Bookkat33, FranzK72

19

Against Nature

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

4,000 members

80 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Insatiable8, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Gargantua and Pantagruel

by François Rabelais

5,351 members

52 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, FranzK72

21

Journey to the End of the Night

by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

6,908 members

86 reviews

4.2

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Insatiable8, FranzK72

22

Bouvard and Pécuchet

Around the World in Eighty Days

1,364 members

20 reviews

3.8

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

23

The Flowers of Evil

by Charles Baudelaire

9,064 members

90 reviews

4.2

6 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

24

Memoirs of Hadrian ; and, Reflections on the composition of Memoirs of Hadrian

20,253 members

301 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, BonnieLassie

25

by Marguerite Yourcenar

3,010 members

68 reviews

4.1

6 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

26

Old Goriot

6,897 members

119 reviews

3.8

6 Members: thorold, roby72, advincent, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

27

Three Tales

2,601 members

42 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

28

Bel-Ami

by Guy de Maupassant

3,594 members

70 reviews

3.9

7 Members: roby72, advincent, ReneeGKC, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72
Explanations: ReneeGKC: Guy is a great story-teller, always.

29

L'Assommoir

Michel de Montaigne: The Complete Essays

2,670 members

52 reviews

4.1

6 Members: roby72, Opinionated, thecoroner, alex68, Insatiable8, FranzK72

30

by Michel de Montaigne

5,603 members

57 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, JuliaMaria, ManWithAnAgenda, BonnieLassie

31

Therese Raquin

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

3,616 members

87 reviews

3.8

6 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Insatiable8, FranzK72

32

The Mandarins

by Simone de Beauvoir

1,959 members

22 reviews

4.1

6 Members: roby72, Opinionated, thecoroner, alex68, JuliaMaria, FranzK72

33

21,420 members

283 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Bookkat33, BonnieLassie

34

Sentimental Education

4,835 members

60 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

35

Rhinoceros

by Eugène Ionesco

1,665 members

18 reviews

4

6 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, leigonj, alex68, Bookkat33

36

The Immoralist

by André Gide

3,693 members

51 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Insatiable8, FranzK72

37

Pensées

by Blaise Pascal

5,825 members

48 reviews

3.9

6 Members: inge87, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, FranzK72, BonnieLassie

38

Eugénie Grandet

Chéri and The Last of Chéri

3,938 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: thorold, roby72, advincent, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

39

Zazie in the Metro

by Raymond Queneau

1,893 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

40

by Colette

1,133 members

18 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, ReneeGKC, Dilara86, alex68

41

The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

30,904 members

495 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: roby72, Opinionated, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, BonnieLassie

42

Manon Lescaut

by Abbé Prévost

2,375 members

59 reviews

½ 3.4

6 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

43

The Misanthrope

1,813 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ahef1963, Bookkat33, Insatiable8

44

The Devil in the Flesh

by Raymond Radiguet

1,290 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

45

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

15,598 members

228 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, Bookkat33, BonnieLassie

46

La Bête Humaine

1,862 members

26 reviews

4

5 Members: thorold, roby72, Opinionated, thecoroner, FranzK72

47

The Second Sex

by Simone de Beauvoir

2,945 members

22 reviews

4.1

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, JuliaMaria, FranzK72

48

Paris Spleen

by Charles Baudelaire

2,368 members

22 reviews

4.2

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72

49

Cousin Bette

2,492 members

41 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thorold, roby72, advincent, thecoroner, FranzK72

50

The Lover

by Marguerite Duras

6,102 members

167 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: advincent, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

51

The Second Sex

by Simone de Beauvoir

5,112 members

37 reviews

4

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, JuliaMaria, FranzK72

52

Suite Française

by Irène Némirovsky

10,633 members

357 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, Opinionated, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

53

Jacques the Fatalist

by Denis Diderot

2,050 members

30 reviews

3.8

5 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

54

Nana

The Wall: (Intimacy) and Other Stories

4,373 members

69 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, Opinionated, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33, FranzK72,Bretzky1

55

The Fall

by Albert Camus

9,110 members

102 reviews

3.9

3 Members: advincent, leigonj, Insatiable8

56

Querelle of Brest

by Jean Genet

1,067 members

15 reviews

3.9

4 Members: thorold, roby72, advincent, thecoroner

57

Le Grand Meaulnes

by Alain-Fournier

3,915 members

85 reviews

3.8

4 Members: advincent, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

58

Fables

by Jean de La Fontaine

2,208 members

19 reviews

3.9

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, Bookkat33, FranzK72

59

Man's Fate

by André Malraux

2,872 members

39 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

60

Rameau's Nephew

by Denis Diderot

520 members

9 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, FranzK72

61

by Jean-Paul Sartre

3,047 members

32 reviews

3.8

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

62

The Imaginary Invalid

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

1,339 members

17 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bookkat33

63

The Three Musketeers

by Alexandre Dumas

24,623 members

270 reviews

4.1

3 Members: thecoroner, lewbs, BonnieLassie

64

The Confessions

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

3,577 members

31 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: roby72, advincent, JuliaMaria

65

My Father's Glory

by Marcel Pagnol

986 members

11 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, Dilara86

66

Ripening Seed

by Colette

715 members

15 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ReneeGKC, Dilara86

67

by Georges Simenon

1,290 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, thecoroner, FranzK72
Explanations: thorold: Yes, I know Simenon grew up in Belgium. But.

68

The Princess of Clèves

by Madame de La Fayette

2,588 members

60 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

69

Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable

by Samuel Beckett

3,363 members

30 reviews

4.2

2 Members: eromsted, advincent

70

Salammbô

Tartuffe or The Hypocrite [Squid Ink Classics Edition]

2,141 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: advincent, thecoroner, FranzK72

71

3,320 members

45 reviews

3.8

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, Bookkat33

72

Cousin Pons

728 members

11 reviews

3.8

3 Members: roby72, advincent, thecoroner

73

Bonjour Tristesse

by Françoise Sagan

3,847 members

113 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Opinionated, thecoroner, alex68

74

The Miser

by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

1,402 members

26 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, Bookkat33

75

Desert

769 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

76

Submission

by Michel Houellebecq

2,544 members

100 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lewbs, leigonj

77

The Order of the Day

by Eric Vuillard

905 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Opinionated, lewbs

78

The Map and the Territory

by Michel Houellebecq

2,017 members

59 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lewbs, ManWithAnAgenda

79

Texaco

by Patrick Chamoiseau

723 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: Dilara86

80

A Journey Around My Room

by Xavier de Maistre

418 members

15 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: henkl

81

Cosmas, or the Love of God

by Pierre de Calan

39 members

1 review

4

Member: inge87

82

Lost Illusions

The Diary of a Country Priest

2,824 members

35 reviews

4.1

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

83

by Georges Bernanos

1,975 members

29 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68,

84

Jean Santeuil

by Marcel Proust

273 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: ReneeGKC
Explanations: ReneeGKC: Genius in training.

85

Moderato cantabile

by Marguerite Duras

898 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

86

Becket

by Jean Anouilh

1,031 members

18 reviews

4

Member: inge87

87

Camille: The Lady of the Camellias

by Alexandre Dumas

3,461 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

88

The Belly of Paris

The Strangers in the House

1,359 members

35 reviews

3.9

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

89

Philosophical Dictionary

by Voltaire

1,372 members

12 reviews

4

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

90

Les faux-monnayeurs

by André Gide

1,585 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

91

The Abyss

by Marguerite Yourcenar

1,962 members

35 reviews

4

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

92

by Georges Simenon

488 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

93

Gigi [novella]

by Colette

183 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: inge87

94

Adolphe

by Benjamin Constant

877 members

13 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

95

Delta of Venus

by Anaïs Nin

5,358 members

69 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

96

Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and Other Writings

by Marquis de Sade

1,300 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

97

The Mysterious Island