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Book Recommendations for General Fiction, set in France

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Literary Fiction - 52
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  • Canoes
    Maylis De Kerangal
    Paperback: 10/29/2024
     
    A colorful cast of female characters contends with UFOs, sonic waves, and the legend of Buffalo Bill in a ...
  • Beyond the Door of No Return
    David Diop
    Paperback: 09/17/2024
     
    The hotly anticipated new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.
  • Creation Lake
    Creation Lake: A Novel
    Rachel Kushner
    Hardcover: 09/03/2024
     
    From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and "one of the most ...
  • Loot
    Loot: A Novel
    Tania James
    Paperback: 06/18/2024
     
    A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century: a hero's quest, a love story, the story of a ...
  • My Husband
    My Husband: A Novel
    Maud Ventura, Emma Ramadan
    Paperback: 06/04/2024
     
    In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over ...
  • The Postcard
    Anne Berest
    Paperback: 05/07/2024
     
    Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and...
  • Change
    Change: A Novel
    Edouard Louis
    Hardcover: 03/05/2024
     
    An autobiographical novel from Édouard Louis, hailed as one of the most important voices of his ...

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