The most popular French adult protagonist books

These books are led by an adult. Careers, marriages, parenthood, ambition and regret are in play, along with whatever adventure the genre provides. These are stories of grown-up lives, with the weight of experience behind every choice. Only books in French are listed.

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Gatsby le magnifique
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Gatsby le magnifique

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Fitzgerald

1970 · 2022 edition

190 pages

1984
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1984

George Orwell

1971 · 2021 edition

324 pages

Bilbo le Hobbit
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Bilbo le Hobbit

J. R. R. Tolkien

1972 · 2013 edition

384 pages

Verity
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Verity

Colleen Hoover, コリーン・フーヴァー

2013 · 2026 edition

360 pages

Fourth Wing
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Fourth Wing

Rebecca Yarros

2022 · 2024 edition

617 pages

Fièvre noire
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Fièvre noire

Karen Marie Moning

2006 · 2009 edition

413 pages

Replay
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Replay

Ken Grimwood

1986 · 1997 edition

432 pages

Patient zéro
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Patient zéro

Jonathan Maberry

2009 · 2010 edition

504 pages