The most popular French big city books

Big city books thrive on crowds, noise and possibility. New York, London, Tokyo and cities like them offer anonymity, ambition and chance encounters on every corner. Romance, crime, literary fiction and urban fantasy all find a home among the lights and the late trains. Only books in French are listed.

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1984
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1984

George Orwell

1971 · 2021 edition

416 pages

Dans son silence
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Dans son silence

Alex Michaelides

2018 · 2020 edition

416 pages

Normal People
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Normal People

Sally Rooney

2018 · 2024 edition

288 pages

Le chardonneret
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Le chardonneret

Donna Tartt

2013 · 2015 edition

1101 pages

Le Miroir mortel
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Le Miroir mortel

Cassandra Clare

2000 · 2012 edition

624 pages

Emma
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Emma

Jane Austen

1892 · 2012 edition

468 pages