The most popular French desert books

Desert books are set in heat, sand and enormous skies. Caravans, nomads, explorers and people on the run cross a landscape that punishes mistakes. Adventure, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction have all been drawn to its emptiness. Only books in French are listed.

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Le Passage
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Le Passage

Louis Sachar

1994 · 2016 edition

275 pages

Gens de Dublin
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Gens de Dublin

James Joyce

1970 · 1993 edition

303 pages

SHABANU
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SHABANU

Suzanne Fisher Staples

1989 · 2003 edition

294 pages

Les voix
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Les voix

Susan Elderkin

2003 · 2005 edition

439 pages

Tracks
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Tracks

Robyn Davidson

1980 · 1995 edition

281 pages

Passion désert
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Passion désert

Philippe Frey, Patricia Jolly

Published 2013

321 pages

Sahara
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Sahara

Thierry Tillet, IGCP 252: Past and Future Evolution of Deserts. Working Group: Men and the Deserts

Published 1997

455 pages

Le désert
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Le désert

Fondation Cartier

Published 2000

235 pages