The most popular French exploration & adventure books

These are true stories of people who went to the edge. Polar expeditions, mountain climbs, ocean crossings, jungle treks and survival against the odds are told by those who were there or by writers who followed their trail. Gripping, humbling and often hard to put down. Only books in French are listed.

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Pirates
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Pirates

John Matthews

2006 · 2007 edition

28 pages

Journal De Voyage
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Journal De Voyage

Michel de Montaigne, Louis Lautrey

2010 · 2022 edition

542 pages

Au Peril des Idees
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Au Peril des Idees

Edgar Morin, Tariq Ramadan

2014 · 2015 edition

400 pages

GIGN
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GIGN

Aton, philippe b

Published 2019

374 pages

Parodie
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Parodie

Cizia Zykë

Published 1997

349 pages

Les pirates
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Les pirates

Moira Butterfield

2005 · 2006 edition

63 pages

Marius
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Marius

Marius

Published 2016

537 pages

Endurance
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Endurance

Alfred Lansing

1976 · 2018 edition

384 pages

Des sauvages (Histoire)
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Des sauvages (Histoire)

Samuel de Champlain, Alain Beaulieu, Réal Ouellet

Published 1993

282 pages