The most popular French gender books of 2022

Books about gender ask what it means to be a woman or a man, and who decided. Expectations at home, at work and in love are examined in novels, memoirs and essays. Some are angry, some are funny, and all of them make the familiar look newly strange. This list shows the ones first published in 2022. Only books in French are listed.

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Belle
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Belle

Danielle Steel

2022 · 2026 edition

336 pages

La gouvernante
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La gouvernante

Joy Fielding, Джой Филдинг

Published 2022

396 pages

Suspect
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Suspect

Danielle Steel

2022 · 2025 edition

336 pages

Alias Emma
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Alias Emma

Ava Glass

2022 · 2023 edition

379 pages

Cher connard
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Cher connard

Virginie Despentes

Published 2022

352 pages

Mercy Street
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Mercy Street

Jennifer Haigh

2022 · 2023 edition

432 pages

Divorce
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Divorce

Moa Herngren

2022 · 2025 edition

368 pages