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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Sapientia
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Sapientia

Cassandre Lambert

Published 2022

337 pages

Femme fleuve
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Femme fleuve

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Published 2022

256 pages

Birdgirl
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Birdgirl

Mya-Rose Craig

2022 · 2024 edition

280 pages

Coeur du Sahel
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Coeur du Sahel

Djaïli Amadou Amal

2022 · 2023 edition

288 pages

Mortels
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Mortels

Erin Jade Lange

2022 · 2023 edition

432 pages

Les abandonneuses
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Les abandonneuses

Begoña Gómez Urzaiz

2022 · 2026 edition

368 pages

Douanes
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Douanes

2022 · 2023 edition

104 pages

Retour à Pasaia
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Retour à Pasaia

Aroa Moreno Durán

2022 · 2025 edition

264 pages

Nom
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Nom

Constance Debré

Published 2022

170 pages