The most popular French homelessness books

Books about homelessness tell the stories of people living without a home. Memoirs and reporting describe the streets, the shelters and how easily it can happen, and novels give those lives the attention they rarely receive. They are humane books that change how you see your own city. Only books in French are listed.

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Lottery boy
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Lottery boy

Michael Byrne

Published 2015

281 pages

Belleville au coeur
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Belleville au coeur

Christian Page, Eloi Audoin-Rouzeau

Published 2018

157 pages

Sira, la petite mendiante
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Sira, la petite mendiante

Boubacar Diallo (1er.), Robert Koumassadouno, Emmanuel Fomba

Published 2008

13 pages

Egarés Broché
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Egarés Broché

Britt Collins

2015 · 2017 edition

304 pages

Ripley Bogle
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Ripley Bogle

Robert McLiam Wilson

1989 · 2017 edition

438 pages

À nous l'Amérique
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À nous l'Amérique

Vincent Dumas, Ospital, Guillaume, Illustrations / Graphisme

Published 2013

55 pages

Recherchée
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Recherchée

Karin Alvtegen

2000 · 2003 edition

270 pages

Nos filleuls d'Asie
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Nos filleuls d'Asie

Richard Werly, Marie-Sophie Boulanger

Published 1994

227 pages

A la rue!
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A la rue!

Collectif les morts de la rue

Published 2005

198 pages