The most popular French identity & belonging books of 2022

Books about identity and belonging ask who you are and where you fit. Characters caught between cultures, classes, families or versions of themselves try to find a place to stand. These stories speak to anyone who has ever felt out of place, which is nearly everyone. This list shows the ones first published in 2022. Only books in French are listed.

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Le Goût des secrets
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Le Goût des secrets

Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

2022 · 2025 edition

512 pages

Babel
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Babel

R. F. Kuang

2022 · 2025 edition

784 pages

Nos cœurs disparus
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Nos cœurs disparus

Celeste Ng, Селеста Инг

2022 · 2024 edition

384 pages

Belle Morte
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Belle Morte

Bella Higgin

2022 · 2023 edition

360 pages

BIG GIRL
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BIG GIRL

Mecca Jamilah Sullivan

2022 · 2023 edition

485 pages

Sugar street
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Sugar street

Jonathan Dee

2022 · 2023 edition

199 pages