The most popular French revenge books

Revenge stories are driven by a wrong that demands an answer. Someone is betrayed, robbed or left for dead, and returns with a plan. The satisfaction is in watching it unfold, and the best of these books also count the cost to the one who takes it. Only books in French are listed.

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Victoria
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Victoria

Joseph Conrad

1971 · 1987 edition

415 pages

L'écorcheuse
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L'écorcheuse

Kelly Sue DeConnick

2014 · 2015 edition

160 pages

La Promesse
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La Promesse

Christopher Pike

1994 · 1999 edition

222 pages

Revolver
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Revolver

Marcus Sedgwick

2009 · 2012 edition

203 pages

Basil
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Basil

Wilkie Collins

1980 · 2012 edition

416 pages

Le flambeur
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Le flambeur

Sarah MacLean

2012 · 2014 edition

377 pages

Cher zoo
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Cher zoo

Rod Campbell

1982 · 2016 edition

24 pages

Les élus
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Les élus

Benedict Jacka

2013 · 2019 edition

378 pages

Dossier 64
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Dossier 64

Jussi Adler-Olsen

2010 · 2014 edition

608 pages

I am still alive
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I am still alive

Kate Alice Marshall

2018 · 2020 edition

350 pages

Le sauvage
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Le sauvage

Guillermo Arriaga

2013 · 2021 edition

960 pages

Le fils
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Le fils

Jo Nesbø

2014 · 2017 edition

624 pages