The most popular French sad books

Sad books stay with sorrow. They deal with loss, loneliness and things that cannot be mended, and they do not hurry to cheer you up. Sometimes that is exactly what a reader needs. These stories are beautiful and consoling in their honesty. Only books in French are listed.

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Gatsby le magnifique
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Gatsby le magnifique

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Fitzgerald

1970 · 2022 edition

190 pages

La révolte
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La révolte

Suzanne Collins

2010 · 2015 edition

458 pages

Frankenstein
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Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

1973 · 2001 edition

194 pages

Les Nuits blanches
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Les Nuits blanches

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fédor Dostoïevski, Fiódor Dostoievski

1978 · 2025 edition

102 pages

Evermore
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Evermore

Alyson Noël

2009 · 2023 edition

368 pages

La vie devant soi
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La vie devant soi

Romain Gary, Manuele Fior

1976 · 2025 edition

232 pages

Violentée
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Violentée

Cathy Glass

2006 · 2013 edition

350 pages