The most popular French secrets & lies books

These books run on things left unsaid. A hidden past, a double life or one small lie that grows shapes a family, a marriage or a whole town. The pleasure is in watching the truth work its way out, and in seeing who is still standing afterward. Only books in French are listed.

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The Sister
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The Sister

Louise Jensen

2016 · 2018 edition

380 pages

Double vie
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Double vie

Tim Parks

Published 2005

361 pages

Inversions
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Inversions

Iain M. Banks

1998 · 2003 edition

412 pages

Irrésistible
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Irrésistible

Karen Robards

2002 · 2004 edition

288 pages

Pour survivre
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Pour survivre

Katie McGarry

2014 · 2016 edition

490 pages

MxZero T08
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MxZero T08

Yasuhiro Kano

Published 2009

192 pages

Déflagration
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Déflagration

Helen Hardt

2017 · 2021 edition

326 pages

Eloge du secret
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Eloge du secret

Pierre Levy-Soussan

2006 · 2010 edition

192 pages