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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Les Jumelles
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Les Jumelles

Claire Douglas

2015 · 2016 edition

341 pages

Hotaru
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Hotaru

Aki Shimazaki

Published 2004

137 pages

La dent de l'ours
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La dent de l'ours

Catherine de Lasa, Christel Espié

Published 2008

57 pages

Les Luminaires
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Les Luminaires

Eleanor Catton

2013 · 2016 edition

1248 pages

L'accident
Cover of L'accident

L'accident

C. L. Taylor

2014 · 2015 edition

360 pages