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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Menteuse
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Menteuse

Justine Larbalestier

2009 · 2011 edition

448 pages

Impostures
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Impostures

John Banville

2002 · 2003 edition

339 pages

De la duplicité
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De la duplicité

Gaëtane Lamarche-Vadel

Published 1994

137 pages

La fin du jour
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La fin du jour

Bill Clegg

2020 · 2022 edition

392 pages

Pinocchio
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Pinocchio

Sylvie Roberge, Carlo Collodi

Published 2014

16 pages

La petite amie
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La petite amie

Michelle Frances

Published 2017

396 pages

Chantages
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Chantages

Sara Shepard

2011 · 2013 edition

350 pages