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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Lila
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Lila

Marilynne Robinson

2014 · 2015 edition

357 pages

Rédemption
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Rédemption

Sylvain Reynard

2013 · 2014 edition

553 pages

Mattimeo
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Mattimeo

Brian Jacques

1990 · 2005 edition

Récidives
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Récidives

Sara Shepard, K. A. Robinson

2011 · 2013 edition

322 pages

Le Gant de Cuivre
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Le Gant de Cuivre

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare

2014 · 2016 edition

304 pages

Monsieur
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Monsieur

E. L. James

Published 2019

474 pages

Mensonges d'État

Mensonges d'État

Philippe Pascot

Published 2019

286 pages

Le fait en question
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Le fait en question

Guillaume Lecointre, Sarah Proust, Fondation Jean Jaurès, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)

Published 2019

131 pages

Treize marches
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Treize marches

Kazuaki Takano

2001 · 2017 edition

381 pages

L'invitation
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L'invitation

Elizabeth Day

1988 · 1999 edition

239 pages

Sale menteuse
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Sale menteuse

John Waters

2022 · 2025 edition

288 pages

Mamie gangster
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Mamie gangster

David Walliams, [以色列]大卫·格罗斯曼

2011 · 2013 edition

190 pages