The latest French suburbs books

Books set in the suburbs look behind the tidy lawns. School runs, dinner parties and neighborhood rules hide rivalries, affairs and quiet desperation. Domestic thrillers, family dramas and sharp comedies all enjoy finding out what the neighbors are really up to. The newest come first. Only books in French are listed.

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Villas modernes
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Villas modernes

Jean-Pierre Lyonnet, Christine Desmoulin

Published 1997

128 pages

Virgin Suicides
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Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

1993 · 2000 edition

222 pages

Refaire la cité
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Refaire la cité

Michel Kokoreff, Didier Lapeyronnie

Published 2013

128 pages

Mauvais pas
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Mauvais pas

Linwood Barclay

2004 · 2022 edition

416 pages