The most popular French world War I books

Books about the First World War return to the trenches and the world they destroyed. Novels, poetry, letters and histories tell of mud, comradeship, loss and a generation changed for ever, from the outbreak in 1914 to the armistice in 1918 and the uneasy peace after. Only books in French are listed.

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Le Don paisible
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Le Don paisible

Mikhail Sholokhov

1970 · 1999 edition

1408 pages

Une femme libre
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Une femme libre

Danielle Steel

2008 · 2010 edition

364 pages

Après
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Après

Erich Maria Remarque

1971 · 2014 edition

400 pages

Pierre et luce
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Pierre et luce

Romain Rolland

1987 · 2023 edition

110 pages

L'un des nôtres
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L'un des nôtres

Willa Cather, Bauer Books

1971 · 1993 edition

427 pages

Guerres
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Guerres

Timothy Findley

1977 · 2018 edition

272 pages

Propaganda
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Propaganda

Edward L. Bernays

1972 · 2007 edition

144 pages

War is a racket
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War is a racket

Smedley D. Butler, Smedley Darlignton Butler

1974 · 2026 edition

93 pages