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The Martins

The Martins
  • Author(s): David Foenkinos
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A disillusioned Parisian writer finds inspiration in the ordinary lives of his neighbors, the Martins. Is it true that every life is the stuff of novels? Or are some people just too ordinary? This is the question a struggling...

The Painter from Shanghai

The Painter from Shanghai
  • Author(s): Jennifer Epstein
  • Location(s): Paris, Shanghai
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

Down the muddy waters of the Yangtze River, through the raucous glamour of prewar Shanghai and the bohemian splendor of 1920s Paris, and back to a China teetering on the brink of revolution: this is the epic story of...

The Paris Girl

The Paris Girl
  • Author(s): Natalie Meg Evans
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

Paris, 1920s. Tatiana Vytenis has worked hard to leave her past behind. Once a ruined Russian princess in hiding, she is now a sought-after model and engaged to Gérard de Sainte-Vierge – a handsome, if occasionally overbearing, aristocrat. With...

The Paris Network

The Paris Network
  • Author(s): Siobhan Curham
  • Location(s): Paris, United States (USA)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WWII and 1993

Paris, 1940: He pressed the tattered book into her hands. ‘You must go to the café and ask at the counter for Pierre Duras. Tell him that I sent you. Tell him you’re there to save the people of...

The Paris Secret

The Paris Secret
  • Author(s): Karen Swan
  • Location(s): Antibes, Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Not every door should be opened . . . With stunning locations and page-turning tension, The Paris Secret is an intense and gripping tale from bestselling author Karen Swan. Somewhere along the cobbled streets of Paris, an apartment lies thick with...

The Rabbi’s Cat

The Rabbi’s Cat
  • Author(s): Joann Sfar
  • Location(s): Algeria, Paris
  • Genre(s): Historical, Humour
  • Era(s): 1930s

In Algeria in the 1930s, a cat belonging to a widowed rabbi and his beautiful daughter, Zlabya, eats the family parrot and gains the ability to speak. To his master’s consternation, the cat immediately begins to tell lies (the...

The Rain Watcher

The Rain Watcher
  • Author(s): Tatiana de Rosnay
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

It is raining non-stop over Paris. The Malegarde family – split between France, London, and the US – is reunited for the first time in years. When Paul, a famous yet withdrawn arborist, suffers a stroke in the middle...

The red notebook

The red notebook
  • Author(s): Antoine Laurain
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Bookseller Laurent Letellier comes across an abandoned handbag on a Parisian street, and feels impelled to return it to its owner. The bag contains no money, phone or contact information. But a small red notebook with handwritten thoughts and...

The Savior of 6th Street

The Savior of 6th Street
  • Author(s): Orlando Ortega-Medina
  • Location(s): Paris, Los Angeles, New York City (NYC)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Deserted by his father at the age of four and raised by his voodoo queen mother on the fringes of Skid Row, Los Angeles street artist Virgilio Santos believes it his mission to save the down-and-outers in his neighborhood....

The Wine of Solitude

The Wine of Solitude
  • Author(s): Irene Nemirovsky
  • Location(s): Finland, Kyiv, Paris
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th century

First published in 1936 this book is thought to be quite autobiographical. It is the story of young girl’s difficult relationship with her beautiful, but vain and shallow mother. The novel is set during the period of the First...

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