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Thirty Days in Paris

Thirty Days in Paris
  • Author(s): Veronica Henry
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Romance, Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary, looking back

Because Paris is always a good idea… Years ago, Juliet left a little piece of her heart in Paris – and now, separated from her husband and with her children flying the nest, it’s time to get it back!...

Turf Wars

Turf Wars
  • Author(s): Olivier Norek
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): contemporary

The summary execution of three dealers – one murdered in full view of a police surveillance team – is the signal for hell to be unleashed in France’s most notorious suburb. Now there’s a new kingpin in charge, using...

Uncoupling

Uncoupling
  • Author(s): Lorraine Brown
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Hannah and Si are in love and on the same track – that is, until their train divides on the way to a wedding. The next morning, Hannah wakes up in Paris and realises that her boyfriend (and her...

Underground Time

Underground Time
  • Author(s): Delphine de Vigan
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Novella
  • Era(s): Modern

Each morning Mathilde takes the Metro to her job in the marketing department of a large French corporation. Ever since a disagreement with her narcissistic boss, life in the office has taken a turn for the worse. On the...

Vintage 1954

Vintage 1954
  • Author(s): Antoine Laurain
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mainly 1954

When Hubert Larnaudie invites some fellow residents of his Parisian apartment building to drink an exceptional bottle of 1954 Beaujolais, he has no idea of its special properties. The following morning, Hubert finds himself waking up in 1950s Paris,...

You Deserve Nothing

You Deserve Nothing
  • Author(s): Alexander Maksik
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Set in an international high school in Paris, YOU DESERVE NOTHING is told in three voices: that of Will, a charismatic young teacher who brings ideas alive in the classroom in a way that profoundly affects his students: Gilad,...

The Little Paris Bookshop

The Little Paris Bookshop
  • Author(s): Nina George
  • Location(s): Paris, Provence
  • Era(s): Modern

On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop; or rather a ‘literary apothecary’, for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only...

Arab Jazz

Arab Jazz
  • Author(s): Karim Miské
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Crime, Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

Kosher sushi, kebabs, a second hand bookshop and a bar: the 19th arrondissement in Paris is a cosmopolitan neighbourhood where multicultural citizens live, love and worship alongside one another. This peace is shattered when Ahmed Taroudant’s melancholy daydreams are...

And the Mountains Echoed

And the Mountains Echoed
  • Author(s): Khaled Hosseini
  • Location(s): Kabul, Paris, San Francisco
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one… Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of...

Chéri

Chéri
  • Author(s): Colette
  • Location(s): Paris
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Early 20th Century

Léa de Lonval is a magnificent and aging courtesan facing the end of her career. She has devoted the last six years to the amorous education of the exquisitely handsome and spoilt Chéri – a playboy half her age....

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