French Books for Adults

Le Rendezvous de la Francophonie is an annual celebration of French language and culture across Canada throughout the month of March. It's a perfect time to highlight some great French books in GVPL's collection.


Updated February 24, 2023
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Bonjour tristesse
Sagan, Françoise
Paper Book
Soon to be a New Major Motion Picture directed by Durga Chew-Bose and starring Lily McInerny, Chloë Sevigny, and Claes Bang A sensational 1954 French novel that has become a contemporary classic. Set against the translucent beauty of France in summer, Bonjour Tristesse is a...
Angélique roman
Musso, Guillaume 
Paper Book
EVEN ANGELS HAVE THEIR DEMONS . . . PARIS, CHRISTMAS 2021. After a heart attack, Mathias Taillefer wakes up in hospital with a stranger at his bedside. The mysterious girl reveals herself to be Louise Collange, a volunteer who has come to play the cello for patients. When she...
Watch us dance
Slimani, Leïla
Paper Book
The rebellions within an interracial family play out against the countercultural rebellions of the 1960s in this sexy, stylish, sophisticated new novel by the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of The Perfect Nanny and In the Country of Others. It's...
First blood
Nothomb, Amélie
Paper Book
A gentle homage to the man who gave her life.Winner of the Strega European Prize, the Renaudot Prize, and aBest Book of 2021 (Le Parisien).
Based on a true story
Vigan, Delphine de.
Paper Book
'A wonderful literary trompe l'oeil: a book about friendship, writing and the boundary between reality and fantasy ... Dark, smart, strange, compelling' Harriet Lane, bestselling author of Her Overwhelmed by the huge success of her latest novel, exhausted and suffering...

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