Local Authors

Showcasing a mix of English-language titles written by Paris-based authors.

Updated May 29, 2024
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Flâneuse : women walk the city in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London
Elkin, Lauren
Audiobook
The flâneur is the quintessentially masculine figure of privilege and leisure who strides the capitals of the world with abandon. But it is the flâneuse who captures the imagination of the cultural critic Lauren Elkin. In her wonderfully gender-bending new book, the flâneuse is a "determined,...
The last hours in Paris
Druart, Ruth
Paper Book
From the author of While Paris Slept comes a story of great love, betrayal, and redemption, set in WWII and 1960s France and England. "Words are power. They can bring you down, lift you up, make your heart soar, make you fall in love. Or make...
My Paris kitchen : recipes and stories
Lebovitz, David.
Paper Book
A collection of stories and 100 sweet and savory French-inspired recipes from popular food blogger David Lebovitz, reflecting the way Parisians eat today and featuring lush photography taken around Paris and in David's Parisian kitchen. In 2004, David Lebovitz packed up his most...
The Paris library
Skeslien Charles, Janet
Paper Book
An instant New York Times, Washington Post, and USA TODAY bestseller--based on the true story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris during World War II--The Paris Library is a moving and unforgettable "ode to the importance of libraries, books, and...
Sarah's key
Rosnay, Tatiana de
Paper Book
A New York Times Bestseller -- Film rights have been optioned. Paris, July 1942: Ten-year-old Sarah is brutally arrested with her family in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, the most notorious act of French collaboration with the Nazis. But Sarah has locked her brother in their favorite hiding place and kept...
A secret kept
Rosnay, Tatiana de
Paper Book
Antoine Rey thought he had the perfect surprise for his sister's Mélanie's fortieth birthday: a weekend at Noirmoutier Island, where the pair spent many happy childhood summers until their mother's untimely death. But the island's haunting beauty triggers something in Mélanie. On the drive home to...
Self-portrait in black and white : unlearning race
Williams, Thomas Chatterton
Ebook
A Time "Must-Read" Book of 2019 "[Williams] is so honest and fresh in his observations, so skillful at blending his own story with larger principles, that it is hard not to admire him." --Andrew Solomon, New York Times Book Review (front page) The son of a "black...

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