Books set in Paris

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egginacup · 12/07/2018 19:06

Off on a school trip to Paris next week It’s a long coach journey so looking to fill my kindle with some great Paris-set novels to distract me from the whinging teenagers... any suggestions? I’ve read Suite Francaise and loved it.

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frenchfancy · 12/07/2018 19:32

The Little Paris bookshop - I read this recently and really enjoyed it.

Tawdrylocalbrouhaha · 12/07/2018 19:28

The Maigret novels are great - each one is short, and they span over decades. I love the incidental references to the laundry boats on the Seine, the descriptions of how people lived in boarding houses and rooms behind the shop, of the new suburbs being built etc.

For a more modern and trashy read, the earlier Aimee Leduc books by Cara Black are fun.

undeecided · 12/07/2018 19:24

These Divided Walls

TheOnlyLivingBoyInNewCross · 12/07/2018 19:22

The Hunchback of Notre Dame?

The Three Musketeers?

TheVanguardSix · 12/07/2018 19:20

Also, Perfume by Patrick Sueskind. Though not entirely set in Paris, enough of it is and it's a fabulous book, despite its darkness.

TheVanguardSix · 12/07/2018 19:19

Le Divorce or also Le Mariage, both by Diane Johnson

Henry and June by Anais Nin

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egginacup · 12/07/2018 19:18

Ooh thanks, just been looking them up on amazon, Like the sound of all of these!

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DailyFailAreTwats · 12/07/2018 19:13

The Elegance of the Hedgehog- beautifully written and rather different!

BestIsWest · 12/07/2018 19:13

The Paris Wife -Paula McLain. A fictionalised account of Ernest Hemingway’s first wife and their years in Paris. Really good.

twobarnsmammisonthebus · 12/07/2018 19:09

Flowers for Mrs Harris. Charming and adorable, I love it!

INeedNewShoes · 12/07/2018 19:08

Lollipop shoes

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