France

From A to X

John Berger

The Years

Annie Ernaux

Translated by Alison L. Strayer

Frangipani

Célestine Hitiura Vaite

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery

Translated by Alison Anderson

Ravel

Jean Echenoz

Translated by Linda Coverdale

Self Portrait in Green

Marie NDiaye

The Use of Photography

Annie Ernaux and Marc Marie

Translated by Alison L. Strayer

The Mysteries of Glass

Sue Gee

Suite Francaise

Irene Nemirovsky

The Woman Who Waited

Andreï Makine

Translated by Geoffrey Strachan

Calendrier des fêtes nationales

Michelle Grangaud

Grey Souls

Philippe Claudel

Getting Lost

Annie Ernaux

Translated by Alison L. Strayer

This Blinding Absence of Light

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Translated by Linda Coverdale

Balthasar’s Odyssey

Amin Maalouf

Translated by Barbara Bray

Atomised

Michel Houellebecq

Translated by Frank Wynne

The Mark of the Angel

Nancy Huston

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Jean Dominique Bauby

Shame

Annie Ernaux

Slave Old Man

Patrick Chamoiseau

Translated by Linda Coverdale

The Witch

Marie NDiaye

Translated by Jordan Stump

Dreams of My Russian Summers

Andreï Makine

That Time of Year

Marie NDiaye

Simple Passion

Annie Ernaux

A Woman’s Story

Annie Ernaux

Translated by Tanya Leslie

The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H.

George Steiner

A Frozen Woman

Annie Ernaux

Just Above My Head

James Baldwin

The Traitor’s Niche

Ismail Kadare

Translated by John Hodgson

G.

John Berger

Giovanni’s Room

James Baldwin

The Roots of Heaven

Romain Gary

Translated by Jonathan Griffin

The Plague

Albert Camus

No Exit

Jean-Paul Sartre

The Stranger

Albert Camus

The Oppermanns

Lion Feuchtwanger

Africa’s Struggle for Its Art

Bénédicte Savoy

Translated by Susanne Meyer-Abich

An Astronomer in Love

Antoine Laurain

Translated by Louise Rogers Lalaurie and Megan Jones

Balzac’s Paris

Eric Hazan

The Birthday Party

Laurent Mauvignier

Translated by Daniel Levin Becker