French

Life Form

Amélie Nothomb

Translated by Alison Anderson

The Map and the Territory

Michel Houellebecq

Translated by Gavin Bowd

Ru

Kim Thúy

Translated by Sheila Fischman

Three Strong Women

Marie NDiaye

Translated by John Fletcher

The Years

Annie Ernaux

Translated by Alison L. Strayer

The Immaculate Conception

Gaétan Soucy

The Perfect Circle

Pascale Quiviger

The Attack

Yasmina Khadra

Translated by John Cullen

The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery

Translated by Alison Anderson

Ravel

Jean Echenoz

Translated by Linda Coverdale

Suite Francaise

Irene Nemirovsky

The Woman Who Waited

Andreï Makine

Translated by Geoffrey Strachan

Grey Souls

Philippe Claudel

The Swallows of Kabul

Yasmina Khadra

Translated by John Cullen

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 Officers’ Ward

Marc Dugain

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

Am I Disturbing You?

Anne Hébert

Dreams of My Russian Summers

Andreï Makine

Simple Passion

Annie Ernaux

A Woman’s Story

Annie Ernaux

Translated by Tanya Leslie

A Frozen Woman

Annie Ernaux

The Roots of Heaven

Romain Gary

Translated by Jonathan Griffin

The Plague

Albert Camus

No Exit

Jean-Paul Sartre

The Stranger

Albert Camus

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Beyond the Door of No Return

David Diop

Translated by Sam Taylor

The Birthday Party

Laurent Mauvignier

Translated by Daniel Levin Becker

Change

Édouard Louis

Translated by John Lambert

Dear Dickhead

Virginie Despentes

Translated by Frank Wynne

Disoriental

Négar Djavadi

Translated by Tina Kover

The Easy Life

Marguerite Duras

Translated by Emma Ramadan and Olivia Baes