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A Secret Kept Summary
A Secret Kept
by Tatiana de Rosnay 2009 303 pages
3.36
28k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
France
Mystery
How to Live Summary
How to Live
A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
by Sarah Bakewell 2010 387 pages
4.02
10k+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
The Greater Journey Summary
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
by David McCullough 2011 558 pages
3.94
20k+ ratings
History
France
American History
The Fall Summary
The Fall
by Albert Camus 1956 147 pages
4.04
100k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Literature
Lessons from Madame Chic Summary
Lessons from Madame Chic
20 Stylish Secrets I Learned While Living in Paris
by Jennifer L. Scott 2011 283 pages
3.72
8k+ ratings
Self Help
Fashion
France
Bringing Up Bébé Summary
Bringing Up Bébé
One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
by Pamela Druckerman 2012 10 pages
4.02
73k+ ratings
Parenting
Memoir
France
The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
by Michel Foucault 1966 416 pages
4.12
9k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
A Life Worth Living Summary
A Life Worth Living
Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning
by Robert Zaretsky 2013 240 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
France
Chronicles Summary
Chronicles
On Our Troubled Times
by Thomas Piketty 2016 320 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Economics
Politics
Essays
Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic Summary
Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic
Lessons in Everyday Elegance
by Jennifer L. Scott 2015 288 pages
3.82
2k+ ratings
Self Help
Fashion
France
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert Zaretsky 2010 200 pages
4.13
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
French Women Don't Get Fat Summary
French Women Don't Get Fat
The Secret of Eating for Pleasure
by Mireille Guiliano 2004 263 pages
3.55
19k+ ratings
Food
Health
Self Help
Waking Up in Paris Summary
Waking Up in Paris
Overcoming Darkness in the City of Light
by Sonia Choquette 2018 248 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Memoir
France
Travel
The True Life Summary
The True Life
by Alain Badiou 2016 80 pages
3.61
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Sex and Lies Summary
Sex and Lies
by Leïla Slimani 2017 176 pages
3.96
4k+ ratings
Feminism
Essays
Morocco
Comment tout peut s'effondrer Summary
Comment tout peut s'effondrer
Petit manuel de collapsologie à l'usage des générations présentes
by Pablo Servigne 2015 267 pages
4.17
1k+ ratings
Science
Ecology
Climate Change
Parisian Lives Summary
Parisian Lives
Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me
by Deirdre Bair 2019 368 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Biography
Memoir
France
French Kids Eat Everything Summary
French Kids Eat Everything
How Our Family Moved to France, Cured Picky Eating, Banned Snacking, and Discovered 10 Simple Rules for Raising Happy, Healthy Eaters
by Karen Le Billon 2012 305 pages
3.94
9k+ ratings
Parenting
Food
Memoir
My Grape Year Summary
My Grape Year
by Laura Bradbury 2015 378 pages
4.14
1k+ ratings
Memoir
Travel
France
Happy as a Dane Summary
Happy as a Dane
10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
by Malene Rydahl 2014 142 pages
3.46
500+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
At the Existentialist Café Summary
At the Existentialist Café
by Sarah Bakewell 2016 440 pages
4.24
17k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
Mythologies Summary
Mythologies
by Roland Barthes 1957 160 pages
4.09
16k+ ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Theory
Eloge du risque Summary
Eloge du risque
by Anne Dufourmantelle 2011 311 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
After Lockdown Summary
After Lockdown
A Metamorphosis
by Bruno Latour 2021 180 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Ecology
France
A Brief History of Thought Summary
A Brief History of Thought
A Philosophical Guide to Living
by Luc Ferry 1996 304 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t Summary
The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t
Cut the Crap and Live Your Life
by Fabrice Midal 2017 176 pages
3.10
500+ ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
France
In Defense of Witches Summary
In Defense of Witches
The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
by Mona Chollet 2018 320 pages
4.08
19k+ ratings
Feminism
History
Witches
Interventions 2020 Summary
Interventions 2020
by Michel Houellebecq 2020 371 pages
3.59
500+ ratings
Essays
Politics
France
The Gospel According to Coco Chanel Summary
The Gospel According to Coco Chanel
Life Lessons From The World's Most Elegant Woman
by Karen Karbo 2009 225 pages
3.52
3k+ ratings
Fashion
Biography
Self Help
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince Summary
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince
In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child
by Pierre Lassus 2014 240 pages
3.34
10+ ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
History
Listen to Your Body, Your Best Friend on Earth Summary
Listen to Your Body, Your Best Friend on Earth
by Lise Bourbeau 1987 220 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
What Is Existentialism? Summary
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir 1944 128 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death
by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974 352 pages
3.58
100+ ratings
Feminism
Politics
France
Brave Genius Summary
Brave Genius
A Scientist, a Philosopher, and Their Daring Adventures from the French Resistance to the Nobel Prize
by Sean B. Carroll 2013 592 pages
4.27
500+ ratings
History
Science
Biography
Seven Letters from Paris Summary
Seven Letters from Paris
by Samantha Verant 2014 272 pages
3.55
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Romance
France
Heal Your Wounds & Find Your True Self Summary
Heal Your Wounds & Find Your True Self
by Lise Bourbeau 2002 232 pages
3.93
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
Hector and the Search for Happiness Summary
Hector and the Search for Happiness
by François Lelord 2002 134 pages
3.48
17k+ ratings
Psychology
Contemporary
Philosophy
Hector and the Secrets of Love Summary
Hector and the Secrets of Love
by François Lelord 2005 267 pages
3.46
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Romance
Philosophy
The Linguist Summary
The Linguist
A Personal Guide to Language Learning
by Steve Kaufmann 2003 146 pages
3.49
100+ ratings
Language
Spanish Literature
Linguistics
Les Misérables Summary
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo 1862 1463 pages
4.21
800k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Literature
France
The Stranger Summary
The Stranger
by Albert Camus 1942 123 pages
4.03
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
The Plague Summary
The Plague
by Albert Camus 1947 308 pages
4.02
200k+ ratings
Classics
Philosophy
France
Fresh Water for Flowers Summary
Fresh Water for Flowers
by Valérie Perrin 2018 476 pages
4.27
98k+ ratings
Romance
France
Contemporary
The Count of Monte Cristo Summary
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas 1846 1276 pages
4.31
900k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Adventure
Literature
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You Summary
Your Brain Is Playing Tricks On You
How the Brain Shapes Opinions and Perceptions
by Albert Moukheiber 2019 131 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Around the World in Eighty Days Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne 1872 252 pages
3.95
200k+ ratings
Classics
Adventure
Science Fiction
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Summary
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne 1869 269 pages
3.89
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
The Myth of Sisyphus Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus
by Albert Camus 1942 192 pages
4.18
75k+ ratings
Philosophy
France
Essays
Journey to the Center of the Earth Summary
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne 1864 240 pages
3.85
200k+ ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
Adventure
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