France Book Summaries

The Words Summary
The Words
The Autobiography of Jean-Paul Sartre
by Jean-Paul Sartre 1963 256 pages
3.74
9.9K ratings
Philosophy
France
Biography
Sex and Lies Summary
Sex and Lies
by Leïla Slimani 2017 176 pages
3.96
4.5K ratings
Feminism
Essays
Morocco
The Three Musketeers Summary
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas 1844 431 pages
4.10
338.2K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
Adventure
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1964 192 pages
4.02
160.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
France
The Order of Things Summary
The Order of Things
An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
by Michel Foucault 1966 416 pages
4.12
9.4K ratings
Philosophy
History
Theory
A Line in the Sand Summary
A Line in the Sand
Britain, France and the Struggle that Shaped the Middle East
by James Barr 2011 352 pages
4.06
4.5K ratings
History
Politics
War
How To Deal With Idiots Summary
How To Deal With Idiots
by Maxime Rovere 2019 176 pages
3.15
569 ratings
Philosophy
Self Help
France
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Summary
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne 1869 269 pages
3.89
268.1K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
The First Man Summary
The First Man
by Albert Camus 1994 359 pages
3.97
11.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Ethics and Infinity Summary
Ethics and Infinity
Conversations with Philippe Nemo
by Emmanuel Levinas 1982 126 pages
3.89
659 ratings
Philosophy
France
Religion
The Old Regime and the French Revolution Summary
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
by Alexis de Tocqueville 1856 300 pages
4.05
2.5K ratings
History
Politics
France
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
3.89
1.1K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
Hitchcock/Truffaut Summary
Hitchcock/Truffaut
by François Truffaut 1966 368 pages
4.48
9.0K ratings
Film
Biography
Media Tie In
Writing and Difference Summary
Writing and Difference
by Jacques Derrida 1967 362 pages
4.00
7.9K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
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
9.7K ratings
Parenting
Food
Memoir
A Winter's Promise Summary
A Winter's Promise
by Christelle Dabos 2013 446 pages
4.02
115.0K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide 1925 451 pages
3.83
10.0K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The True Life Summary
The True Life
by Alain Badiou 2016 80 pages
3.62
529 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Psychology
Madame Bovary Summary
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert 1856 329 pages
3.71
358.4K ratings
Classics
France
Literature
A Brief History of Thought Summary
A Brief History of Thought
A Philosophical Guide to Living
by Luc Ferry 1996 304 pages
3.97
4.1K ratings
Philosophy
History
Psychology
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy Summary
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
by René Descartes 1637 103 pages
3.77
35.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Suite Française Summary
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky 2004 431 pages
3.86
76.7K ratings
Historical Fiction
France
Book Club
Lectures on the Will to Know Summary
Lectures on the Will to Know
Lectures at the Collège de France, 1970-1971, & Oedipal Knowledge
by Michel Foucault 2014 293 pages
4.27
233 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
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
4.07
20.8K ratings
Feminism
History
Witches
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
19.4K ratings
Food
Health
Self Help
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
699 ratings
History
Science
Biography
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
1.1K ratings
Science
Ecology
Politics
Allah Is Not Obliged Summary
Allah Is Not Obliged
by Ahmadou Kourouma 2000 215 pages
3.68
2.3K ratings
Ivory Coast
African Literature
War
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself Summary
I'm Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself
One Woman's Pursuit of Pleasure in Paris
by Glynnis MacNicol 2024 288 pages
3.44
6.3K ratings
Memoir
Travel
France
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert Zaretsky 2010 200 pages
4.13
164 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary
1000 Years of Annoying the French
by Stephen Clarke 2010 685 pages
4.05
4.4K ratings
History
Humor
France
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan Summary
The Seminar of Jacques Lacan
The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis
by Jacques Lacan 1973 304 pages
4.10
1.7K ratings
Psychology
Psychoanalysis
Philosophy
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read Summary
How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read
by Pierre Bayard 2007 185 pages
3.44
4.8K ratings
Books About Books
Philosophy
Essays
Bringing Up Bébé Summary
Bringing Up Bébé
One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
by Pamela Druckerman 2012 10 pages
4.02
74.6K ratings
Parenting
Memoir
France
Les Nourritures terrestres Summary
Les Nourritures terrestres
suivi de Les nouvelles nourritures
by André Gide 1897 248 pages
3.68
3.7K ratings
Poetry
Classics
France
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
8.4K ratings
Self Help
Fashion
France
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
3.11
836 ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
France
A Secret Kept Summary
A Secret Kept
by Tatiana de Rosnay 2009 303 pages
3.37
28.4K ratings
Historical Fiction
France
Book Club
What Is Existentialism? Summary
What Is Existentialism?
by Simone de Beauvoir 1944 128 pages
3.91
1.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
Caligula and Three Other Plays Summary
Caligula and Three Other Plays
by Albert Camus 1949 302 pages
4.05
2.4K ratings
Plays
Drama
Philosophy
My Grape Year Summary
My Grape Year
by Laura Bradbury 2015 378 pages
4.14
1.4K ratings
Travel
Memoir
France
L'art de la Simplicité Summary
L'art de la Simplicité
How to Live More with Less
by Dominique Loreau 2008 254 pages
3.52
5.6K ratings
Self Help
Personal Development
Philosophy
Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies Summary
Meditations on First Philosophy, with Selections from the Objections and Replies
by René Descartes 1641 265 pages
3.74
2.3K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
France
Hector and the Secrets of Love Summary
Hector and the Secrets of Love
by François Lelord 2005 267 pages
3.46
2.7K ratings
Psychology
Romance
Philosophy
Papillon Summary
Papillon
by Henri Charrière 1969 544 pages
4.23
73.5K ratings
Biography
Classics
Memoir
The Camp of the Saints Summary
The Camp of the Saints
by Jean Raspail 1973 316 pages
3.82
1.7K ratings
Politics
Literature
Dystopia
Parisian Lives Summary
Parisian Lives
Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me
by Deirdre Bair 2019 368 pages
4.02
744 ratings
Biography
Memoir
France
The Perfect Nanny Summary
The Perfect Nanny
by Leïla Slimani 2016 228 pages
3.40
117.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
France
The Lover Summary
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras 1984 117 pages
3.71
66.2K ratings
France
Romance
French Literature
Jak mniej myśleć. Dla analizujących bez końca i wysoko wrażliwych Summary
Jak mniej myśleć. Dla analizujących bez końca i wysoko wrażliwych
by Christel Petitcollin 2010 232 pages
3.24
5.6K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Personal Development
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