France Book Summaries

At the Existentialist Café Summary
At the Existentialist Café
by Sarah Bakewell 2016 440 pages
4.24
18.2K ratings
Philosophy
History
Biography
The Little Dictionary of Fashion Summary
The Little Dictionary of Fashion
A Guide to Dress Sense for Every Woman
by Christian Dior 1954 128 pages
4.02
1.3K ratings
Fashion
Art
Design
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
3.31
49 ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
History
The Linguist Summary
The Linguist
A Personal Guide to Language Learning
by Steve Kaufmann 2003 146 pages
3.49
191 ratings
Language
Spanish Literature
Linguistics
Journey to the Center of the Earth Summary
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne 1864 240 pages
3.85
215.9K ratings
Classics
Science Fiction
Adventure
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
Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic Summary
Polish Your Poise with Madame Chic
Lessons in Everyday Elegance
by Jennifer L. Scott 2015 288 pages
3.83
2.6K ratings
Self Help
Fashion
France
Don Juan Summary
Don Juan
by Molière 1665 146 pages
3.55
16.8K ratings
Classics
Plays
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
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
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 God of Carnage Summary
The God of Carnage
by Yasmina Reza 2007 80 pages
3.71
8.6K ratings
Plays
Theatre
Drama
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death
by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974 352 pages
3.59
149 ratings
Feminism
Politics
France
The Perfect Nanny Summary
The Perfect Nanny
by Leïla Slimani 2016 228 pages
3.40
117.8K ratings
Thriller
Mystery
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
Cyrano de Bergerac Summary
Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand 1897 240 pages
4.06
88.7K ratings
Classics
Plays
Drama
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
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
10.5K ratings
Philosophy
Biography
History
A Moveable Feast Summary
A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway 1964 192 pages
4.02
160.9K ratings
Memoir
Biography
France
Hector and the Search for Happiness Summary
Hector and the Search for Happiness
by François Lelord 2002 134 pages
3.48
17.2K ratings
Psychology
Contemporary
Book Club
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
Hitchcock/Truffaut Summary
Hitchcock/Truffaut
by François Truffaut 1966 368 pages
4.48
9.0K ratings
Film
Biography
Media Tie In
A Life Worth Living Summary
A Life Worth Living
Albert Camus and the Quest for Meaning
by Robert Zaretsky 2013 240 pages
4.01
605 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
France
Writing and Difference Summary
Writing and Difference
by Jacques Derrida 1967 362 pages
4.00
7.9K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
France
Sex and Lies Summary
Sex and Lies
by Leïla Slimani 2017 176 pages
3.96
4.5K ratings
Feminism
Essays
Morocco
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
The Kindly Ones Summary
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell 2006 984 pages
4.02
14.5K ratings
Historical Fiction
War
World War II
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
694 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
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
The Little Paris Bookshop Summary
The Little Paris Bookshop
by Nina George 2013 392 pages
3.51
104.5K ratings
Book Club
Romance
Books About Books
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
Madame Bovary Summary
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert 1856 329 pages
3.71
358.4K ratings
Classics
France
Literature
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
Around the World in Eighty Days Summary
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne 1872 252 pages
3.95
271.6K ratings
Classics
Adventure
Science Fiction
The Greater Journey Summary
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
by David McCullough 2011 558 pages
3.94
20.3K ratings
History
France
Biography
The Counterfeiters Summary
The Counterfeiters
by André Gide 1925 451 pages
3.83
10.0K ratings
France
Classics
French Literature
The Black Tulip Summary
The Black Tulip
by Alexandre Dumas 1850 246 pages
3.85
22.4K ratings
Classics
Historical Fiction
France
Lakestone - tome 1 Summary
Lakestone - tome 1
by Sarah Rivens 2024 800 pages
4.4
9.6K ratings
Dark Romance
Romance
Enemies To Lovers
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
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
Albert Camus Summary
Albert Camus
Elements of a Life
by Robert Zaretsky 2010 200 pages
4.13
164 ratings
Philosophy
Biography
Biography Memoir
Being And Event Summary
Being And Event
by Alain Badiou 1988 560 pages
4.02
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Mathematics
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays Summary
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
by Albert Camus 1942 212 pages
4.22
62.6K ratings
Philosophy
Classics
Essays
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
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
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
Planet of the Apes Summary
Planet of the Apes
by Pierre Boulle 1963 276 pages
3.99
46.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
France
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
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
The Red and the Black Summary
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal 1830 577 pages
3.86
81.5K ratings
Classics
France
French Literature
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