Whether I’m at home in Vermont or in Cazo, I love reading books on, about, of, by, for, sur, de la…France! Whether they be novels, memoirs, essays or historical fiction, I’m interested. Figuring that there are others like me out there, I’ve compiled a list of favorites – which I will add to as I find more titles that excite me. Please feel free to write comments with your favorites, too.
Books For When You’re in a French Mindset
And….whether I’m at home in Vermont or in the Languedoc, I love reading books on, about, of, by, for, sur, de la…France! Whether they be novels, memoirs, essays or historical fiction, I’m interested. Figuring that there are others like me, I’ve started to compile a list of favorites – which I will add to as I find more titles that excite me. Again, they’re in no particular order and I’ll update this frequently. Please feel free to write comments with your favorites, too.
The Discovery of France by Graham Robb
Instructions for Visitors by Helen Stevenson
Hunting and Gathering by Anna Gavalda
The Way I Found Her by Rose Tremain
Paris to the Moon by Adam Gopnick
The Fly-Truffler by Gustaf Sobin
I’ll Never Be French (No Matter What I Do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany by Mark Greenside
The Price of Water in Finistere by Bodil Malmsten
French Lessons: A Memoir by Alice kaplan
The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy
Letters From My Windmill by Alphonse Daudet
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
Deadly Slipper by Michelle Wan
My Life in France by Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme
The Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris
