Riot Recommendation

Riot Recommendation: 35 of Your Favorite Novels Set in Paris

Flatiron Books, publisher of The Paris Hours by Alex George.

One day in the City of Light. One night in search of lost time. Paris between the wars teems with artists, writers, and musicians, a glittering crucible of genius. But amidst the dazzling creativity of the city’s most famous citizens, four regular people are each searching for something they’ve lost. Told over the course of a single day in 1927, The Paris Hours takes four ordinary people whose stories, told together, are as extraordinary as the glorious city they inhabit.

What is it about Paris that captivates us so?  Is it the sidewalk cafés, those strolls along the Seine, the majesty of the Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Élysées? We love a book that transports us straight to the the City of Light, that’s why we asked our Riot Readers for their favorite works of fiction set in Paris! You gave us everything from contemporary love stories to historical mysteries in both adult and YA, a mix of new books, classics, and backlist faves. Without further ado, here are your favorite works of fiction set in Paris- we can’t wait to get lost in those pages!
Aimee Leduc Investigations series by Cara Black Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins The Afterlife of Stars by Joseph Kertes All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Code Name: Grand Guignol by Ib Melchior The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown The Devils Are All Here by Louise Penny Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery Five Days in Paris by Nora Roberts The Forger by Paul Watkins French Exit by Patrick Dewitt The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin History of Violence by Édouard Louis The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay Les Misérables by Victor Hugo The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George The Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris by Jenny Colgan A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway Murder in Pigalle by Cara Black Paris by Edward Rutherfurd Paris by the Book by Liam Callanan The Paris Architect by by Charles Belfoure The Paris Wife by Paula McLain The Paris Winter by Imogen Robertson Pure by Andrew Miller Rodin’s Lover by Heather Webb The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay Three Hours in Paris by Cara Black Tunnel of Bones by Victoria Schwab The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman