Paris

The Bookseller: The First Hugo Marston Novel By Mark Pryor Cover Image
$18.95
ISBN: 9781616147082
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Published: Seventh Street Books - October 9th, 2012

You’ll want to read Mark Pryor’s Hugo Marston books, especially those set in Paris.


The Crypt Thief: A Hugo Marston Novel By Mark Pryor Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781616147853
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Published: Seventh Street Books - May 7th, 2013

You’ll want to read Mark Pryor’s Hugo Marston books, especially those set in Paris.


The Blood Promise: A Hugo Marston Novel By Mark Pryor Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781616148157
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Published: Seventh Street Books - January 14th, 2014

You’ll want to read Mark Pryor’s Hugo Marston books, especially those set in Paris.


The Paris Librarian: A Hugo Marston Novel By Mark Pryor Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781633881778
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Published: Seventh Street Books - August 9th, 2016

You’ll want to read Mark Pryor’s Hugo Marston books, especially those set in Paris.


The Sorbonne Affair: A Hugo Marston Novel By Mark Pryor Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9781633882614
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Published: Seventh Street Books - August 22nd, 2017

You’ll want to read Mark Pryor’s Hugo Marston books, especially those set in Paris.


The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance By Edmund de Waal Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780312569372
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Published: Picador - August 2nd, 2011

A history of a wealthy Jewish family, much of the book is set in the Parc Monceau neighborhood of Paris a century ago (our neighborhood for the July Paris trip).


Les Parisiennes: Resistance, Collaboration, and the Women of Paris Under Nazi Occupation By Anne Sebba Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250136015
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - September 26th, 2017

Acts of courage, of resistance and of betrayal are detailed in this engrossing book about Paris in WWII.


The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris By David McCullough Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781416571773
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Published: Simon & Schuster - May 15th, 2012

The stories of many American artists, writers, architects and doctors who visited Paris in the 19th century.


Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation By Charles Glass Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780143118664
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Published: Penguin Books - February 22nd, 2011

The story of famous and not-so-famous Americans who elected to stay in Paris through the occupation.


La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life By Elaine Sciolino Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250007445
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - July 17th, 2012

The author, longtime Paris bureau chief for the New York Times, demonstrates how the concept of seduction underlies just about everything in France.


Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris By Graham Robb Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780393339734
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 11th, 2011

A series of true stories about important people in Paris’s history – with details you’ve never heard before.


The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family By Annette Gordon-Reed Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780393337761
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - September 8th, 2009

Although this book is primarily about Thomas Jefferson’s relationship to Sally Hemings and her family, much of it is set in Paris.


Paris Under Water: How the City of Light Survived the Great Flood of 1910 By Jeffrey H. Jackson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780230108042
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - March 29th, 2011

If you’re interested in civil engineering and the history of city administration, this is the book for you.


My Life in France By Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780307277695
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Published: Anchor - October 9th, 2007

Alas, we can’t visit the Paris of the ‘50s when Julia was there, but we can yearn.


The Sweet Life in Paris: Delicious Adventures in the World's Most Glorious - and Perplexing - City By David Lebovitz Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780767928892
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Published: Crown - March 1st, 2011

American pastry chef moves to Paris and relates his adventures. You might also want to start following his excellent food blog.


The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris By John Baxter Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780061998546
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Published: Harper Perennial - May 24th, 2011

A literary tour guide reflects on his experiences in Paris.


A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition By Ernest Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway (Foreword by), Sean Hemingway (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Ernest Hemingway, Patrick Hemingway (Foreword by), Sean Hemingway (Introduction by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781439182710
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Published: Scribner - July 20th, 2010

Sketches of Paris after World War I.


Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the French By Jean Nadeau, Julie Barlow Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781402200458
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Published: Sourcebooks - May 1st, 2003

A highly opinionated explanation of French culture.


Almost French: Love and a New Life in Paris By Sarah Turnbull Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781592400829
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Published: Avery - August 3rd, 2004

A young Australian woman marries and moves to Paris – and learns how to navigate French culture.


Paris to the Moon By Adam Gopnik Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780375758232
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - September 11th, 2001

New Yorker writer lives in Paris for five years and sends back dispatches on life there.


The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries) By Julie Orringer Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781400034376
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Published: Vintage - January 25th, 2011

A WWII novel about a Hungarian-Jewish architecture student; much of the book is set in Paris.


Sarah's Key By Tatiana de Rosnay Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780312370848
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin - September 30th, 2008

A contemporary woman discovers a tragic story of the Holocaust linked to her Paris apartment.


Paris: The Novel By Edward Rutherfurd Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780345530769
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Published: Ballantine Books - April 1st, 2014

This long novel traces linked families through the history of Paris; the descriptions of the building of the Eiffel Tower are particularly interesting.


Murder in the Marais (An Aimée Leduc Investigation #1) By Cara Black Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781616957308
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Published: Soho Crime - April 26th, 2016

This the first in her series of contemporary mysteries set in Paris.


Abundance, A Novel of Marie Antoinette By Sena Jeter Naslund Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780060825409
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - May 22nd, 2007

Versailles was only a few miles outside of Paris, and this historical fiction is beautifully imagined.


The Paris Wife: A Novel By Paula McLain Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780345521316
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Published: Ballantine Books - November 27th, 2012

Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley in the 20s.


Cousin Bette (Modern Library Classics) By Honoré de Balzac, Kathleen Raine (Translated by), Francine Prose (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Honoré de Balzac, Kathleen Raine (Translated by), Francine Prose (Introduction by)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780375759079
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Published: Modern Library - February 12th, 2002

This tale of the contrast of poverty and wealth in the same family is a story of revenge, set in the life of early 19th century bourgeoisie.


The Ladies' Paradise (Oxford World's Classics) By Émile Zola, Brian Nelson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780199536900
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - September 1st, 2008

Zola tells the story of the very first department store in Paris as Haussmann rips up the medieval city and way of life and builds the Paris we know today.


The Belly of Paris (Oxford World's Classics) By Emile Zola, Brian Nelson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780199555840
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - September 28th, 2009

Les Halles, the grand wholesale market of Paris, provides this lush but sometimes grim picture of food in Paris in the 1800s.


Hungry for Paris (second edition): The Ultimate Guide to the City's 109 Best Restaurants By Alexander Lobrano Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780812985948
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - April 15th, 2014

Lobrano reviews distinguished restaurants in Paris (though published in 2014). His website has lots of recent reviews.


Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris By Clotilde Dusoulier Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780767926133
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Published: Clarkson Potter - April 22nd, 2008

Advice on eating in Paris, from tea shops to markets and restaurants, by a French food blogger.