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18 Best French Novels

Only books first published in the 20th or 21st centuries are included in this list.
Books 17-19 are the constituent volumes of Sartre's 'The Roads to Freedom' ('Les Chemins de la liberté').
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The Lost Estate (Henri Alain-Fournier)
The Lost Estate
1
Henri Alain-Fournier
Under Fire (Henri Barbusse)
Under Fire
2
Henri Barbusse
Diary of a Country Priest (Georges Bernanos)
Diary of a Country Priest
3
Georges Bernanos
Passing Time (Michel Butor)
Passing Time
4
Michel Butor
The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
5
Albert Camus
Journey to the End of the Night (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)
Journey to the End of the Night
6
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Les Enfants Terribles (Jean Cocteau)
Les Enfants Terribles
7
Jean Cocteau
She Came to Stay (Simone De Beauvoir)
She Came to Stay
8
Simone De Beauvoir
Zone (Mathias Énard)
Zone
9
Mathias Énard
The Counterfeiters (André Gide)
The Counterfeiters
10
André Gide
La Quarantaine (J.M.G. Le Clézio)
La Quarantaine
11
J.M.G. Le Clézio
Man's Fate (André Malraux)
Man's Fate
12
André Malraux
Un Assassin Est Mon Maître (Henry De Montherlant)
Un Assassin Est Mon Maître
13
Henry De Montherlant
Life: A User's Manual (Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos)
Life: A User's Manual
14
Georges Perec, Trans. David Bellos
In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust)
In Search of Lost Time
15
Marcel Proust
Night Flight (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
Night Flight
16
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Age of Reason (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Age of Reason
17
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Reprieve (Jean-Paul Sartre)
The Reprieve
18
Jean-Paul Sartre
Troubled Sleep (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Troubled Sleep
19
Jean-Paul Sartre
Gemini (Michel Tournier)
Gemini
20
Michel Tournier
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