Best French Novels 20th Century - April 2024

The Alice Network: A Novel

Featuring an exclusive excerpt from Kate Quinn's next incredible historical novel, THE HUNTRESS NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER#1 GLOBE AND MAIL HISTORICAL FICTION BESTSELLEROne of NPR's Best Books of the Year!One of Bookbub's Biggest Historical Fiction Books of the Year!Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick!The 2017 Girly Book Club Book of the Year!A Summer Book Pick from Good Housekeeping, Parade, Library Journal, Goodreads, Liz and Lisa, and BookBub In an enthralling new historical novel from national bestselling author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Al... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062654195
• ASIN: 0062654195
• ISBN: 0062654195
• Brand: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Paris in the Twentieth Century: Jules Verne, The Lost Novel

In 1863 Jules Verne, famed author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, wrote a novel that his literary agent deemed too far fetched to be published. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson found the handwritten, never-before published manuscript in a safe. That manuscript was Paris in the Twentieth Century, and astonishingly prophetic view into the future by one of the most renowned science fiction writers of our time. . . .Praise for Paris in the Twentieth Century“Jules Verne was the Michael Crichton of the 19th century.”—The New York Tim... [Read More]

• ASIN: 034542039X
• ASIN: 034542039X
• ISBN: 034542039X
• Manufacturer: Del Rey

A Burnt-Out Case (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Querry, a world-famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a "burnt-out case", a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry is...For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0140185399
• ASIN: 0140185399
• ISBN: 0140185399
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

Sword of Destiny (The Witcher)

Soon to be a major Netflix original series!Geralt the Witcher -- revered and hated -- holds the line against the monsters plaguing humanity in this second collection of adventures in the NYT bestselling series that inspired the blockbuster video games. Geralt is a witcher, a man whose magic powers, enhanced by long training and a mysterious elixir, have made him a brilliant fighter and a merciless assassin. Yet he is no ordinary murderer: his targets are the multifarious monsters and vile fiends that ravage the land and attack the innocent. This is a collection of short stories, following the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0316389706
• ASIN: 0316389706
• ISBN: 0316389706
• Brand: Orbit (December 1, 2015)
• Manufacturer: Orbit

Finnegans Wake (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

Having done the longest day in literature with his monumental Ulysses, James Joyce set himself even greater challenges for his next book — the night."A nocturnal state...That is what I want to convey: what goes on in a dream, during a dream." The work, which would exhaust two decades of his life and the odd resources of some sixty languages, culminated in the 1939 publication of Joyce's final and most revolutionary masterpiece, Finnegans Wake.A story with no real beginning or end (it ends in the middle of a sentence and begins in the middle of the same sentence), this "book of Doublends Jine... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0141181265
• ASIN: 0141181265
• ISBN: 9780141181264
• Brand: Penguin Classics
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The Paris Architect: A Novel

The New York Times Bestseller!“A beautiful and elegant account of an ordinary man's unexpected and reluctant descent into heroism during the second world war.” —Malcolm GladwellAn extraordinary novel about a gifted architect who reluctantly begins a secret life devising ingenious hiding places for Jews in World War II Paris, from an author who's been called "an up and coming Ken Follett." (Booklist)In 1942 Paris, gifted architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money – and maybe get him killed. But if he’s clever enough, he’ll avoid any troub... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1402294158
• UPC: 760789245374
• ASIN: 1402294158
• ISBN: 1402294158
• Brand: Sourcebooks Landmark
• Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark

Midnight's Children: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)

The iconic masterpiece of India that introduced the world to “a glittering novelist—one with startling imaginative and intellectual resources, a master of perpetual storytelling” (The New Yorker)WINNER OF THE BEST OF THE BOOKERS • SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time • The twenty-fifth anniversary edition, featuring a new introduction by the author Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0812976533
• ASIN: 0812976533
• ISBN: 9780812976533
• Brand: Unbranded
• Manufacturer: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Short Stories in French: New Penguin Parallel Text (French Edition)

Written by authors from Quebec as well as France, the majority of these stories have been published in the last decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. From Daniel Boulanger's exploration of revenge and the desire for recognition in "The Hunter's Cafe," to Alain Gerber's brief and poetic "You Never Die," these stories make excellent reading in any language.

• ASIN: 0140265430
• ASIN: 0140265430
• ISBN: 0140265430
• Brand: Penguin
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

The Nightingale: A Novel

• ASIN: B00JO8PEN2
• ASIN: B00JO8PEN2
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist)

A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018 DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TO... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455563927
• ASIN: 1455563927
• ISBN: 9781455563920
• Brand: Grand Central Publishing
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

The Lost Girls of Paris: A Novel

A New York Times Bestseller“Fraught with danger, filled with mystery, and meticulously researched, The Lost Girls of Paris is a fascinating tale of the hidden women who helped to win the war.” —Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were YoursFrom the author of the runaway bestseller The Orphan’s Tale comes a remarkable story of friendship and courage centered around three women and a ring of female secret agents during World War II.1946, ManhattanOne morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0778330273
• ASIN: 0778330273
• ISBN: 0778330273
• Brand: Park Row
• Manufacturer: Park Row

Meet Me in Monaco: A Novel of Grace Kelly's Royal Wedding

"A fragrant French bonbon of a book: love, glamour, perfume, and paparazzi all circling around the wedding of the century..."--Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of THE ALICE NETWORK and THE HUNTRESS.Named one of InStyle's best books to put in your totebag for the summer!Named one of Popsugar’s best books to put in your beachbag this summer and one of the best books of July!Set in the 1950s against the backdrop of Grace Kelly’s whirlwind romance and unforgettable wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco, New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor and Heather Webb take the reader... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062885367
• ASIN: 0062885367
• ISBN: 0062885367
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front is Erich Maria Remarque’s masterpiece of the German experience during World War I.I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. . . .This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. They become soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks in pieces under the first bombardment in the tre... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0449213943
• ASIN: 0449213943
• ISBN: 9780449213940
• Brand: Ballantine Books
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

The Third Man and The Fallen Idol (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin)

The Third Man is Greene's brilliant recreation of post-war Vienna, a city of desolate poverty occupied by four powers. Rollo Martins, a second-rate novelist, arrives penniless in Vienna to visit his old friend and hero Harry Lime. Harry is dead, but the circumstances surrounding his death are highly suspicious, and his reputation, at the very least, dubious.Graham Greene said of The Third Man that he "wanted to entertain [people], to frighten them a little, to make them laugh" and the result is both a compelling narrative and a haunting thriller. The Fallen Idol is the chilling story of a sm... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014018533X
• ASIN: 014018533X
• ISBN: 014018533X
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

The French War Bride (Wedding Tree)

*USA TODAY BESTSELLER*World War II Paris serves as the backdrop for a story of compassion, betrayal, and forgiveness from the national bestselling author of The Wedding Tree...  At her assisted living center in Wedding Tree, Louisiana, ninety-three-year-old Amélie O’Connor is in the habit of leaving her door open for friends. One day she receives an unexpected visitor—Kat Thompson, the ex-fiancée of her late husband, Jack.   Kat and Jack were high school sweethearts who planned to marry when Jack returned from France after World War II. But in a cruel twist of fate, their plans were ir... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0425282449
• UPC: 000425282449
• ASIN: 0425282449
• ISBN: 0425282449
• Brand: Berkley Pub Group
• Manufacturer: Berkley

Masterpieces : The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century

Representing the finest science fiction tales of the past century, this imaginative anthology includes both classic and contemporary works by Anne McCaffrey, Octavia E. Butler, Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, Robert

• UPC: 2413102
• Rating: 4.333

The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century : Stories

Presents a collection of "what if" stories that offer an alternate version of actual historical events in an anthology with works by Kim Stanley Robinson, Greg Bear, Ward Moore, Gregory Benford, and Susan

• UPC: 1265661
• Rating: 4.0

The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century - eBook

Explosive and provocative battles fought across the boundaries of time and space—and on the frontiers of the human mind.Science fiction’s finest have yielded this definitive collection featuring stories of warfare, victory, conquest, heroism, and overwhelming

• UPC: 967602528
• Rating: 3.0

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century - eBook

LEAP INTO THE FUTURE, AND SHOOT BACK TO THE PASTH. G. Wells’s seminal short story “The Time Machine,” published in 1895, provided the springboard for modern science fiction’s time travel explosion. Responding to their own

• UPC: 708674131
• Rating: 5.0

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century : Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Finney, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin, Larry Niven, Theodore Sturgeon, Connie Willis, and more

Time travel is the theme of an innovative science fiction anthology that brings together works by some of the finest authors in the field, including "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke's

• UPC: 3280598
• Rating: 5.0

Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century

An anthology of military science fiction that includes Arthur C. Clarke's "Superiority", Anne McCaffrey's "Dragonrider", and David Drake's

• UPC: 1155119
• Rating: 3.0

The Best Novels of the 20th Century, Vol. 9, Including of Human Bondage, Heart of Darkness, Main Street, a Farewell to Arms and More

The Best Novels of the 20th Century, Vol. 9, Including of Human Bondage, Heart of Darkness, Main Street, a Farewell to Arms and More Height : 0.32 In Length : 9.69 In Width : 7.44

• UPC: 601540723

The Best Novels of the 20th Century, Vol. 11, Including Angle of Repose, a Bend in the River, Loving, the Call of the Wild, the Postman Always Rings T Paperback

The Best Novels of the 20th Century, Vol. 11, Including Angle of Repose, a Bend in the River, Loving, the Call of the Wild, the Postman Always Rings T Height : 0.33 In Length :

• UPC: 979940484

The Best Novels of the 20th Century, Vol. 5, Including the Ambassadors, Sister Carrie, a Handful of Dust, Lord of the Flies and More

The Best Novels of the 20th Century, Vol. 5, Including the Ambassadors, Sister Carrie, a Handful of Dust, Lord of the Flies and More Height : 0.31 In Length : 9.69 In Width : 7.44

• UPC: 668636624

The Best Novels of the 20th Century, Vol. 8, Including the Maltese Falcon, the Age of Innocence, the Moviegoer, the Catcher in the Rye, a Clockwork Orange and More

The Best Novels of the 20th Century, Vol. 8, Including the Maltese Falcon, the Age of Innocence, the Moviegoer, the Catcher in the Rye, a Clockwork Or Height : 0.28 In Length : 9.69 In

• UPC: 53524233

Frissons - L'accident (Auteur Diane Hoh) Best-seller

• UPC: 164074673373
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 3 CAD