French books by setting

Where 1,457 books and other written works are set. Titles are ranked by French Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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RegionTitlesTop 200Most looked-up bookMost looked-up series

Île-de-France64459.5% ↑Le Comte de Monte-Cristo 1844À la recherche du temps perdu 1913

Occitanie740.5% ↓Sans famille 1878none set here

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes723.0% ↓Sans famille 1878Suite française 2004

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur332.0%Le Comte de Monte-Cristo 1844none set here

Normandie213.0% ↑Le Journal d'une femme de chambre 1900none set here

Nouvelle-Aquitaine211.5%Les Trois Mousquetaires 1844none set here

Hauts-de-France183.0% ↑Les Trois Mousquetaires 1844none set here

Bretagne162.0%L'Île aux trente cercueils 1919none set here

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté151.5%Le Rouge et le Noir 1830Suite française 2004

Grand Est140.0% ↓Le Charretier de la Providence 1931none set here

Centre-Val de Loire131.0%Les Trois Mousquetaires 1844Suite française 2004

Pays de la Loire101.0%Eugénie Grandet 1833none set here

Corse30.0%Dominique et Séraphine 1768none set here

Set outside France69136.0% ↓Le Comte de Monte-Cristo 1844Persepolis 2000

Share of allShare of the 200 most looked-up, greyed where a region has under ten titles

How this list is made

Placed by where the story is set, not where the book was written. A book set in two regions counts in both.

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