Books set in Île-de-France
644 books and other written works set here; ordered by French Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.
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- 1ParisLe Comte de Monte-Cristo588
- 2Saint-CloudOpium : Journal d'une désintoxication2
- 3VillejuifLes Fiançailles de M. Hire2
- 4ArpajonLa Nuit du carrefour1
- 5BezonsUne partie de campagne1
- 6Bussy-Saint-GeorgesSuite française1
- 7Château du ParangonLa paysanne pervertie ou les dangers de la ville1
- 8ChellesHistoire de M. le marquis de Cressy1
- 9Domaine de VillarceauxCorrespondance secrette1
- 10FontainebleauHistoire anglaise de milord Feld1
- 11GarchesLa Théorie de l'information1
- 12Roissy-en-FranceHistoire d'O1
- 13VersaillesVie et aventures de Pierre Pinson1
Dots mark towns named as settings. Books without a dot are still listed.
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How this list is made
Placed by where the story is set, not where the book was written.
Pick a region. Darker means more titles set there.
- Île-de-France644 titles
- Occitanie74 titles
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes72 titles
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur33 titles
- Normandie21 titles
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine21 titles
- Hauts-de-France18 titles
- Bretagne16 titles
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté15 titles
- Grand Est14 titles
- Centre-Val de Loire13 titles
- Pays de la Loire10 titles
- Corse3 titles
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