Books set in Nouvelle-Aquitaine

21 books and other written works set here; ordered by French Wikipedia lookups, not readers or sales.

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1BordeauxMémoires d'un Touriste4
2La RochelleLes Trois Mousquetaires4
3BergeracLe Fou de Bergerac1
4HautefayeMangez-le si vous voulez1
5HendayeLe Malentendu1
6LayracLettres de Fanni Butler à Milord Charles Alfred de Caitombridge1
7PauSans famille1
8PérigueuxHenriette de Marconne1

Dots mark towns named as settings. Books without a dot are still listed.

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Les Trois Mousquetairesby Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · La Rochelle
#11,152avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Sans familleby Hector Malot · 1878 · Pau
#2187avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Mangez-le si vous voulezby Jean Teulé · 2009 · Hautefaye
#333.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Fou de Bergeracby Georges Simenon · 1932 · Bergerac
#46.4avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Mémoires d'un Touristeby Stendhal · 1838 · Bordeaux
#56.3avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Fantômes du chapelierby Georges Simenon · 1949 · La Rochelle
#65.5avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Testament Donadieuby Georges Simenon · 1937 · La Rochelle
#72.5avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Voyageur de la Toussaintby Georges Simenon · 1941 · La Rochelle
#82.2avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Le Riche Hommeby Georges Simenon · 1970 · Marsilly
#90.8avg. daily Wikipedia article visits
Les Chants de Pyrèneby Jean-Claude Pertuzé · Pyrénées
#100.6avg. daily Wikipedia article visits

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