08/02/2026
🌴🏖🌻Everyone's reading translated American thrillers. Meanwhile French publishing just had one of its strongest years and nobody's talking about it.📖
5 French novels. All out this year.
1. Le Crime du Paradis - Guillaume Musso
Thriller · A villa on the Riviera, the same friends every summer... until this one.
2. Une unique lueur - Fred Vargas
Crime · Adamsberg is back after 3 years. A dead actress, dressed and made up by her killer.
3. Je suis Romane Monnier - Delphine de Vigan
Contemporary · She hands her phone to a stranger in a bar, then disappears. He starts reading.
4. Les Belles Promesses - Pierre Lemaitre
Historical saga · The final Pelletier book. Went straight to n°1.
5. La Maison vide — Laurent Mauvignier
Literary · Prix Goncourt. 520,000 readers can't all be wrong.