Discover our favorite reads among the international fiction in French translation for 2024.

In search of a gift a little off the beaten track? Surprise your favorite book lover(s) with these literary works that explore uncharted narrative territories.  

Nothing embodies the spirit of the holidays like the movies. This year, we've selected a few books about the masters of the 7th Art. It's time to (re)discover the American Friends of Bertrand Tavernier, the friendship of François Truffaut and Hélène Scott, the genius of André S. Labarthe and Serge Daney, or the against all tides opinions of Pauline Kael.

As the year comes to a close, now is the time to look back at this year’s new fiction and select our favorites. Some won awards, some published to critical acclaim, all of them enchanted us and revived the magic of reading, and we hope they’ll speak to you too!

What could you give the Francophile in your life who have everything? The treasure troves below might inspire you!

If you're looking for gifts for the photography addicts around you, we suggest you take a look at Ernest Cole's legacy revisited by Raoul Peck, Lee Miller's take on Saint Malo in the summer of 1944, the life and work of photographer Tina Modotti and Catherine Faux's exploration of Marguerite Duras's private spaces.

If there's one thing you'll never regret, it's splurging on books for the little ones in your life! This holiday season, you're in luck, amid the classic Babar, Portraits d'animaux or A l'intérieur des méchants, there are plentiful of beautiful stories that await to be gifted!