Since the opening of the Bookshop in 1982, we have carried a wide selection of books about Paris. Far from being a complete list, these are our suggestions of books to read that feature our City.
Three books to take with you on your walks:
 Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light
David Downie
A vibrant portrait of the city today. Each chapter takes you to a different neighborhood and tells you its history through relevant stories and anecdotes. Vibrant, colorful
vignettes, with an accent on the recent urban transformations of the city. Atmospheric black and white photographs by Alison Harris which
are never mere illustrations, but little scenes
with a touch of romantic nostalgia and, often,
of humour.
 The Flaneur
Edmund White
The author, who lived in Paris for over 15 years and knows
all the secrets of the city,
takes you to the backstreets and corners of his personal Paris.
 Hungry for Paris: The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants
Alexander Lobrano
Tired after a day of walking, and hungry for a good
French meal, you can trust Alexander Lobrano. A deservedly famous food
critic, Lobrano loves good company as much
as a good meal, and the restaurants he has picked, grand or small, offer both. More than
just a meal you get a whole experience, A true Parisian one.
Two books to read in your hotel room,
in a café, or in any of the numerous
public gardens in the city:
 Paris: Biography of a City
Colin Jones
A mosaic of stories which recount the history of the city from its earliest Roman settlements to the modern French capital of today, bringing 'the landscape to life.'
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 Metrostop Paris: History from the City's Heart
Gregor Dallas
The name of every of the 12 major metrostops selected by
the author gives a historical overview of the city from an original angle, always filled
with historical and often quirky details.
Two books to take home as gifts:
 Writers in Paris:
Literary Lives in the
City of Paris
David Burke
This elegant hardcover published by Counterpoint gives a taste of the Paris of the well-known American writers who , at one point in their lives, made
Paris their homes, but also of French writers such as Honoré de Balzac, Marcel Proust, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus and many others. Informative with gorgeous illustrations.
 Paris Discovered: Explorations in the City of Light
Mary McAuliffe
A historian with a taste for
hidden corners, Mary McAuliffe goes for the little known corners of the city: foundation walls, old fountains, a stone, all of which have kept the memory of
far-removed events or of the lives of less-remembered Parisians such as Abelard and
Eloise. Well researched and Illustrated with
unusual black and white photographs, this is a
book for history lovers |
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Paris Stories
Mavis Gallant
Paris Was Yesterday
Janet Flanner
Women of the Left Bank:
Paris, 1900-1940
Shari Benstock
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas
Gertrude Stein
Into a Paris Quartier
Diane Johnson
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
Dolly Wilde
Joan Schenkar
A Place in the World Called Paris
Steven Barclay (ed.)
Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik
Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology
Adam Gopnik (ed.)
Shakespeare and Co.
Sylvia Beach
Between Meals
A.J. Liebling
The Flaneur
Edmund White
Tropic of Cancer
Henry Miller
The Left Bank:
French Writers and Artists
between the Two Wars
Herbert Lottman
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Black Sun
Geoffrey Wolf
Black Girl in Paris
Youngblood Shay
Wild Girls: The Love Story of Natalie Barney & Romaine Brooks
Diana Souhami
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion
in a Paris Atelier
Thad Carhart
Paris Then and Now
Peter & Oriel Caine
Paris, Paris
David Downie & Alison Harris
Paris Trance
Geoff Dyer
Henry and June
Anais Nin
Remembrance of Things Paris:
60 Years of Writing from Gourmet
Ruth Reichl
A Corner in the Marais
Alex Karmel
Paris in the Fifities
Stanley Karnow
Paris, When It’s Naked
Etel Adnan
Paris in Mind
Jennifer Lee
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