Start with high-confidence 20th-century french fiction books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Prisoner
Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast
The Seventh Function of Language
Laurent Binet, Sam Taylor
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre, Lloyd Alexander
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust, D.J. Enright
The Little Black Book
Jean-Claude Carriere, Solvene Tiffou
The Late Monsieur Gallet (inspector Maigret)
Georges Simenon, Anthea Bell
The Carter of "la Providence" (inspector Maigret)
James Faulkner, Georges Simenon
The Yellow Dog (inspector Maigret)
Georges Simenon
Life a User's Manual
Georges Perec, David Bellos
Swann's Way
Marcel Proust
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gaston Leroux
The Skin of Dreams
Raymond Queneau, Chris Clarke
Nadja
André Breton, Mark Polizzotti
