Love Paris? Read these:

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Planning a trip to the City of Lights? Or just wanting to get an idea of what Paris feels like? Either way, here are my favorite books to read about that romantic capitol of fashion, film, and love:

Marie Antoinette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
History, romance, thrills, ghosts...when a class trip to France coincides with a mysterious serial killing spree, anything can happen!

Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
Struggling in the aftermath of her little brother's death and her mother's consequential mental breakdown, Andi is an angry, troubled teenager. When her father drags her to Paris with him for winter break, she doesn't expect to stumble upon a hidden diary dating back to the 1700s French Revolution. Can this long-dead girl's story help her overcome her own sadness?

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
The ultimate fictional guide to Paris! Anna is a high school senior shipped off to fancy boarding school in...you guessed it-- Paris!

Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
The last book in a series set in the Anna and the French Kiss universe (although each works as a standalone novel). Split between New York and Paris, Isla might finally have a chance with her longtime crush...will sparks finally fly?

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Journalist Julia is not a Parisian, as her French husband's family is fond of reminding her. An American married to a Frenchman, living in and working in France, she struggles with the feeling of being an outsider, even after so many years. When she begins working on an article about the Vel' d'Hiv roundup of Jews in Paris during the Holocaust, however, she learns things about the city that even her husband has never known before, and things about a young girl named Sarah whose story was never told.

 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Expéry
This story is so quintessentially French it would be a sin to omit the title here. The intense philosophical message shrouded by the veneer of a children's story about a traveling prince and a crashed pilot will stay with you for a very, very long time.

 Honorable Mention: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Well...duh.

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