✍️ Biography & Memoir · France
Best Biography & Memoir Books from France
Biography and memoir are the literature of real lives. France has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in biography & memoir, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best biography & memoir from France by editorial consensus.
#1
literary-fiction
Illusions perdues
Honoré de Balzac· 1837
Library Journal
Editorial Score45/100
#2
biography-memoir
Choses vues
Victor Hugo· 1800
Notable Work
Editorial Score41/100
#3
biography-memoir
Things seen
Victor Hugo· 1876
Notable Work
Editorial Score41/100
#4
classic-literature
Memoirs of an egoist
Stendhal· 1927
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#5
biography-memoir
Promenades dans Rome
Stendhal· 1829
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#6
biography-memoir
Les fleurs du mal
Charles Baudelaire· 1855
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#7
biography-memoir
La Vida de Henry Brulard
Stendhal· 1913
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#8
biography-memoir
Napoleon
Alexandre Dumas· 1831
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#9
biography-memoir
Baudelaire
Jean-Paul Sartre· 1947
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#10
biography-memoir
Mes mémoires
Alexandre Dumas· 1860
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#11
biography-memoir
Napoléon
Stendhal· 1877
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#12
biography-memoir
Marie Stuart
Alexandre Dumas· 1840
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#13
biography-memoir
William Shakespeare
Victor Hugo· 1864
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#14
biography-memoir
Journaux Intimes
Charles Baudelaire· 1920
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#15
biography-memoir
Memoirs of Rossini
Stendhal· 1824
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#16
biography-memoir
Correspondance
Charles Baudelaire· 1928
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#17
biography-memoir
Words
Jean-Paul Sartre· 1964
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score30/100
#18
biography-memoir
Zola par lui-même
Émile Zola· 1952
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#19
biography-memoir
Carnets intimes, 1870-1871
Victor Hugo· 1953
Editorial Score30/100