✈️ Travel & Exploration · France
Best Travel & Exploration Books from France
Travel writing is among the oldest literary forms — Homer's Odyssey is the first travel book, and Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, and James Cook established the genre of exploration narrative. France has produced some of the most internationally recognised works in travel & exploration, with titles that have appeared on major prize lists and critical surveys worldwide. This page ranks the best travel & exploration from France by editorial consensus.
#1
classic-literature
Lourdes
Émile Zola· 1894
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#2
classic-literature
Une année a Florence
Alexandre Dumas· 1850
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score40/100
#3
biography-memoir
Promenades dans Rome
Stendhal· 1829
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#4
travel-exploration
Le speronare
Alexandre Dumas· 1842
Library Journal
Editorial Score40/100
#5
travel-exploration
Le Rhin
Victor Hugo· 1800
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#6
travel-exploration
Voyage en Russie
Alexandre Dumas· 1850
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#7
travel-exploration
De Paris à Cadix
Alexandre Dumas· 1847
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#8
travel-exploration
En Caucase
Alexandre Dumas· 1859
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#9
travel-exploration
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo· 1892
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#10
travel-exploration
Par les champs et par les greves (voyage en Bretagne)
Gustave Flaubert· 1900
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#11
travel-exploration
Le véloce
Alexandre Dumas· 1849
Library Journal
Editorial Score35/100
#12
travel-exploration
Rome
Émile Zola· 1896
Kirkus Reviews
Editorial Score35/100
#13
travel-exploration
Le Journal de Madame Giovanni
Alexandre Dumas· 1858
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score35/100
#14
travel-exploration
Flaubert in Egypt
Gustave Flaubert· 1972
Library Journal
Editorial Score30/100
#15
travel-exploration
Journaux de voyage
Albert Camus· 1978
Publishers Weekly
Editorial Score30/100
