While getting a full reading list only from the Fall literary prizes doesn't always offer the most variety in terms of styles and subjects, several books this year are notable. A few others are former winners and still memorable! Happy reading!

La nuit au coeur by Natacha Appanah mixes the stories of three women who are the victims of their partners. It won the Prix Femina, the Prix Goncourt des lycéens, and the Prix Renaudot des lycéens.

Je voulais vivre by Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre imagines the life of the nefarious Milady from the three musketeers from her perspective: a very interesting premise for those who have an interest in both female characters and Alexandre Dumas' fiction. It won the Prix Renaudot. 

Passagères de nuit by Yanick Lahens is a novel of origins as told through the women of one family. The author won the Prix Femina for Bain de lune in 2014 and this novel received the Grand Prix du Roman de l'Académie française. 

Jacaranda by Gabriel Faye (Prix Renaudot 2024) is a story of Rwanda through four generations. 

Le barman du Ritz by Philippe Collin is a novel praised for its historical precision. It tells the story of the barman at the Ritz Hotel during the German occupation of Paris, a man who was a subtle diplomat with a dangerous secret in plain view of the Germans.