This summer I’m writing a novel set in Provence so I’ve been dreaming about France. Since I already have a stack of books to inspire me, I thought I’d lengthen my list and join this summer’s 20 Books of Summer event. My books include both fiction and nonfiction set in Provence or elsewhere in France.

1. Picnic in Provence by Elizabeth Bard
2. Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
3. Jean de Florette by Marcel Pagnol
4. Manon of the Spring by Marcel Pagnol
5. Not Quite Nice by Celia Imrie
6. The Lantern by Deborah Lawrenson
7. The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater
8. The Baker’s Secret by Stephen P. Kiernan
9. The Provence Cure for the Brokenhearted by Bridget Asher
10. Ten Trees and a Truffle Dog by Jamie Ivey
11. The Promise of Provence by Patricia Sands
12. Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard
13. L’Appart by David Lebovitz
14. A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
15. Death at the Chateau Bremont by M.L. Longworth
16. Murder in the Rue Dumas by M.L. Longworth
17. The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne by M. L. Longworth
18. Pietr the Latvian by Georges Simenon
19. French Coast by Anita Hughes
20. The Bar on the Seine by Georges Simenon

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