PaulaVA got the discussion rolling here and Marta compiled all your recs and we put together a new page in the planning section:

Recommended Books Set in Paris.

If you have any additions feel free to enter them in PaulaVa's thread above (or here - though we may decide to move them to the above discussion just to keep them all in one place).

If there are any other discussion you think might lend themselves to this type of "conversion" to slowtrav.com, feel free to send an alert to the moderators to highlight it and/or let us know if you're interested in doing one yourself.

Thanks to everyone who contributed - some great recs here, thanks to Paula for initiating and thanks to Marta for compiling.

Thanks, Marta, Paula, and Kim. Great compilation!!

- Roz

What a great idea! I can't believe how many of the non-fiction books I've read, lol.

Did I not mention Andrew Hussey's Paris: A Secret History? Weighty, fascinating - and an antidote to the regular schoolbook and museum history of the great and good.

http://www.amazon.com/Paris-Se...id=1246383077&sr=1-2

Crimes of Paris by Dorothy Hoobler (2009)

...science, art, history, culture, set in Belle Époque Paris. I've always enjoy non-fiction that reads like a good story, & this book did not disappoint.

Thanks everyone, I've updated the page.

Thank you! Much appreciated!

Thanks everyone for their great recommendations. It was fun compiling this list. I have many books I want to read. Cigalechanta - The Elegance of the Hedgehog looked great. I've got it on reserve at the library.