Alter Egos, Melissa Bellevigne
Friends since they were little, Holly and Jamie are an inseparable duo. Now students at the University of Edinburgh, they continue to share everything with one exception: for Jamie, Holly is much more than a friend, she’s the one who makes his heart race. Meanwhile, Holly is focused on writng her first novel, supported by her new literature professor. When they befriend Wallace, a content creator and classmate, and he invites Jamie to join him on a castle tour of Europe, everything changes. Because that means Holly and Jamie will have to part ways… Once again, Melissa Bellevigne delivers a novel full of love and humanity, making us smile as much as we cry, and it’s impossible to put down as each chapter pulls us in.life to read the next one.
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Published by Albin Michel, Nox Collection
In bookstores on May 6, 2026
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The Season of Blackberries, Ulrika Lagerlöf
1938. Siv, 17 years old, finds herself working in a Cabin in the middle of the woods, all alone among 10 men. 84 years later, in 2022, Eva, in her forties, returns to her childhood village to try and resolve a conflict over a forestry exploitation project. Faced with ghosts from the past, she attempts to unravel her story. In the first volume of this trilogy that promises to be as addictive as it is high-quality, Ulrika Lagerlöf lays the groundwork for a fascinating family saga, intertwining the past and present, an identity quest, and family secrets.
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Published by Buchet-Chastel
Available in bookstores since April 9, 2026
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The Journey of a Thousand Miles, Léonie Bloom
At 26, Colombe, a florist, feels neither fulfilled in her job nor in her Parisian life. When she gets the chance to join an eco-hamlet in Cap Sizun, in Brittany, everything finally falls into place. She discovers a project that ignites her passion and manages to free herself from things and people that limit her rather than uplift her. A century earlier, Yvonne, a sardine canner on the Breton coast, fights for better futures for her daughter and future generations.Your identity, family story, and ode to Breton women, this tale touches us right in the heart. With a delicate touch, Léonie Bloom manages to weave together stories and generations to create a novel that's hard to put down.
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Published by Harpercollins
In bookstores on May 20, 2026
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Mukudori, Aki Shimazaki
Matsuko and Atsushi, married for 40 years, have lived a peaceful life. Until the day everything changes. Not only is Matsuko forced to return to work at over 60 due to her husband’s store going bankrupt, but her husband’s health declines at an alarming rate. Thankfully, to face this challenge, they can rely on a mysterious man they meet by chance, and on the surprising friendship that develops. With resilience, love, friendship, and dignity, Aki Shimazaki presents a novel full of poetry and humanity, as light and powerful as a flight.
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In bookstores on May 6, 2026
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The Songs of Marguerite Duras, Émilie Ollivier
We know Marguerite Duras and her works — The Lover in particular. However, there's a side of the writer's work that has been very little highlighted: the power of music over the words she put down on paper. The way the texts and melodies influenced her narratives and shaped her writing. From Alain Souchon to Catherine Sauvage, including Édith Piaf and Juliette Greco, Émilie Ollivier, like a composer, writes the score of the songs without ...which the work of Duras would not be what we have in our hands today. A fluid and poetic volume that allows us to approach music and literature with fresh eyes.
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Published by the Variation Editions
In bookstores since April 17, 2026
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Diary of a Freewheeling Alien, Louisa Lesage
Since 2020, Louisa Lesage, illustrator and 3D animator, has been sharing her life snippets on Instagram, with a delightfully unsettling dark humor and an always spot-on perspective. Now, she brings us the joy of discovering her traumas and love declarations on paper, in a collection of comics that is as touching as it is bittersweet, as sensitive as it is dryly humorous. Anecdotes, feelings, snippets of thought, and observations flow from page to page, and one thing is for sure, you will definitely recognize yourself in some of them.
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From Exemplaire Editions
In bookstores on May 4, 2026
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Mirrors smile at those who love each other, Raphaëlle Giordano
Gaspard is a photographer with a little something special: he sees beauty in everything that makes people complex—like scars, stretch marks… an unparalleled beauty. When he gets the chance to showcase in a major New York gallery, he needs to find the photographic project that will make all the difference. By pure chance, at a party, he meets Adèle, a mother and teacher, deeply self-conscious about her body, who becomes his muse. And then there’s Lucie, a young woman searching for her identity, who is influenced by social media and the constant...
Compared to others greatly affects. Or her mother, who struggles to accept that the passage of time reflects on her appearance. With lightness, Raphaëlle Giordano delivers a new, incandescent contemporary novel, encouraging us to plant our two feet firmly on the ground, to disregard the comments of others and the vast digital world, to appreciate the beauty that remains in each of us.Voir cette publication sur Instagram
Published by Recamier
Available in bookstores since April 23, 2026
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The Breath, Ornella Petit
In a world where whales have vanished from the depths of the ocean, Reva has just one dream: to swim with them. It’s a tough goal to achieve, especially since she has cystic fibrosis and the seas, now toxic due to pollution, are off-limits. But the day she receives a lung transplant, everything changes. Not only do these new organs allow her to break unprecedented records in freediving, but they also mean that cetaceans could return to the surface. Blending science fiction and human epic, Ornella Petit delivers a gripping debut novel, truly captivating.the ode to the ocean, with a new breath, to love.
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Published by JC Lattès
Available in bookstores on May 13, 2026
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You promised me, Maud Ankaoua
Gabin made a promise to his daughter Luce : when she turns eight...
He will offer her a grand journey. They take off for Kenya where Luce's aunt is on a veterinary mission. But once there, Gabin struggles to let go: he worries about his life, dwells on the past, and is lost between hope and despair regarding Julie, his wife who has been missing for seven years. Through encounters with locals, the most stunning landscapes flashing by, and new lessons learned every day, Gabin manages to do some genuine inner work to bring forth joy, flourishing, and resilience. A novel of infinite sweetness, that warms the heart and mind, inspiring us to highlight passages and dog-ear pages to reread again and again, like mantras of life.Voir cette publication sur Instagram
Published by Eyrolles
In bookstores since March 12, 2026
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I Am Funny, David Foenkinos
Gustave Bonsoir understood very early on, humor is the key to being loved. And when you’ve been abandoned by your father and lost your mother at a young age, being loved becomes a life goal. It's decided, he will be a comedian. However, this path is not the easiest, and slowly but surely, he faces the harsh reality of life, rejections, heartbreaks, and depression. Once again, Foenkinos presents us with a touching tapestry, crafted with his fluid and masterful writing. Antique, carried by a good dose of tears… and laughter!
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At Éditions Gallimard
In bookstores on April 2, 2026
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