The Lighthouse of the Impossible, Michael Pederson
On the inhabited northernmost island of the United Kingdom, Ouse and The Father keep themselves occupied as best they can at the Lighthouse of the Impossible, one of the famous Stevenson lighthouses. But their world tips upside down the day Firth, a drifting writer, moves in with them to study birds. Through this debut novel in the purest Gothic tradition, Michael Pederson offers us a genuine ode to Scotland, to wind and to the sea. A wild, passionate tale with rare linguistic poetry, whose reading will leave no one unmoved.
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Published by Buchet-Chastel
In bookstores since August 27, 2026
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She'd Eat Him, Nicolas Robin
At 35, Frédérique — nicknamed Big Freddy because of her height — is completely lost in her life. But everything changes the day she randomly meets Gabriel, a man she falls desperately in love with. There's no doubt about it: he's her soulmate, and she's ready to do absolutely anything to make him realize it. Eager to love as much as to be loved, Frédérique plunges into this devastating utopia, willing to hurt herself and those around her in the process. A gripping novel, carried by an endearing character despite her unpredictability.
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Published by Le Soir Venu
In bookstores since August 27, 2026
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Champion, Nina Bouraoui
At just 10 years old, tirelessly, she hits the ball against her building's wall. Again and again. With a single goal : to become a tennis champion, to escape her family, escape her country, and even more so escape her own demons. Here, in this world where violence — including her own — controls everything, the racket becomes the only escape. With Champion, Nina Bouraoui returns to the fury and passion of her early novels, delivering us an unsettling stream of consciousness that is simply fascinating.
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Published by JC Lattès
Available in bookstores since August 18, 2026
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What Sleeps Beneath the Camellia, Claudie O. Wetterwald
Life was in full swing, until the day of the Disaster. Electricity is cut off, access to running water is restricted, the world collapses. In this haunting dystopia with striking realism, the author brings to light two major characters: Lisenn who, in her husband's absence, must care for his daughters amid this chaos, and Rym, a lawyer defending some of the 254 accused women — all women facing a jury of men — a few years later. The periods before, during, and after the Disaster alternate from chapter to chapter, fully immersing us in a dangerously familiar context. A real gem for this fall season.
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At Du Gros Caillou Editions
In stores since August 27, 2026
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Everything worked out fine in the end, Estelle-Sarah Bulle
In the bubbling political and social years of the 60s, Henri decides to leave Guadeloupe to join his sister Edna in Belleville following yet another racist act. In the heart of the capital, he then meets Steve, his brother-in-law from Benin, determined to open a nightclub, and Sabine, whose mother, German of Jewish origin who arrived in northern France in 1945, is probably best placed to understand the rejection he repeatedly faces. Through these intertwined stories, Estelle-Sarah Bulle explores the themes of exile and identity, and especially the hope carried by a new chapter.
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Published by Liana Levi
In bookstores since August 20, 2026
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An Italian Woman in Brooklyn, Santa Montefiore
Italy, 1934. Evelina grows up in a northern city, but refuses the arranged marriages that are the norm of the time. No, what she really dreams of is living a beautiful love story with Ezra, the young man she's fallen for. We find her years later, in 1979, in New York where she's built her life, trying to leave her past behind. But what we try to forget always catches up with us in the end... A magnificent novel blending history and romance, one you'll be hooked on right until the very last page.
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Published by Verso
In bookstores September 11, 2026
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