Mark Lawrence's new dark fantasy novel Fille des corbeaux (The Revenge Is a Cold Dish) begins a saga centered on young girls trained to become "avengers" at the Academy of Benevolence. The heroine, who sold herself to the Academy, faces the return of her past when mercenaries knock on her door. The novel explores themes of survival, revenge, and justice, and is published by Bragelonne with an excerpt to be released on 14 October 2026. Mark Lawrence, known for his Library Trilogy, which won the Libr'à Nous Imaginaire award in 2025, lives in Bristol with his family. The notebooks of Martine Faustin, a teenager from the 1970s, resurfaced in 2021 after being forgotten for 45 years. These notebooks, written during her time at the Saint Paul Institution in Thiviers, Dordogne, document her friendships, first loves, and desires for freedom. Pierre Abramovici's book Monaco delves into the lesser-known history of the principality, uncovering 150 years of power struggles, wars, and hidden episodes behind its postcard image. Philippe Séclier's Keith Jarrett, Japan 1976 traces the legendary 1976 solo recitals by Keith Jarrett in Japan, which led to the creation of the Sun Bear Concerts and ten vinyl records of improvisation. Camille Monceaux's The scent of tea leaves extends her The Secret of the Grape Candies universe with a new story set in a Japanese tea plantation, featuring characters Akane and Mayumi. Gilles Baum and Csil's Winter Treasure is an illustrated book for young children, using animals and objects to stimulate imagination through shapes and materials. Fanny Sidney's The Fiesta of crumbs is a children's album about two little sisters organizing a secret party without their parents, with illustrations by Dorothée de Monfreid. Hu Mu-ching's Sketch of a serial killer revisits a criminal case in Taiwan involving Lin Yu-ju, who was condemned to death for the murder of her husband, mother, and mother-in-law, but whose story becomes more complex when a journalist meets her in the death corridor. Coralie Grimand's The Ukrainian Choir gives voice to members of a Ukrainian choir dealing with exile and war, through the stories of Svitlana, Valentyn, Tetyana, and others. Goliarda Sapienza's final volume, The Great Lie and other texts, collects previously lesser-known writings for the theater, including three plays and an adaptation project, highlighting her modern exploration of identity, gender, and women's conditions. Carine Pitocchi's A missing groom on the Nile, a fugitive killer: Christmas turns into a mystery takes the team from St Mary Hill to Egypt for a mystery involving a wedding, a disappearance, a serial killer, and a hidden treasure. Clotka's Mom alone – My Life as a Perfect Mother humorously captures the daily chaos of being a single mother with two children, focusing on the small disasters and moments of tenderness. Tiphaine Raffier's The Absence or Chimera of the Morsan Country stages a family facing the last days of one of their own in a ruined village, where disease, unsaid emotions, and a mysterious presence create tension around death. Rébecca Déraspe and Yoakim Bélanger's The Ice tells the story of a mother forced to confront a buried trauma when her son is accused of sexual assault. Ernestine Garnier's The Collector of the Montparnasse Cemetery transforms the Montparnasse Cemetery in Paris into a mystery scene when a tomb raider targets the graves of disappeared personalities, prompting the dead to react. Cédric Meletta's Corinne Luchaire, her rays and her shadows revisits the brief career of Corinne Luchaire, a forgotten figure of French cinema, daughter of Jean Luchaire, who died of tuberculosis before her 30th birthday. Robert Louis Stevenson's Journey with a Donkey in the Cévennes receives a new illustrated edition, revisiting his 1878 journey through the Cévennes with his donkey Modestine. Sarah Marquis's The Art of Drinking Tea with Crocodiles recounts her expeditions to the edges of the world as a guide to self-knowledge, emphasizing the lessons learned from nature. Daniel Picouly's Demba explores the story of a former Amazon survivor in Marseille in 1906, facing slavery, human zoos, and the ghosts of a colonial past. Melissa Lucashenko's The Fall of Eddie Blanket intertwines two stories separated by five generations, exploring family memory, colonization, and contemporary struggles. The Francophone Writers Parliament's At the Table of the Writers mixes recipes with intimate stories, using dishes as starting points for memories, inheritances, and encounters. Anacharsis's novel continues his exploration of popular and genre literature, referencing works such as those of Alberto Ongaro and Maurice Renault. Vincent Sarthou-Lajus's Paradise bird is an intimate and poetic first novel about a man separated from his family, seeking to understand his existence through a psychiatrist. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's The Sands of Dune extends the Dune universe with four unpublished stories, exploring the saga's darkest areas and the paths of characters like Gurney Halleck. Guilhem Jean's Ending with the Misconceptions about the Middle Ages challenges over forty clichés about the Middle Ages, offering a more accurate perspective on the period. Minguett's My Whole Life is a reprinted autobiography with a critical apparatus, recounting her journey from the suburbs to fame. Ian Manook's The Clay and the Fire is set in Picardy at the dawn of the 20th century, exploring a story of hate and love between two families of glaziers, one of small nobility and the other anarchist and communist. Cécile Cabanac's Ricochets in murky waters is a dark police novel centered on an investigation following the discovery of human remains in a canal near Lille, with three investigators pursuing a serial killer. Lola Lafon's first play Thank you for your collaboration gathers four friends in an airport, exploring the dynamics of words, dialogue, and societal structures. Delphine Jouenne's The Twelve Caesars, new season draws parallels between twelve contemporary leaders and twelve figures of Roman power, examining the mechanisms of power and the fascination with authoritarian figures. Rhys Bowen's Son Espionne royale takes Georgie to Sandringham House for Christmas, where a royal visit turns into a murder investigation after the death of two members of the royal family. Alix E. Harrow's The Thousand Deaths of Una the Eternal imagines a heroine who has become a national legend, whose official story does not match reality, blending time travel, memory, and historical narrative. It received the Locus 2026 Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was among the Hugo Award finalists. Titiou Lecoq's And suddenly, night is set in a small town where a series of vandalized graves brings back the memory of a mysterious necrophagic monster, plunging the inhabitants into fear. Mathias Moncorgé and Patrick Glâtre's Gabin from A to Z offers an alphabetical portrait of Jean Gabin, one of the great figures of French cinema, fifty years after his death. Carl Pierrecq's Love is beautiful revisits the story of slavery through a short novel in free verse, focusing on the village of Kayang and the midwife Inola. Samih Amar Tran's Bellevilles is a book structured like a walk through the neighborhood of Belleville with six voices, each representing a different rhythm and way of clinging to the area. Christophe Esnault's If the wine doesn't make you great, try another bottle uses the glass as a starting point for reflections on life, friendship, loved ones, and the desire to remain alive. Camilla Läckberg's The Weeping Woman opens with a young girl's struggle and a sentence that sets up a thirty-year-old secret in Fjällbacka. Maboule's Maboule is a trobairitz who collects rumors, glances, and sighs, transforming them into stories and traveling from cities to villages. Abdeljalil Lahjomri's The Indocile Companions is an autobiography of a reader, exploring the relationship between books and a consciousness, highlighting how books resist and challenge their readers. Hélène Cixous's Chat Larme is born from the contradiction of wanting to retain what is moving away while knowing that writing does not resurrect, drawing from notebooks, photographs, dreams, and voices. Laure de Rivières's The Heart of the Child explores the complexities of an adopted son and a white family, with a narrative that shifts between different perspectives and hidden truths. Diego's Checkpoint China is an investigation into a disappearance in China, with a release date set for 5 November 2026. Kuschko, Maâyana, Sawannah, Nashree, Karadjian, Djessica, and Solongo are seven individuals with a mission to rebirth humanity, though their journeys do not proceed as planned. Thierry Paquot's The art of the siesta explores the history and phenomenology of the sixth-hour nap, appearing in August 2026. Philippe Broussard's The tragic odyssey of MC Ruby recounts the reportage on a group of African migrants thrown overboard by a container ship crew off the coast of Portugal. Yabar's The commander of the river is a novel that explores his upbringing between Rome, Somalia, and silences, with a release date set for 1 October 2026. Jean-Pierre Spitzer's A beautiful deal? No, a great cause! questions whether the state can overstep the law in the name of the superior interest of the Nation. Leïla Slimani's Resurrection reimagines Tolstoy's work, adapting it for the present and exploring themes of guilt and public perception. Hortense Miginiac's The Sandblasted - The High Districts of Paul Gadenne discusses the literary history of Paul Gadenne's posthumous novel, published in 1973. Jean Clavreul's The Medical Order questions medicine as a discourse, its relationship with knowledge, desire, disease, and the doctor-patient relationship. The Booksletter's Pérez-Reverte, Fukuyama: five books to look at our time features five books offering different perspectives on the world, including war memories, the erosion of reading, and ecological gothic. Émilien Borie's Alaska explores themes of cancel culture, shamanic freezing, and apartment bike, with a narrative that delves into personal hell. Michel Winock's The writers in the melee is a collection of three books examining the role of writers in public debate from the French Revolution to the years of Sartre. Paul Leroux's The man below is a narrative from a prison cell, exploring the memories and certainties of a man who has killed his neighbors. Home Sick Pilots' comic book transforms a haunted house into a punk war machine, set in California in 1994. Sarah Knafo's The Century's Heist continues to sell well, with a slight decline in sales noted. A young woman's story of growing up in France with Russian roots and her decision to become an actress despite the political climate in Russia is shared. Jean Gabin's We are surrounded by fools is a book that explores the life of Jean Gabin beyond the myth, focusing on his personal life and family. Galien Sarde's Judith's Ladder opens with a sentence that sets up a consciousness recounting its own extinction, with a narrative that overflows the present.