Learn French with Bilingual Books

Sometimes you want to read in French. Sometimes you want to read in English.

There’s a great option: bilingual books!

Bilingual, or dual-language books, are books in which text appears side-by-side in both the target language and English. These are some of the French books to enjoy since you can practice your French without being in over your head.

Plus, there are plenty of different types of bilingual books, so there’s something out there for any learner at any level. You can read children’s books, French short stories and beginner and intermediate French books, all with the support of the helpful English-language text.

Try these English - French bilingual books from French and Foreign authors.

Alexandre Dumas - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE LADY OF THE CAMELLIAS

- THE THREE MUSKETEERS

Ambrose Gwinnett - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE

Arthur Conan Doyle - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- A STUDY IN SCARLET

- RODNEY STONE

- THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

- THE GREAT SHADOW

- THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

- THE LOST WORLD

- THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

- THE POISON BELT

- THE SIGN OF THE FOUR

- THE VALLEY OF FEAR

Bram Stoker - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- DRACULA

Charles Dickens - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- OLIVIER TWIST

Charles Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE SONG OF ROLAND

Charles Perrault - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE TALES OF MOTHER GOOSE

Charlotte Bronte - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- JANE EYRE

- THE PROFESSOR

Daniel Defoe - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- MOLL FLANDERS

- THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE

Edgar Allan Poe - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE BLACK CAT

- THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER

Edith Wharton - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE HOUSE OF MIRTH

Emile Zola - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- GERMINAL

- THERESE RAQUIN

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA

Gustave Flaubert - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- MADAME BOVARY

Guy de Maupassant - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- BOULE DE SUIF

- PIERRE AND JEAN

Hans Christian Andersen - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE SNOW QUEEN

Harriet Beecher Stowe - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- UNCLE TOM'S CABIN

Herbert George Wells - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND

- THE TIME MACHINE

- THE WAR OF THE WORLDS

Honore de Balzac - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- GOBSECK

- SARRASINE

Ivan Turgenev - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE DIARY OF A SUPERFLUOUS MAN

James Fenimore Cooper - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- AFLOAT AND ASHORE

- THE DEERSLAYER

- THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS

- THE MONIKINS

- THE PATHFINDER

- THE PRAIRIE

Jerome Klapka Jerome - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THREE MEN IN A BOAT

Jules Verne - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS

- JOURNEY INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE EARTH

- THE ADVENTURES OF THREE ENGLISHMEN AND THREE RUSSIANS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

- THE MUTINEERS OF THE BOUNTY

- THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

Leo Tolstoy - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE DEATH OF IVAN IL'ICH

Lewis Carroll - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

Marcel Proust - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- SWANN'S WAY

Mark Twain - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

Maurice LeBlanc - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- 813

Nikolai Gogol - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- MEMOIRS OF A MADMAN

- TARAS BULBA

- THE NOSE

Oscar Wilde - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- LORD ARTHUR SAVILE'S CRIME

- SALOME

- THE CANTERVILLE GHOST

- Prosper Merime - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- CARMEN

Rene Descartes - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD

Robert Louis Stevenson - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- KIDNAPPED

- THE BLACK ARROW

- THE SUICIDE CLUB

- WILL O' THE MILL

Victor Hugo - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME

Voltaire - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- CANDIDE

Walter Scott - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- IVANHOE

William Shakespeare - Bilingual Edition: English - French

- HAMLET

- MACBETH

- THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR

- THE TRAGEDY OF ROMEO AND JULIET

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Le comte de Monte-Cristo

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Les Trois Mousquetaires (Tome 1) - D’Artagnan

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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

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The Three Musketeers : Alexandre Dumas' Legendary Tale of Honor, Friendship, and Swordplay

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The Man in the Iron Mask : Alexandre Dumas' Final Musketeer Adventure of Betrayal, Honor, and Hidden Identity

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The Count of Monte Cristo : Alexandre Dumas' Epic Tale of Revenge, Justice, and Redemption

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Twenty Years After : The Epic Sequel to The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

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Ten Years Later : Alexandre Dumas' Daring Musketeer Saga of Intrigue, Power, and Betrayal

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The Vicomte of Bragelonne : Alexandre Dumas' Grand Musketeer Saga of Power, Loyalty, and Destiny

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Louise de la Valliere : A Tale of Love, Intrigue, and Royal Betrayal by Alexandre Dumas

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El conde de montecristo : La venganza más icónica de la literatura clásica

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Ingénue

Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas

Arthur Conan Doyle

Bram Stoker

Charles Dickens

Charlotte Bronte

Daniel Defoe

Edgar Allan Poe

Edith Wharton

Gustave Flaubert

Hans Christian Andersen

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Ivan Turgenev

James Fenimore Cooper

Jules Verne

Leo Tolstoy

Lewis Carroll

Marcel Proust

Mark Twain

Oscar Wilde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Victor Hugo

Walter Scott

William Shakespeare