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Les Rougon-Macquart Series

20 primary works • 20 total works
This is the recommended reading order Zola gave in the "Introduction" of his last novel, Le Docteur Pascal, although it is not required, as each novel stands on its own

Book 1

The Fortune of the Rougons
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3.91 · 8202 Ratings · 696 Reviews · published 1871 · 1024 editions
In the small Provençal town of Plassans, the day a…

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    Book 2

    Son Excellence Eugène Rougon
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    3.66     · 1916 Ratings · 204 Reviews · published 1876 · 207 editions
    En 1856, Eugène Rougon, un ancien avocat de provin…

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    Book 3

    La Curée
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    3.88     · 6343 Ratings · 508 Reviews · published 1871 · 505 editions
    A la fin d’une chasse, pendant la curée, les chien…

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    Book 4

    L'Argent
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    3.95     · 2709 Ratings · 244 Reviews · published 1891 · 5 editions
    Dix-huitième volume des Rougon-Macquart, L'Argent …

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    Book 5

    The Dream
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    3.56     · 2358 Ratings · 233 Reviews · published 1888 · 9 editions
    Emile Zola's novel Le Rêve (1888) is a love idyll …

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    Book 6

    La Conquête de Plassans
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    3.94     · 2282 Ratings · 250 Reviews · published 1874 · 9 editions
    «Il détachait son cheval, dont il avait noué les g…

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    Book 7

    Pot Luck
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    3.92     · 2672 Ratings · 217 Reviews · published 1882 · 1 edition
    Pot Luck , Zola's most acerbic satire, describes d…

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    Book 8

    The Ladies' Paradise
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    3.98     · 20476 Ratings · 1596 Reviews · published 1883 · 931 editions
    The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recount…

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    Book 9

    La Faute de l'abbé Mouret
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    3.60     · 2340 Ratings · 253 Reviews · published 1875 · 227 editions
    Serge Mouret est le prêtre d’un village pauvre, qu…

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    Book 10

    Une page d'amour
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    3.67     · 2580 Ratings · 207 Reviews · published 1877 · 8 editions
    «Henri, je vous en supplie... Laissez-moi...» Mais…

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    Book 11

    The Belly of Paris
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    3.92     · 7275 Ratings · 678 Reviews · published 1873 · 2 editions
    «Yo vivo en París, abro la ventana cada mañana y m…

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    Book 12

    The Joy of Life
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    3.90     · 2329 Ratings · 249 Reviews · published 1883 · 3 editions
    Pauline Quenu, the daughter of shopkeepers in the …

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    Book 13

    L'Assommoir
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    4.08     · 19278 Ratings · 1125 Reviews · published 1876 · 335 editions
    The seventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle, L'…

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    Book 14

    The Masterpiece
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    3.98     · 5406 Ratings · 482 Reviews · 10 editions
    The Masterpiece is the tragic story of Claude Lant…

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    Book 15

    La Bête humaine
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    4.03     · 13104 Ratings · 741 Reviews · published 1890 · 288 editions
    Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN …

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    Book 16

    Germinal
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    4.20     · 42845 Ratings · 2696 Reviews · published 1885 · 1541 editions
    The thirteenth novel in Émile Zola’s great Rougon-…

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    Book 17

    Nana
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    3.84     · 27596 Ratings · 1302 Reviews · published 1880 · 8 editions
    Wenn die üppige blonde Nana auf der Bühne des Pari…

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    Book 18

    The Earth
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    4.09     · 2543 Ratings · 246 Reviews · published 1887 · 202 editions
    When Jean Macquart arrives in the peasant communit…

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    Book 19

    La Débâcle
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    4.04     · 1890 Ratings · 185 Reviews · published 1892 · 200 editions
    The penultimate novel of the Rougon-Macquart cycle…

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    Book 20

    Le Docteur Pascal
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    3.74     · 1204 Ratings · 118 Reviews · published 1893 · 6 editions
    A Plassans, berceau provençal de sa famille, tandi…

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