A Bánh Mi for Two by Trinity Nguyen (f/f YA, Sài Gòn)
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee (Historical m/m YA, all across Europe)
Abroad by Liz Jacobs (m/m NA duology, London)
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston (m/x, France, Italy, and Spain)
An Island Princess Starts a Scandal (Historical f/f, Paris) and Finding Joy (m/m, Addis Ababa) by Adriana Herrera
Bonus: Coming in 2026,…
For part I, click here.
The Disenchantment by Celia Bell (1670s-80s)
Mademoiselle Revolution by Zoe Sivak (1790s)
Spitting Gold by Carmella Lowkis (1866)
The Paris Affair by Maureen Marshall (1886)
An Island Princess Stars a Scandal by Adriana Herrera (1889)
Fave Five: Queer Histfic Set in Paris
What’s Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos, translated into English from Greek by Karen Emmerich (1897)
The Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher (1919)
The Last Nude by Ellis Avery (1927)
The Book of Salt by Monique Truong (1929)
The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert (1941)
Bonus: For a more recent historical set in France but not Paris, check out Lie With Me by Philippe Besson, translated into…
