Ten books to read before you go to Paris

For Fodor's, Jessica Colley tagged ten books to read before you go to Paris, including:

The Flaneur by Edmund White

The best city portraits grant access to daily life that tourists don't encounter during a typical visit. The Flaneur accomplishes just this, leading the reader on a stroll through Paris without any particular goal, but to observe the everyday theater of the city streets. This very French concept of strolling and loitering without any particular place to go comes to life in White's pages. After living in Paris for almost two decades, he accurately captures Paris in all of its intricacies.

Read about the other books on the list.

Also see: Lisa Appignanesi's top ten books about Paris.

--Marshal Zeringue