{"id":41562,"date":"2025-04-22T16:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41562\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:45:13","slug":"from-the-long-awaited-chocolat-prequel-to-her-gripping-thrillers-here-are-the-top-6-books-by-joanne-harris-rated-by-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/41562\/","title":{"rendered":"From the long-awaited Chocolat prequel to her gripping thrillers, here are the top 6 books by Joanne Harris, rated by us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bestselling author Joanne Harris shot to fame in 1999 with her novel Chocolat. It was a huge word-of-mouth hit and was made into an Oscar-nominated film starring Juliette Binoche.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s also written numerous novellas, short stories and game scripts, and has authored the libretti for two short operas, several screenplays, a stage musical and three cookbooks. \u2018I just love telling stories,\u2019 she says, \u2018in whatever form that takes \u2013 the printed word, music, theatre. All these things are tied by narrative.\u2019<\/p>\n

Next month, Harris publishes a prequel to Chocolat, called Vianne, set six years before the original story. <\/p>\n

What to read next…Best books by Joanne Harris, in orderCHOCOLAT <\/p>\n

It\u2019s the book that made Joanne Harris a household name and for us, it can\u2019t be beaten. This sensual story set in a small town in France about a woman running a chocolate shop is a now considered a modern classic. <\/p>\n

Chocolat by Joanne Harris<\/p>\n

\"Chocolat<\/a>VIANNE <\/p>\n

This long-awaited prequel to the million copy-selling Chocolat begins six years before, as Vianne buries her mother in New York and escapes to Marseille in France, where she begins to learn about the power of food. Just as delicious and magical as the original!<\/p>\n

Vianne by Joanne Harris<\/p>\n

\"Vianne<\/a>A NARROW DOOR <\/p>\n

While Harris is best known for Chocolat, her thrillers are just so good. In A Narrow Door, all Rebecca can remember about her brother\u2019s disappearance when she was five is that he was taken by a man she calls \u2018Mr Smallface\u2019. Years later, and now headmistress at the school where he was a pupil, she pieces together what happened. I could not put this addictive, layered thriller down!<\/p>\n

Orion A Narrow Door by Joanne Harris<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>BROKEN LIGHT <\/p>\n

This contemporary novel tells the story of Bernie Moon, whose ambitions and dreams have been forgotten by those closest to her \u2013 including Bernie herself. We follow Bernie as she seeks to take back control, with serious consequences.<\/p>\n

Broken Light by Joanne Harris<\/p>\n

\"Broken<\/a>DIFFERENT CLASS <\/p>\n

This second book in the Malbry series (A Narrow Door is the fourth book) is a cracking psychological thriller that drips with menace. Set in a boys\u2019 grammar school, where a teacher is being taunted by a former pupil, Different Class is tightly plotted and completely engrossing.<\/p>\n

Penguin Different Class by Joanne Harris<\/p>\n

\"Different<\/a>PEACHES FOR MONSIEUR LE CUR\u00c9<\/p>\n

In this novel, Harris revisits the characters and setting of her first bestseller, Chocolat. Vianne Rocher returns to Lansquenet in rural France to find the town much changed \u2013 the scent of spices in the air, women cloaked in niqabs and a minaret. Deftly tackling the subject of religious intolerance, this bewitching novel stirs the senses.<\/p>\n

Black Swan Peaches for Monsieur le Cur\u00e9 by Joanne Harris<\/p>\n

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