* _Un été marocain_ (1998), a novel
* _Le Bruit de la guerre_ (2001), a history of the 20th century
* _La Grande Illusion_ (2005), a book of essays on politics and culture
* _Le Dernier des Mohicans_ (2008), a biography of Jérémie Brébeuf
* _Le Voyage de Lapérouse_ (2011), a biography of Jean-François de La Pérouse
* _Le Roman de l'histoire de France_ (2014), a history of France told in the form of a novel
* _Le Roman des grands hommes_ (2017), a collection of biographies of great men
* _Le Roman des grandes femmes_ (2020), a collection of biographies of great women