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600–750
Hours to B2 (FSI)
Cat. I
FSI difficulty
Latin
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Books & Graded Readers

Best books for learning French

Graded readers are the highest-leverage reading material — start with Olly Richards or Lingo Mastery before moving to Le Petit Prince and grammar workbooks.

Graded readers

Short Stories in French for Beginners
A1–A2
Olly Richards
Eight graded short stories with vocabulary glossaries and comprehension questions. Published by Teach Yourself/Hodder (2018).
French Short Stories for Beginners
A1–A2
Lingo Mastery
Twenty short stories for beginner French learners with vocabulary lists and comprehension questions.
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Le Petit Prince
B1–B2
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The most read French book in the world. Accessible vocabulary and short chapters make it ideal for intermediate learners. Published by Gallimard.
French Graded Readers (Blackcat-Cideb / Hachette FLE)
A1–C1
Various
Graded reader series published by Blackcat-Cideb and Hachette FLE, divided by CEFR level from A1 to C1 with authentic cultural content and audio.
Short Stories in French for Intermediate Learners
B1–B2
Olly Richards
Eight more complex stories targeting B1–B2 learners. Published by Teach Yourself/Hodder (2020).

Grammar & vocabulary books

Short Stories in French for Beginners
A1–A2
Olly Richards
Eight graded short stories with vocabulary glossaries and comprehension questions. Published by Teach Yourself/Hodder (2018). The most widely recommended first graded reader for French.
Assimil French With Ease
A1–B1
Anthony Bulger
The classic self-study French course. 113 lessons with audio, covering grammar and vocabulary through natural dialogues. Published by Assimil.
Practice Makes Perfect: Complete French Grammar
A1–B2
Annie Heminway
Comprehensive French grammar workbook with hundreds of exercises. Covers every grammar point from gender to subjunctive. Published by McGraw-Hill.
Easy French Reader
A2–B1
R. de Roussy de Sales
Three progressive sections moving from beginner to intermediate passages, each with vocabulary glossaries. Published by McGraw-Hill.
Anki Decks & Word Lists

Best Anki decks and frequency lists for French

Spaced repetition builds vocabulary efficiently for French. These are the decks the French learning community actually uses.

Anki decks

5000 most frequently used French words [v. 6.0]
AnkiWeb · deck 893324022 · 15,474 notes
5,000 most frequently used French words sorted by frequency, with example sentences.
French Core 2000 (FR-EN)
AnkiWeb · deck 957056316 · 1,999 notes
2,000 core French vocabulary words with English translations.
French Sentences
AnkiWeb · deck 1089240419 · 3,001 notes
3,001 French sentences sorted from easiest to hardest.
6000 French Sentences w/ Audio
AnkiWeb · deck 1263692251 · 5,928 notes
6,000 French sentences with audio.
2500 French sentences (n+1 sorted for beginners)
AnkiWeb · deck 326115272 · 5,038 notes
2,500 French sentences sorted using n+1 comprehensible input ordering for beginners.
All French sentences with audio from Tatoeba
AnkiWeb · deck 1373615545 · 8,181 notes
All French sentences from Tatoeba that have an audio recording, arranged by difficulty using MorphMan.

Frequency lists

A Frequency Dictionary of French
Routledge (Deryle Lonsdale & Yvon Le Bras, 2009)
The academic standard: 5,000 most commonly used French words drawn from a 23-million-word corpus, with thematic vocabulary lists and grammar notes.
hermitdave/FrequencyWords — French
GitHub · github.com/hermitdave/FrequencyWords (CC-by-sa-4.0)
Open-source frequency word lists derived from the OpenSubtitles 2016 and 2018 corpora. Widely used by Anki deck creators and language app developers. Free to download.
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