The Confessions of Arsène Lupin
by Maurice Leblanc (Éditions Pierre Lafitte, 1913)
audiobook read by Maxwell Caulfield, Juliet Mills & Stefan Rudnicki (Blackstone, 2020)
Ten more stories in which self-styled gentleman thief Arsène Lupin outwits the French police (and everyone else), albeit he does survive a few close calls this volume. Leblanc crafts ingenious scenarios, lighter in narrative voice but no less memorable than Conan Doyle.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar
by Maurice Leblanc; trans. Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (Je sais tout, 1905-1906)
audiobook read by B.J. Harrison (B.J. Harrison, 2015)
A collection of the first nine stories featuring Arsène Lupin, the French answer to Sherlock Holmes. Lupin is a loveable, rather-too-full-of-himself antihero whose criminal exploits are related with a bonhomous, artful vivacity. Leblanc pulls much wool over the eyes of all concerned.