Lie with Me (French: Arrête avec tes mensonges, lit.

[1] It was translated into English by Molly Ringwald under the title Lie with Me and was lauded by English-language reviewers.

[2][3] Set in 1984 in the rural French town of Barbezieux, the novel recounts the teenage love affair between the narrator and his schoolmate, Thomas Andrieu.

[4] Besson, in a piece published in January 2020, noted the influence of The Lover by Marguerite Duras onto Lie with Me: When I threw myself into writing Lie with Me, I placed [The Lover] in front of me.

[9] It was also adapted into a play performed in January 2023 at the Théâtre de la Tempête in Paris.