I need help choosing a guide book to take to Paris. Please vote on your favorite, 2nd fav, and do not bother with:

Fodor's 07 Paris
Frommer's Paris, 2007
Frommer's Paris from $95 a day
Paris by Davidson, Lisa
Let's go : Paris

If this is your first trip, Rick Steves' Paris.

The Michelin Green Guide

Not specific to Paris, but I find Let's Go best for me for cities.

Depends on the type of traveler you are...
As a 28 year old "not yet graduated to luxury travel but no longer in hostels" type, I like Rough Guides.

Like Barbara, I recommend Rick Steves' Paris for first-timers. If you want something more complete that is geared for budget travelers, get Lonely Planet Paris. Hint: Go to your public library and thumb through a few guidebooks to see which ones appeal to you. Even if they are older versions, the style and content should be similar to the current versions.

No one book is 100% adequate. There is no best. It depends on what you want.
I have 3 guide books, and I use them all for various purposes. Moreover, I would not want to give up any one of them because each provides me with informtion that the others do not.

Before I return, I will add the Rough Guide to my collection and buy a new Michelin Green Guide.

Why are you limiting yourself to just one? Seems like a less than good idea.

None of the above--I like the Time Out Paris guide best.

But...your budget? travel style? age group? Do you like guidebooks with lots of illustrations?

Go to Barnes and Noble, get a Grande at Starbucks and peruse the guides at leisure for a few times until one/ two seem(s) right.
Ther is one called Access Paris that gives detail by street--a good 2nd or 3rd book

I recently came across the Wallpaper* City Guides. They can't be used as the sole information source, in fact not good at all and it won't tell you anything that other guide books don't. But what I find with most guide books, they recommends about 50 restaurants and 100 hotels and you have absolutely no idea where to start! It selects out a few gems in the city which I like about and very pretty pictures as well.

Eyewitness Top 10 - for the photos

Access - for the detail

Both are presented by neighborhood.

NOT Paris for Dummies. I bought that one b/c DH and I thought Hawaii for Dummies was the best guidebook we've ever used (still do), but they are nothing alike. The Paris for Dummies book has very little info about good places to stay (it thinks everyone wants to stay in apartment-hotels, for whatever odd reason) or places to eat. Not much about romantic suggestions, hip places to go, etc. No good explanations of practical issues. I usually do what Felschurch suggested above, so I'm going back to a bookstore to do just that.

Michelin green guide. It is comprehensive, has a good amount of detail for most sites and suggests good ways to explore different neighborhoods.

We used a DK Eyewitness guide to Rome this year and the pictures and walking tour ideas were good.

I usually go to the library before a trip and take out a few guide books to look through, then travel with one or two.

I use all sorts of guides and articles before I go but in general for France (and the UK), the only thing I take with me is the green guide.

i used to only want to buy one guide book in order to save money since they're expensive. But now when I take into account how much my entire trip costs -- usually around $2000 -- I'm willing to buy two books that will help me get the most out of my trip. The $50+ on guidebooks feels well spent if you approach it that way.

Like the Green (and the Blue and Red) Michelin Guides. Also use Time Out for restaurant recommendations. Thirza Valois also has a couple of books with very detailed walking tours by arrondissements. Next time I go, I'm planning on putting aside some time and following a couple of her tours

Access Paris - I use all other guide books for research & travel with this one!

I agree with other posters who say that your choice of book will depend on the type of traveller you are. You might want to borrow some titles from your local public library and compare!

I agree with Rick Steves Paris for first-timers. It has great practical information, museum guides, and is very light to carry around. The Michelin Green Guide is good for describing the sites, but not great for practical info, and is heavy. I must say, however, I have Green Guides for all the areas of France that I have visited, and certainly find them invaluable. But I DO like Steves for Paris.

I like Time Out Paris for general information.

Let's Go Paris for cultural, historical and background information although not for places to stay.

Time Out Paris Eating and Drinking Guide for restaurants.

Don't forget -half.com---for used versions of all your choices!!