Les Misérables

Les Misérables is a novel by Victor Hugo.

The Picard family owned a copy of Les Misérables which was kept at their ancestral home in La Barre. Jean-Luc Picard showed the novel to Jake Sisko in 2372. 

Les Misérables was one of Michael Eddington's favorite novels. In 2373, Eddington compared himself to Jean Valjean and Benjamin Sisko to Inspector Javert, the policeman who pursued Valjean for simply stealing a loaf of bread, during Sisko's pursuit of the Maquis leader. 

Captain Sisko would later reflect that Eddington's capture may have destroyed his illusion of being like the character in Les Misérables.