The Roots of Heaven (novel)

{{short description|1956 novel by Romain Gary}}

{{Infobox book

| name = The Roots of Heaven

| image = File:LesRacinesDuCiel.jpg

| image_caption = 1956 French edition

| author = Romain Gary

| title_orig = Les Racines du ciel

| translator = Jonathan Griffin

| country = France

| language = French

| publisher = Éditions Gallimard

| pub_date = 5 October 1956

| english_pub_date = 1958

| pages = 510

|set_in=French Equatorial Africa, 1955

|dewey=843.9

}}

The Roots of Heaven ({{langx|fr|Les Racines du ciel}}) is a 1956 novel by the Lithuanian-born French writer and World War II aviator, Romain Gary (born Roman Kacew). It received the Prix Goncourt for fiction. It was translated into English in 1957.{{Cite web|url=https://www.academiegoncourt.com/?article=1229180690|title=Le Palmarès|language=French|work=academie-goncourt.fr|publisher=Académie Goncourt|access-date=2011-12-16}}