Les Bleus have already lost to the All Blacks in the competition - as well as Tonga - and only scraped their way past Wales in the semi-finals despite Sam Warburton's sending-off just 18 minutes into the game.
New Zealand are red-hot favourites to end their 24-year wait to win the World Cup, but Read has warned his team-mates they won't have it easy.
The number eight said: "It is going to be a big battle for us.
"I think the French back row has been outstanding. They have been defensively very strong, and they've also got a lot of options in their lineout with (Julien) Bonnaire and (Imanol) Harinordoquy.
"So it's definitely a big challenge for us that as a group we are pretty excited about coming up against.
"It is great to be playing in these types of atmospheres and occasions.
"I don't think we can really compare too much with a final of this magnitude, to be honest. I think it's exciting and you cannot just really rely on it being another week.
"You have got to take it as a grand final and probably the biggest game of your career, so you've got to really enjoy it and get excited by the week because it is not going to come round too often in your career."
Read and his fellow forward Ali Williams, meanwhile, have both paid tribute to the colossal support received by the All Blacks heading towards the tournament's culmination.
"It has been great to be a part of this as a player, to be able to see just how well the nation has got behind us," Read added.
"It's just been unbelievable how much support they have shown towards us and towards the whole tournament."
Williams added: "I've never seen the country like this in my life. I was there in 1995 when we had the America's Cup, and that was pretty phenomenal, but this is another world. I haven't had to pay for one breakfast at my local cafe yet, which is pretty brilliant.
"When people are roaring like they have been, you don't miss a tackle. You've got that extra half a centimetre in the stride.
"It's just mind-blowing the noise that is generated. It does things for you when you're playing that you can't explain."
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