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French Literature
27 reading guides and book lists curated by the Editors Reads team.
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Where to Start with Alexandre Dumas: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Alexandre Dumas — whether to begin with The Count of Monte Cristo or The Three Musketeers. A complete reading guide to the French adventure novelist.
Where to Start with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry — whether to begin with The Little Prince, Night Flight, or Wind, Sand and Stars. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Jessie Inchauspé: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Jessie Inchauspé — how to approach Glucose Revolution, her accessible, evidence-backed guide to flattening blood sugar spikes through ten practical daily habits without restricting the foods you love. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Jules Verne: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Jules Verne — whether to begin with Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues, or Journey to the Center of the Earth. A complete guide.
Where to Start with Marcel Proust: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Marcel Proust — whether to begin with Swann's Way, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower, or The Guermantes Way. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Michel de Montaigne: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Michel de Montaigne — how to approach The Complete Essays, the collection that invented the essay form and remains the foundation of all first-person reflection in Western literature. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with René Descartes: A Reading Guide
Where to start with René Descartes — how to approach Discourse on the Method, the founding document of modern philosophy. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Thomas Piketty: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Thomas Piketty — how to approach Capital in the Twenty-First Century, his landmark work on wealth and inequality. A complete reading guide.
Where to Start with Voltaire: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Voltaire — how to approach Candide, the perfect satirical novella that demolishes philosophical optimism. A complete reading guide.
Albert Camus Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Albert Camus's complete bibliography in order — from The Stranger and The Plague to The Myth of Sisyphus. Best starting points and why his philosophy of the absurd still matters today.
Best French Literature: Essential Novels from France
The best French literature — from Madame Bovary and Germinal to The Stranger and Swann's Way. Essential novels and the canonical reading list for French fiction.
Émile Zola Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Émile Zola's complete bibliography in order — from Germinal and Nana to L'Assommoir. Best starting points and reading order for the Rougon-Macquart series.
Gustave Flaubert Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Gustave Flaubert's complete bibliography in order — from Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education to Three Tales and Salammbô. Best starting points for new readers.
Honoré de Balzac Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Honoré de Balzac's complete bibliography in order — from Père Goriot and Cousin Bette to Lost Illusions. Best starting points and reading order for the Comédie Humaine.
Marcel Proust Books in Order: Reading Guide to In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust books in order — how to read In Search of Lost Time, the seven-volume masterpiece that is the greatest novel in the French language.
Stendhal Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Stendhal's complete bibliography in order — from The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma to his diaries and treatises. Best starting points for new readers.
Victor Hugo Books in Order: Complete Bibliography & Best Starting Points
Victor Hugo's complete bibliography in order — from Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame to The Man Who Laughs. Best starting points for new readers.
Where to Start with Albert Camus: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Albert Camus — whether to begin with The Stranger, The Plague, or The Fall. A complete reading guide to Camus's novels and philosophy.
Where to Start with Annie Ernaux: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Annie Ernaux — whether to begin with A Man's Place, The Years, or Shame. A complete reading guide to the Nobel Prize-winning French author.
Where to Start with Émile Zola: A Reading Guide
Where to start with Émile Zola — whether to begin with Germinal or Nana. A complete reading guide to the great French naturalist novelist.
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