Recs if you like Man's Fate...

a collection of fiction and nonfiction texts on gender, race, culture, history, politics that feel like absolute must reads

French classics that are not 1500 pages ling and written 200 years ago. They are accessible, modern and relevant ! I summary, this is a list of French books of the XXth and XXI c. of less (or about) 500 pages

(This list is purely based on what I know and have read. Feel free to suggest new books to add.)