Recs if you like Gargantua and Pantagruel...

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

a non-exhaustive collection of works

This list comprises numerous French classics, from romantic epics, to realist critiques of society, to philosophical fiction, to scandalous stories, poetry, & more! I’ll be updating it sporadically.

Some staples of French literature that might be lesser known in the English-speaking world. List not finished, and all books are available in English. Centuries currently included: 12th to 20th. Genres: Novels, poems, plays, essays.

Books with more than 800 pages.

As said in the name, this is a list to long (a bit boring) and old french literature that I would consider good books (because frenchies don't lack of those )

This is a list of books from the XIX c. (and before). Some books are just 150 pages long because they are plays

(Feel free to tell me if you want me to add books to the list, I will be adding some myself as I can't think about every book right now...)

This is the compendium of books from the 2012 edition.

added as i read the book

The Shadow on the Horizon “They tell us the world was built for us, but the bones in the earth suggest otherwise. Before the cities, before the kings, there were the High Walkers. Some were made of stone, some of cloud, and some of a hunger that could swallow a village. We call them... Giants.”

Chapter 1: The Giants of Old (Myth & Legend) The foundational stories that defined the "Big Man" in our collective dreams.

Narration interrupted by the narrator, bawdy humor, irreverence, plot development prioritized over content, genre failure, parody... If you can think of other titles, they are welcome to the list!

On August 9, 2026, The Telegraph published a list of “The 50 greatest books of all time” by Jake Kerridge