Recs if you like Gargantua and Pantagruel...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
French Classics ⁺‧₊˚ ☕️⋆°｡⋆🥐 ˚₊‧⁺
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.
French Classic Literature
a non-exhaustive collection of works
French classic lit (that's not Hugo and Camus)
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.
The bigger the better📈
Books with more than 800 pages.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
This is the compendium of books from the 2012 edition.
Books in “ a little history of literature”
added as i read the book
We Call Them Giants. Chapter 1: The Giants of Old
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.
Eccentric literature
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!
The Telegraph’s “50 greatest books of all time”
On August 9, 2026, The Telegraph published a list of “The 50 greatest books of all time” by Jake Kerridge
