Recs if you like Essays...

I know you've all been eager to get the third volume of my french lit starter pack saga. Be honest, not having it has kept you up for many nights right ? 😏 Anyways, this one is more inspired by my life, what I've had to read for school, what my parents liked to read, books I've read on recommendations, stuff like that. As a result, most of those are pretty dear to my heart, so i hope you'll all enjoy this list especially 🙂‍↕️

Every book or author mentioned in Ruth Ozeki’s “A Tale for the Time Being” in one convenient place

A list to deepen one’s understanding of cross-literary conversation from a 21st century author.

I created this list in the spirit of one of the central themes of the novel, that being that literature is a conversation through space and time. Writing is a kind of time travel, if only just to the future, and reading is one to the past.

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.

Very niche category but if there are any English Literature students wondering what they will be studying for a little bit this might be useful.

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