The most popular French essays books of 2020

Essays are short works of nonfiction in which a writer thinks something through. The subject can be anything: politics, a walk, a film, a grief. What matters is the mind at work and the voice. Collections here range from the classic to the sharply contemporary. This list shows the ones first published in 2020. Only books in French are listed.

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Un si long silence
Cover of Un si long silence

Un si long silence

Sarah Abitbol, Emmanuelle Anizon

Published 2020

148 pages

Le corps et ses raisons
Cover of Le corps et ses raisons

Le corps et ses raisons

Jean Starobinski, Martin Rueff, Maurice Olender

Published 2020

525 pages