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.

Results

Urgences
Cover of Urgences

Urgences

Hugo Huon, Le Collectif Inter Urgences

Published 2020

336 pages

Une vie de flic
Cover of Une vie de flic

Une vie de flic

Jean-Marie Godard, Patrick Visser-Bourdon

Published 2020

900 pages

La danse de la vie
Cover of La danse de la vie

La danse de la vie

Roger Highfield, Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz

Published 2020

960 pages