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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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

Le prédateur
Cover of Le prédateur

Le prédateur

Barry Levine, Monique El-Faizy

Published 2020

900 pages

Le fugitif
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Le fugitif

Régis Arnaud, Yann Rousseau

Published 2020

420 pages