The most popular French essays books of 2025

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 2025. Only books in French are listed.

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Jardiner Les sciences cachées au jardin
Cover of Jardiner Les sciences cachées au jardin

Jardiner Les sciences cachées au jardin

Jean-Michel Groult, Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

Published 2025

144 pages