French philosophical novels

novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1943)

1942 novel by Albert Camus

' ( , ) is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: Optimism''''' (1947). A young man, Candide, lives a sheltered life in an Edenic paradise, being indoctrinated with Leibnizian optimism by his mentor, Professor Pangloss. This lifestyle is abruptly ended, followed by Candide's slow and painful disillusionment as he witnesses and experiences great hardships in the world. Voltaire

French novel by Albert Camus

novel sequence by Marcel Proust

1984 Czech novel by Milan Kundera

1932 novel by Louis-Ferdinand Céline

novel by Jean-Paul Sartre

1762 essay by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

novel by Émile Zola

1956 philosophical novel by Albert Camus

novel by Honoré de Balzac (1831)

1721 literary work by Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu

book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1796 novel by Denis Diderot

1933 novel by André Malraux

Zadig; or, The Book of Fate (; 1747) is a novella and work of philosophical fiction by the Enlightenment writer Voltaire. It tells the story of Zadig, a Zoroastrian philosopher in ancient Babylonia. The story of Zadig is a fictional story. Voltaire does not attempt any historical accuracy. The singular narrative and unique journey of Zadig still stands as a philosophical reference to “nothing is either good or bad without the comparison of one with the other.”

1797 novel by Marquis de Sade

novel by Muriel Barbery

1795 novel by Marquis de Sade

novel by Denis Diderot

novel by Milan Kundera

novel ascribed to Jean-Baptiste de Boyer

novel by Jean-Paul Sartre

1967 novel by Michel Tournier

novel by Alfred Jarry

roman-fleuve by Jules Romains

1945 novel by Simone de Beauvoir

short story by Jean-Paul Sartre

2001 novel by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

1930 novel by André Malraux

1994 novel by Bernard Werber

Tropisms ( ) is an experimental novel by Nathalie Sarraute, first published in 1939. It is considered a forerunner of the Nouveau Roman. Jean Genet, Marguerite Duras and Jean-Paul Sartre all described it as a masterpiece.

1949 novel by Jean-Paul Sartre

book by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur

1945 novel by Jean-Paul Sartre

2002 novel by François Lelord