Some books manage to capture turning points in life, periods of transition that we dread, that we try to put off until later, as long as possible, until they inevitably come crashing down on us, with lightning-fast violence. "Nous n'étions pas des tendres" is such a book.

Jakuta Alikavazovic’s sixth book, "Like A Sky inside", is among this fall’s best reads. Responding to an invitation to contribute a piece of writing to the collection, "Ma Nuit au Musée" (A Night at The Museum) by éditions Stock, she takes the opportunity to explore her unique relationship with the Louvre Museum.

If, like me, you read the news these days with growing anxiety, then "Une vie qui se cabre", Sylvain Pattieu’s latest novel, might offer you a welcome breath of fresh air. In this fast paced, political "feel-good" fiction, Pattieu imagines that in the immediate aftermath of WW2, the Lamine Gueye law, granting equality to every citizen of the French Empire,…

He goes by Ricardo, Alexandre, Daniel, Richard. His surname, profession, nationality change faster than a New York minute. Why? To seduce as many women as he can. He's on the rampage in Brazil, France, Portugal, Poland and he multiplies profiles on social media literally everywhere. Ricardo is a man with a thousand faces, addicted to face holes and all sorts…

Les Fleurs sauvages (POL, 2024) is as much a novel about the birth of an artist, as it is about the dynamics within a family’s, as it is about our connection to nature. Houdart treats each aspect of her fiction with the same importance, she explores each narrative line with the same degree of engagement, the same precision in her…