Leila Slimani's Reading List

By the Book: Leila Slimani (2019)

NYT By the Book column (2019-01-17).

Jules Renard · Buy on Amazon

"which continues to move me and inspire me"

Leo Tolstoy · 1877 · Buy on Amazon

"My favorite classic is probably Anna Karenina."

Gustave Flaubert · 1857 · Buy on Amazon

"I love Madame Bovary also."

Alain Mabanckou · Buy on Amazon

Joyce Carol Oates · 2000 · Buy on Amazon

Ian McEwan · Buy on Amazon

Jack London · Buy on Amazon

"Jack London is the one who made me want to be a writer myself. Martin Eden was a shock."