Books Recommended by Alain de Botton
In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
Source: "About a search for how you can stop wasting your life and start to appreciate life and live fully." - Alain de Botton
The Complete Essays
Michel de Montaigne
Source: "I’ve given quite a lot of copies of [this book] to people down the years." - Alain de Botton
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
A Novel
Milan Kundera
Source: "A book that I gave out a lot." - Alain de Botton
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