- Dictionnaire des écrivains de langue française (Larousse): Comprehensive biographical dictionary
- Encyclopedia of French Literature (Routledge): English-language reference
- Dictionnaire du littéraire (PUF): Theoretical and critical terms
- The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French: Authoritative English guide
Literary Histories
- Histoire de la littérature française (multiple volumes, Arthaud)
- A New History of French Literature (Harvard University Press)
- The Cambridge History of French Literature
- Histoire littéraire des femmes françaises (Focus on women writers)