List of Marcel Proust's most important and well-known books

Marcel Proust is most famous for his monumental work In Search of Lost Time (also translated as Remembrance of Things Past). It’s an epic seven-volume series, often considered one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century.

Here’s the list of Marcel Proust’s key works along with their genres:

1. In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu) - 1913–1927
Genre: Modernist Fiction, Psychological Novel, Literary Fiction

2. Swann's Way (Du côté de chez Swann) - 1913
Genre: Modernist Fiction, Psychological Novel

3. Within a Budding Grove (À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs) - 1918
Genre: Modernist Fiction, Bildungsroman (Coming-of-Age Novel), Literary Fiction

4. The Guermantes Way (Le Côté de Guermantes) - 1920–1921
Genre: Social Commentary, Literary Fiction, Modernist Fiction

5. Sodom and Gomorrah (Sodome et Gomorrhe) - 1921–1922
Genre: Modernist Fiction, Psychological Novel, Social Commentary

6. The Prisoner (La Prisonnière) - 1923
Genre: Psychological Fiction, Literary Fiction

7. The Fugitive (Albertine disparue) - 1925
Genre: Psychological Fiction, Literary Fiction, Modernist

8. Time Regained (Le Temps retrouvé) - 1927
Genre: Modernist Fiction, Philosophical Novel

9. Pleasures and Days (Les Plaisirs et les Jours) - 1896
Genre: Short Stories, Essays, Literary Fiction

10. The Lemoine Affair (L'Affaire Lemoine) - 1914
Genre: Literary Criticism, Social Commentary