How to Live

How to Live (2010) is both a biography of the writer Montaigne and an overview of the monumental work for which he’s famous: the Essays – a genre of writing that he invented. Along the way, it suggests some lessons we can take from his life and apply to our own.

• Students of the Stoics, Epicureans, or Skeptics who want to learn about one of their greatest prodigies 
• Fans of biographies about writers and thinkers 
• Anyone who wants to know more about the life and works of Montaigne

Sarah Bakewell is a British non-fiction writer who focuses on the lives of philosophers, writers, and adventurers. Her other works include At the Existentialist Café and The English Dane. In 2018, she won the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize in non-fiction.