I'd like to read a book about the French Revolution, but I'm not sure where to start. The only two I know about offhand are Simon Schama's Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution and Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution: A History.
All suggestions are very welcome, as well as a brief intro to the historiography of the subject.
William Doyle. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. - Doyle is a revisionist, so rejects the Revolution as purely marxist or englightenment caused. He dedicates several chapters to France pre-1789, Louis XVI and the economic crisis of the time.
Goodman, Dena. "Public sphere and private life: Toward a synthesis of current historiographical approaches to the Old Regime." History and theory (1992): pp. 1-20 - By combining Jürgen Habermas’s The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, Reinhart Koselleck’s Critique and Crisis, and Roger Chartier’s A History of the Private Life, Goodman is able to show a progression from the private criticisms of the state found during the Republic of Letters to the public criticisms found in coffee shops and masonic lodges. Goodman also references Ariès, Philippe, Introduction to A History of Private Life
Blanning, Timothy Charles William. The French revolution: class war or culture clash?. Macmillan, 1998 - As per the title, Blanning discusses the various debates of marxism vs enlightenment theory
Mornet, Daniel. "Les origines intellectuelles de la Révolution française." Paris: Armand Colin (1933) - This is 100% in French but outlines basically any enlightenment writer you can think of and shows their effect on France. Very useful if you can understand French edit: Got carried away and then re-read your title :')
Zerubavel, Eviatar. "The French Republican Calendar: a case study in the sociology of time." American Sociological Review (1977): 868-877 - This is very niche, but I really enjoy reading this article and frequently cite it. It takes the French Republican Calendar as a case study for the ultimate failure of pure revolutionary ideals in the 1790s.
Notable other (but highly specific) articles:
Taylor, George V. "Revolutionary and Nonrevolutionary Content in the Cahiers of 1789: An Interim Report." French Historical Studies (1972): 479-502
Peyre, Henri. "The influence of eighteenth century ideas on the French Revolution." Journal of the History of Ideas 10.1 (1949): pp. 63-87
Nisbet, Robert A. "The French Revolution and the rise of sociology in France."American Journal of Sociology (1943): 156-164
Idzerda, Stanley J. "Iconoclasm during the French Revolution." The American Historical Review (1954): 13-26
Gruder, Vivian R. "'No Taxation without Representation': The Assembly of Notables of 1787 and Political Ideology in France." Legislative Studies Quarterly (1982): 263-279