Trending Novelists in France this month
The 100 most-viewed novelists this month on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Paul Auster.
100
Ranked
96,846
Total Views (this month)
1
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
9,521
views
views
2
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
7,515
views
views
3
Amanda Sthers
French screenwriter, writer and playwright
7,447
views
views
4
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
7,069
views
views
5
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
2,203
views
views
6
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
1,749
views
views
7
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
1,444
views
views
8
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
1,316
views
views
9
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
1,300
views
views
10
Anny Duperey
French stage, film and television actress
1,241
views
views
11
Anaïs Jeanneret
French actress and novelist
1,115
views
views
12
Judith Godrèche
French actress
1,112
views
views
13
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
1,095
views
views
14
Michael Peterson
American novelist convicted of manslaughter
1,055
views
views
15
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
1,035
views
views
16
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
1,019
views
views
17
Katherine Pancol
journalist, novelist
1,015
views
views
18
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
987
views
views
19
Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
983
views
views
20
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
886
views
views
21
Silvina Ocampo
Argentine writer (1903–1993)
874
views
views
22
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
870
views
views
23
Pierre de Vilno
French journalist
865
views
views
24
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
863
views
views
25
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
860
views
views
26
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
846
views
views
27
Lolita Séchan
French writer
842
views
views
28
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
818
views
views
29
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
814
views
views
30
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
797
views
views
31
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
795
views
views
32
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
758
views
views
33
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French writer (1894–1961)
756
views
views
34
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
738
views
views
35
Pierre Lemaitre
French writer
721
views
views
36
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
720
views
views
37
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
712
views
views
38
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
683
views
views
39
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
677
views
views
40
Franck Thilliez
writer
677
views
views
41
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
664
views
views
42
Vanessa Springora
French writer and publisher
659
views
views
43
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)
657
views
views
44
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
651
views
views
45
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
648
views
views
46
Jean Genet
French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)
646
views
views
47
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
632
views
views
48
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
617
views
views
49
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer
605
views
views
50
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
573
views
views
51
Leïla Slimani
French-Moroccan writer and journalist
568
views
views
52
J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
565
views
views
53
Sophie Brocas
French official, novelist and journalist
554
views
views
54
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
553
views
views
55
Joseph Kessel
French journalist and novelist (1898–1979)
553
views
views
56
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
544
views
views
57
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
536
views
views
58
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
529
views
views
59
Isabelle Carré
French actress
525
views
views
60
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
524
views
views
61
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
524
views
views
62
Diana Gabaldon
American author (born 1952)
519
views
views
63
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)
519
views
views
64
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
514
views
views
65
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
506
views
views
66
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
501
views
views
67
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857)
501
views
views
68
Virginie Despentes
French writer and film director
500
views
views
69
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
500
views
views
70
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist (1821–1880)
493
views
views
71
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
491
views
views
72
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
488
views
views
73
Pierre de Marivaux
French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)
488
views
views
74
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
486
views
views
75
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
485
views
views
76
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
481
views
views
77
Katie Price
British television personality, businesswoman, model, and singer (born 1978)
479
views
views
78
Olivier Bourdeaut
French writer
477
views
views
79
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
466
views
views
80
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
465
views
views
81
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
457
views
views
82
Frédéric Beigbeder
French writer and literary critic (born 1965)
449
views
views
83
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
447
views
views
84
Sylvain Tesson
French writer
443
views
views
85
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
436
views
views
86
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
436
views
views
87
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
434
views
views
88
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
432
views
views
89
Virginie Grimaldi
French novelist
428
views
views
90
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
421
views
views
91
Judy Blume
American children's writer (born 1938)
419
views
views
92
Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
410
views
views
93
Stephen Fry
British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist
403
views
views
94
Élisabeth Quin
French journalist and film critic
399
views
views
95
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
French writer and Nobel Prize winner (born 1940)
398
views
views
96
Brigitte Fontaine
French poet and artist
396
views
views
97
Françoise Mallet-Joris
Belgian writer (1930-2016)
395
views
views
98
Sylvie Granotier
French actress, translator, writer and screenwriter
394
views
views
99
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
385
views
views
100
Joël Dicker
Swiss writer
385
views
views
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