Trending Novelists in France — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, September 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Guy de Maupassant. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,686,952
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
66,618
views
views
2
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
51,370
views
views
3
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
43,686
views
views
4
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
40,690
views
views
5
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
34,592
views
views
6
Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
32,307
views
views
7
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
31,451
views
views
8
Judith Godrèche
French actress
29,110
views
views
9
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
28,873
views
views
10
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
28,178
views
views
11
Anny Duperey
French stage, film and television actress
26,968
views
views
12
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
26,815
views
views
13
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
26,746
views
views
14
Gaël Faye
Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer (born 1982)
26,057
views
views
15
Lilia Hassaine
French journalist
25,276
views
views
16
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
25,102
views
views
17
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
24,463
views
views
18
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
24,140
views
views
19
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
23,835
views
views
20
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
23,171
views
views
21
Virginie Despentes
French writer and film director
21,969
views
views
22
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
20,583
views
views
23
Florian Zeller
French novelist, playwright
19,713
views
views
24
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
19,634
views
views
25
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
18,960
views
views
26
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
18,594
views
views
27
Isabelle Carré
French actress
17,864
views
views
28
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
17,763
views
views
29
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
17,528
views
views
30
Alexandre Jardin
French novelist
17,384
views
views
31
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
17,290
views
views
32
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French writer (1894–1961)
17,215
views
views
33
Peter May
British and French writer (1951–2026)
17,205
views
views
34
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
16,478
views
views
35
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
16,401
views
views
36
Pierre Lemaitre
French writer
16,137
views
views
37
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
15,661
views
views
38
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
15,134
views
views
39
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
15,072
views
views
40
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
14,994
views
views
41
Franck Thilliez
French writer (born 1973)
14,844
views
views
42
Philippe Jaenada
French writer
14,621
views
views
43
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
14,561
views
views
44
Jean-Paul Dubois
French writer
14,357
views
views
45
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
14,349
views
views
46
Tyler Perry
American actor and filmmaker (born 1969)
14,341
views
views
47
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
14,163
views
views
48
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
14,143
views
views
49
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
13,896
views
views
50
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
13,659
views
views
51
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
13,406
views
views
52
Emmanuèle Bernheim
French writer and screenwriter (1955–2017)
13,406
views
views
53
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
13,216
views
views
54
Marc Levy
French writer (born 1961)
13,160
views
views
55
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
13,098
views
views
56
Sylvain Tesson
French writer
13,061
views
views
57
Régis Debray
intellectual, journalist, official, professor
13,032
views
views
58
Valérie Perrin
French novelist and screenwriter (born 1967)
13,020
views
views
59
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
12,956
views
views
60
Anne Godard
French writer
12,669
views
views
61
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist (1821–1880)
12,580
views
views
62
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
12,526
views
views
63
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
12,490
views
views
64
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
12,455
views
views
65
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857)
12,289
views
views
66
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
12,095
views
views
67
Paul Morand
French writer (1888-1976)
12,090
views
views
68
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
12,014
views
views
69
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
11,877
views
views
70
Harlan Coben
American writer
11,756
views
views
71
Leïla Slimani
French-Moroccan writer and journalist
11,711
views
views
72
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
11,709
views
views
73
Lolita Séchan
French writer
11,441
views
views
74
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
11,438
views
views
75
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
11,271
views
views
76
Emmanuelle Cosso-Merad
10,594
views
views
77
Frédéric Beigbeder
French writer and literary critic (born 1965)
10,544
views
views
78
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
10,517
views
views
79
Virginie Grimaldi
French novelist
10,335
views
views
80
Jean Cocteau
French writer and film director (1889–1963)
10,271
views
views
81
Véronique Ovaldé
French writer
10,146
views
views
82
Justine Musk
Canadian author (born 1972)
10,070
views
views
83
Françoise Sagan
French writer (1935-2004)
9,938
views
views
84
Pierre Loti
French writer (1850-1923)
9,846
views
views
85
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
9,832
views
views
86
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
9,832
views
views
87
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
9,782
views
views
88
René Barjavel
French writer (1911–1985)
9,686
views
views
89
Gaston Leroux
French author and journalist (1868–1927)
9,632
views
views
90
Amanda Sthers
French screenwriter, writer, playwright and author
9,605
views
views
91
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
9,302
views
views
92
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
9,289
views
views
93
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
9,251
views
views
94
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
9,224
views
views
95
Jean Raspail
French author, traveler, and explorer (1925–2020)
9,184
views
views
96
Georges Simenon
Belgian writer (1903–1986)
9,128
views
views
97
Chrétien de Troyes
12th century French poet and trouvère
9,073
views
views
98
Brigitte Fontaine
French poet and artist
9,056
views
views
99
Joyce Carol Oates
American author (born 1938)
9,051
views
views
100
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian-French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author (1969–2026)
9,037
views
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