Trending Novelists in France this week
The 100 most-viewed novelists this week on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Paul Auster.
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11,900
Total Views (this week)
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Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
3,761
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2
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
2,709
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3
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
719
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4
Amanda Sthers
French screenwriter, writer and playwright
579
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5
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
412
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views
6
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
184
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7
Élisabeth Quin
French journalist and film critic
183
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8
Anny Duperey
French stage, film and television actress
109
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9
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
100
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10
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
71
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views
11
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
70
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12
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
67
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13
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
66
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14
Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
63
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15
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
60
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16
Katherine Pancol
journalist, novelist
56
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views
17
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
55
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views
18
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
55
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19
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
54
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views
20
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
54
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21
Zoya Pirzad
Iranian writer
53
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views
22
Judith Godrèche
French actress
53
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views
23
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
49
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views
24
Franck Thilliez
French writer (born 1973)
48
views
views
25
Sylvie Granotier
French actress, translator, writer and screenwriter
47
views
views
26
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
46
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views
27
Jules Renard
French author (1864-1910)
45
views
views
28
Françoise Mallet-Joris
Belgian writer (1930-2016)
45
views
views
29
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
45
views
views
30
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
44
views
views
31
Truman Capote
American author (1924-1984)
42
views
views
32
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
42
views
views
33
Michael Peterson
American novelist convicted of manslaughter
40
views
views
34
Pierre Lemaitre
French writer
40
views
views
35
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
39
views
views
36
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French writer (1894–1961)
38
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views
37
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
37
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views
38
Lolita Séchan
French writer
37
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39
Leïla Slimani
French-Moroccan writer and journalist
37
views
views
40
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
37
views
views
41
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
36
views
views
42
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
36
views
views
43
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
35
views
views
44
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
35
views
views
45
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
34
views
views
46
J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
34
views
views
47
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer
34
views
views
48
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
34
views
views
49
Tom Clancy
American author (1947–2013)
34
views
views
50
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
34
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views
51
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist (1821–1880)
33
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views
52
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
32
views
views
53
Frédéric Beigbeder
French writer and literary critic (born 1965)
32
views
views
54
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
31
views
views
55
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
31
views
views
56
Régis Debray
intellectual, journalist, official, professor
30
views
views
57
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
30
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views
58
Isabelle Carré
French actress
30
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views
59
Anaïs Jeanneret
French actress and novelist
29
views
views
60
Isla Fisher
Australian actress and author (born 1976)
29
views
views
61
Leonard Cohen
Canadian singer, songwriter and poet (1934–2016)
29
views
views
62
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
28
views
views
63
Lauren Groff
American writer
28
views
views
64
Michael Connelly
American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter (born 1956)
27
views
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65
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
27
views
views
66
François Rabelais
16th-century French writer and humanist (1494–1553)
27
views
views
67
Joseph Kessel
French journalist and novelist (1898–1979)
26
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views
68
Alan Bradley
mystery writer
26
views
views
69
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
26
views
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70
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
26
views
views
71
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
26
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72
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
25
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views
73
Lola Lafon
French writer
25
views
views
74
Christophe Honoré
French film director, screenwriter and writer (born 1970)
25
views
views
75
Virginie Despentes
French writer and film director
25
views
views
76
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
25
views
views
77
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
25
views
views
78
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
25
views
views
79
Virginie Grimaldi
French novelist
25
views
views
80
Frédéric Dard
French writer (1921–2000)
24
views
views
81
Valérie Perrin
French novelist and screenwriter (born 1967)
24
views
views
82
Silvina Ocampo
Argentine writer (1903–1993)
24
views
views
83
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
23
views
views
84
René Barjavel
French writer (1911–1985)
23
views
views
85
Jean Genet
French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)
22
views
views
86
Olivier Bourdeaut
French writer
22
views
views
87
Sylvain Tesson
French writer
22
views
views
88
Florian Zeller
French novelist, playwright
22
views
views
89
Pierre de Marivaux
French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)
22
views
views
90
Vanessa Springora
French writer and publisher
22
views
views
91
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
22
views
views
92
Whoopi Goldberg
American actress, comedian, author and television personality
22
views
views
93
Søren Kierkegaard
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
21
views
views
94
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
21
views
views
95
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)
21
views
views
96
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
21
views
views
97
Jean-Christophe Grangé
French writer, journalist, and screenwriter
21
views
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98
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
21
views
views
99
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
20
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views
100
Alphonse Daudet
French novelist, playwright, and poet (1840–1897)
20
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