Trending Novelists in France — the 7 days to 24 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 24 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Victor Hugo. Data as of 24 October 2026.
- Source
- Wikipedia pageviews — complete hourly data from Wikimedia (CC0)
- Window
- the 7 days to 24 October 2026 · Data as of 24 October 2026
- Showing
- 100 novelists — drawn from 2,223,940 articles Wikipedia recorded views for in this window
This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents — Measured from the French-language Wikipedia edition — readers worldwide, not residents of France. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
Where this data comes from ›100
Ranked
375,181
Total Views (the 7 days to 24 October 2026)
1
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
23,010
views
views
2
Christine Angot
French writer, novelist, playwright (born 1959)
19,405
views
views
3
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
10,113
views
views
4
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
8,037
views
views
5
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
7,865
views
views
6
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
7,446
views
views
7
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
7,176
views
views
8
Judith Godrèche
French actress
7,060
views
views
9
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
6,146
views
views
10
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
6,118
views
views
11
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
5,692
views
views
12
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
5,428
views
views
13
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
5,361
views
views
14
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
5,354
views
views
15
Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
5,230
views
views
16
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
5,225
views
views
17
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
5,084
views
views
18
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
4,982
views
views
19
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
4,822
views
views
20
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
4,549
views
views
21
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
4,474
views
views
22
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
4,419
views
views
23
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
4,390
views
views
24
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
4,334
views
views
25
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
4,314
views
views
26
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)
4,261
views
views
27
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
4,245
views
views
28
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
4,106
views
views
29
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
3,961
views
views
30
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
3,599
views
views
31
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
3,564
views
views
32
Sophie Brocas
French official, novelist and journalist
3,555
views
views
33
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
3,475
views
views
34
José Giovanni
film director (1923-2004)
3,469
views
views
35
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
3,428
views
views
36
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
3,419
views
views
37
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
3,296
views
views
38
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French writer (1894–1961)
3,287
views
views
39
Valérie Perrin
French novelist and screenwriter (born 1967)
3,225
views
views
40
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
3,194
views
views
41
Yann Moix
French writer and director
3,153
views
views
42
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
3,109
views
views
43
Nathalie Azoulai
French writer and screenwriter
3,047
views
views
44
Anny Duperey
French stage, film and television actress
3,035
views
views
45
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
3,004
views
views
46
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
2,973
views
views
47
Christophe Bourseiller
French actor, journalist and writer (born 1957)
2,964
views
views
48
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
2,952
views
views
49
Sylvain Tesson
French writer
2,860
views
views
50
Pierre Boulle
French novelist (1912–1994)
2,786
views
views
51
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
2,747
views
views
52
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
2,730
views
views
53
Gaspard Koenig
French essayist
2,702
views
views
54
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
2,688
views
views
55
Pierre Lemaitre
French writer
2,681
views
views
56
Leïla Slimani
French-Moroccan writer and journalist
2,634
views
views
57
Jean-Christophe Grangé
French writer, journalist, and screenwriter
2,607
views
views
58
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
2,598
views
views
59
Franck Thilliez
French writer (born 1973)
2,574
views
views
60
Clara Ysé
French singer and writer
2,570
views
views
61
Sylvie Testud
French actress
2,557
views
views
62
Audre Lorde
American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)
2,556
views
views
63
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
2,547
views
views
64
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
2,528
views
views
65
Gaël Faye
Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer (born 1982)
2,415
views
views
66
Pascal Bruckner
French writer
2,412
views
views
67
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
2,409
views
views
68
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
2,408
views
views
69
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
2,407
views
views
70
Marc Levy
French writer (born 1961)
2,395
views
views
71
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
2,380
views
views
72
Laurent Obertone
French writer, journalist and publisher
2,375
views
views
73
Lolita Séchan
French writer
2,374
views
views
74
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
2,334
views
views
75
Sally Rooney
Irish author
2,327
views
views
76
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
2,320
views
views
77
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
2,293
views
views
78
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
2,260
views
views
79
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
2,226
views
views
80
Isabelle Carré
French actress
2,163
views
views
81
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
2,160
views
views
82
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
2,131
views
views
83
André Gide
French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)
2,128
views
views
84
Dan Franck
French novelist and screenwriter
2,119
views
views
85
Jean Cocteau
French writer and film director (1889–1963)
2,109
views
views
86
Tyler Perry
American actor and filmmaker (born 1969)
2,089
views
views
87
H. G. Wells
English writer (1866–1946)
2,075
views
views
88
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
2,069
views
views
89
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
2,049
views
views
90
Joseph Kessel
French journalist and novelist (1898–1979)
2,043
views
views
91
Régis Debray
intellectual, journalist, official, professor
2,040
views
views
92
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
2,039
views
views
93
Silvina Ocampo
Argentine writer (1903–1993)
2,036
views
views
94
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
2,035
views
views
95
Brigitte Fontaine
French poet and artist
2,009
views
views
96
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist (1821–1880)
2,006
views
views
97
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
1,993
views
views
98
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian-French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author (1969–2026)
1,978
views
views
99
Harlan Coben
American writer
1,948
views
views
100
Anne Godard
French writer
1,907
views
views
Also trending in France
🗳️ Politicians
🌐 Diplomats
🎖️ Officers
🪖 Soldiers
⚖️ Lawyers
🎭 Actors
🎵 Musicians
🎤 Singers
🎼 Composers
🎥 Filmmakers
🎬 Film Directors
🎨 Painters
📜 Poets
📰 Journalists
📚 Historians
🗣️ Linguists
🔬 Scientists
⚛️ Physicists
🧪 Chemists
📐 Mathematicians
⚙️ Engineers
🩺 Physicians
📊 Economists
💻 Programmers