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Trending Novelists in France this year

The 100 most-viewed novelists this year on Wikipedia (France). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Paul Auster.

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142,489
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1
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
📚 46 citations Person
9,612
views
2
Amanda Sthers
French screenwriter, writer and playwright
📚 11 citations Person
7,967
views
3
Shere Hite
Shere Hite
German-American sexologist
📚 12 citations Person
7,516
views
4
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
📚 25 citations Person
7,103
views
5
Marc Dugain
French writer
📚 26 citations Person
4,950
views
6
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
📚 67 citations Person
3,233
views
7
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
📚 62 citations Person
2,828
views
8
Paul Morand
Paul Morand
French writer (1888-1976)
📚 33 citations Person
2,730
views
9
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
📚 41 citations Person
2,243
views
10
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
📚 72 citations Person
2,022
views
11
Émile Zola
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
📚 59 citations Person
1,980
views
12
George Sand
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
📚 42 citations Person
1,831
views
13
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
📚 47 citations Person
1,799
views
14
Anny Duperey
French stage, film and television actress
📚 19 citations Person
1,712
views
15
Frédéric Beigbeder
French writer and literary critic (born 1965)
📚 29 citations Person
1,692
views
16
Katherine Pancol
journalist, novelist
📚 14 citations Person
1,637
views
17
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
📚 48 citations Person
1,591
views
18
Anaïs Jeanneret
French actress and novelist
Person
1,579
views
19
Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
📚 38 citations Person
1,564
views
20
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
📚 46 citations Person
1,419
views
21
Judith Godrèche
French actress
📚 14 citations Person
1,404
views
22
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French writer (1894–1961)
📚 45 citations Person
1,401
views
23
Pierre Lemaitre
French writer
📚 18 citations Person
1,376
views
24
Isabelle Carré
French actress
📚 22 citations Person
1,371
views
25
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
📚 52 citations Person
1,354
views
26
Michael Peterson
American novelist convicted of manslaughter
📚 6 citations Person
1,344
views
27
Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
📚 30 citations Person
1,343
views
28
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
📚 50 citations Person
1,333
views
29
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
📚 52 citations Person
1,300
views
30
Jean Genet
French novelist, playwright, poet and political activist (1910-1986)
📚 39 citations Person
1,300
views
31
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
📚 80 citations Person
1,300
views
32
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
📚 145 citations Person
1,292
views
33
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
📚 31 citations Person
1,279
views
34
Jules Verne
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
📚 51 citations Person
1,270
views
35
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
📚 53 citations Person
1,247
views
36
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
📚 30 citations Person
1,213
views
37
Leïla Slimani
French-Moroccan writer and journalist
📚 20 citations Person
1,197
views
38
Agatha Christie
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
📚 57 citations Person
1,196
views
39
Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
📚 49 citations Person
1,143
views
40
Lydia Davis
American writer (born 1947)
📚 14 citations Person
1,103
views
41
Georges Clemenceau
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
📚 37 citations Person
1,095
views
42
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
📚 49 citations Person
1,091
views
43
Franck Thilliez
French writer (born 1973)
📚 18 citations Person
1,082
views
44
Virginie Despentes
French writer and film director
📚 34 citations Person
1,077
views
45
Jean-Marie Chevrier
French writer
Person
1,068
views
46
Colette
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
📚 49 citations Person
1,055
views
47
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
English novelist (1775–1817)
📚 39 citations Person
1,016
views
48
Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
📚 62 citations Person
1,012
views
49
Stefan Zweig
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
📚 54 citations Person
991
views
50
André Malraux
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
📚 52 citations Person
989
views
51
Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe
English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
📚 36 citations Person
977
views
52
Silvina Ocampo
Silvina Ocampo
Argentine writer (1903–1993)
📚 20 citations Person
975
views
53
Lolita Séchan
French writer
📚 6 citations Person
951
views
54
Hugh Laurie
English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer
📚 26 citations Person
937
views
55
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
📚 28 citations Person
929
views
56
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
📚 35 citations Person
894
views
57
Vanessa Springora
French writer and publisher
📚 11 citations Person
891
views
58
Sylvie Testud
French actress
📚 27 citations Person
887
views
59
Pierre de Vilno
French journalist
Person
887
views
60
Joseph Kessel
Joseph Kessel
French journalist and novelist (1898–1979)
📚 34 citations Person
881
views
61
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
📚 60 citations Person
866
views
62
J. K. Rowling
British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
Person
862
views
63
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
📚 66 citations Person
841
views
64
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
📚 39 citations Person
831
views
65
Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Pushkin
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
📚 49 citations Person
829
views
66
Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
📚 44 citations Person
828
views
67
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
📚 38 citations Person
818
views
68
Sorj Chalandon
French writer and journalist
📚 25 citations Person
817
views
69
Stendhal
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
📚 45 citations Person
812
views
70
Sylvain Tesson
French writer
📚 21 citations Person
811
views
71
Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
French writer and filmmaker (1889–1963)
📚 76 citations Person
811
views
72
Ivana Trump
Czech-American businesswoman (1949–2022)
📚 23 citations Person
803
views
73
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
📚 65 citations Person
798
views
74
Salman Rushdie
Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)
📚 71 citations Person
782
views
75
Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
📚 41 citations Person
780
views
76
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
📚 80 citations Person
776
views
77
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
📚 37 citations Person
773
views
78
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
📚 31 citations Person
764
views
79
Valérie Perrin
Valérie Perrin
French novelist and screenwriter (born 1967)
📚 7 citations Person
761
views
80
Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857)
📚 45 citations Person
752
views
81
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
📚 47 citations Person
749
views
82
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson
Scottish novelist and poet (1850-1894)
📚 52 citations Person
747
views
83
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
📚 25 citations Person
744
views
84
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
📚 91 citations Person
739
views
85
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
📚 38 citations Person
738
views
86
Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist (1821–1880)
📚 48 citations Person
714
views
87
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
📚 59 citations Person
714
views
88
Jack London
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
📚 48 citations Person
713
views
89
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
📚 118 citations Person
712
views
90
Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
📚 32 citations Person
710
views
91
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
📚 60 citations Person
699
views
92
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
📚 43 citations Person
680
views
93
Virginie Grimaldi
French novelist
📚 4 citations Person
676
views
94
Delphine de Vigan
French novelist
📚 31 citations Person
675
views
95
Pierre de Marivaux
Pierre de Marivaux
French novelist and dramatist (1688-1763)
📚 32 citations Person
675
views
96
Montesquieu
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
📚 31 citations Person
662
views
97
Guillaume Musso
French writer
📚 14 citations Person
656
views
98
Joël Dicker
Swiss writer (born 1985)
📚 15 citations Person
652
views
99
Diana Gabaldon
American author (born 1952)
📚 21 citations Person
630
views
100
Brigitte Fontaine
French poet and artist
📚 20 citations Person
630
views