Trending Novelists in France — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Victor Hugo. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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Ranked
499,463
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
26,861
views
views
2
Christine Angot
French writer, novelist, playwright (born 1959)
20,646
views
views
3
Clara Ysé
French singer and writer
16,732
views
views
4
Ryū Murakami
Japanese novelist, film director, and screenwriter (1952–2026)
15,301
views
views
5
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
11,512
views
views
6
Erri De Luca
Italian novelist, poet and translator
9,825
views
views
7
Daphne du Maurier
British writer (1907–1989)
9,057
views
views
8
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
8,861
views
views
9
Roald Dahl
British writer and poet (1916–1990)
8,536
views
views
10
Judith Godrèche
French actress
8,285
views
views
11
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
7,703
views
views
12
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
7,287
views
views
13
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
6,663
views
views
14
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
6,655
views
views
15
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
6,592
views
views
16
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
6,579
views
views
17
Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
6,539
views
views
18
Lolita Séchan
French writer
6,492
views
views
19
John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
6,212
views
views
20
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
6,109
views
views
21
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
5,912
views
views
22
Pascal Bruckner
French writer
5,887
views
views
23
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
5,839
views
views
24
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
5,816
views
views
25
Christophe Bourseiller
French actor, journalist and writer (born 1957)
5,722
views
views
26
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
5,696
views
views
27
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist (1936–1982)
5,680
views
views
28
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
5,676
views
views
29
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
5,581
views
views
30
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
5,523
views
views
31
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
5,411
views
views
32
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
5,244
views
views
33
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
5,209
views
views
34
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
5,123
views
views
35
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
5,028
views
views
36
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
4,775
views
views
37
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
4,707
views
views
38
Robert E. Howard
American author (1906–1936)
4,697
views
views
39
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
4,568
views
views
40
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
4,538
views
views
41
Amina Damerdji
4,480
views
views
42
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French writer (1894–1961)
4,238
views
views
43
Leïla Slimani
French-Moroccan writer and journalist
4,100
views
views
44
Anny Duperey
French stage, film and television actress
4,031
views
views
45
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
3,971
views
views
46
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
3,968
views
views
47
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
3,872
views
views
48
Anthony Trollope
English novelist of the Victorian period (1815-1882)
3,853
views
views
49
Valérie Perrin
French novelist and screenwriter (born 1967)
3,839
views
views
50
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
3,816
views
views
51
José Giovanni
film director (1923-2004)
3,786
views
views
52
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
3,761
views
views
53
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
3,695
views
views
54
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
3,663
views
views
55
Pierre Lemaitre
French writer
3,629
views
views
56
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
3,617
views
views
57
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
3,568
views
views
58
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
3,522
views
views
59
Sylvain Tesson
French writer
3,485
views
views
60
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
3,478
views
views
61
Nathalie Azoulai
French writer and screenwriter
3,384
views
views
62
Yann Moix
French writer and director
3,336
views
views
63
Sylvie Testud
French actress
3,332
views
views
64
Jean Cocteau
French writer and film director (1889–1963)
3,329
views
views
65
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
3,205
views
views
66
Franck Thilliez
French writer (born 1973)
3,201
views
views
67
Gaspard Koenig
French essayist
3,146
views
views
68
Jean-Christophe Grangé
French writer, journalist, and screenwriter
3,129
views
views
69
Julie Andrews
British actress, singer and author (born 1935)
3,081
views
views
70
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
3,080
views
views
71
Brigitte Fontaine
French poet and artist
3,062
views
views
72
Maurice Leblanc
French writer
3,049
views
views
73
Gaël Faye
Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer (born 1982)
3,003
views
views
74
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
2,957
views
views
75
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
2,952
views
views
76
Khloé Kardashian
American media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
2,870
views
views
77
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
2,862
views
views
78
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
2,851
views
views
79
Isabelle Carré
French actress
2,840
views
views
80
Marc Levy
French writer (born 1961)
2,816
views
views
81
Gaston Leroux
French author and journalist (1868–1927)
2,792
views
views
82
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
2,761
views
views
83
Yasmina Reza
French actor and writer
2,744
views
views
84
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
2,733
views
views
85
Audre Lorde
American writer and feminist activist (1934–1992)
2,721
views
views
86
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
2,712
views
views
87
Cyrano de Bergerac
French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)
2,692
views
views
88
Sally Rooney
Irish author
2,673
views
views
89
Maurice Barrès
French novelist (1862-1923)
2,635
views
views
90
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
2,629
views
views
91
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
2,615
views
views
92
Joseph Kessel
French journalist and novelist (1898–1979)
2,587
views
views
93
André Gide
French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)
2,567
views
views
94
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
2,560
views
views
95
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
2,556
views
views
96
Harlan Coben
American writer
2,553
views
views
97
Jean-Louis Fournier
French novelist
2,511
views
views
98
Anne Godard
French writer
2,505
views
views
99
Sophie Brocas
French official, novelist and journalist
2,497
views
views
100
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
2,484
views
views
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