Trending Novelists in France — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed novelists on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Guy de Maupassant. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,793,107
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Guy de Maupassant
French writer (1850-1893)
67,961
views
views
2
Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
54,603
views
views
3
Amélie Nothomb
Belgian Francophone writer (born 1966)
44,965
views
views
4
Ethan Hawke
American actor and writer (born 1970)
41,454
views
views
5
Émile Zola
French novelist, journalist, playwright, and poet (1840–1902)
36,572
views
views
6
Romain Gary
French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)
33,871
views
views
7
George Sand
French novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
33,282
views
views
8
Alexandre Dumas
French writer and dramatist (1802–1870)
31,701
views
views
9
Judith Godrèche
French actress
30,514
views
views
10
Jules Verne
French writer (1828–1905)
29,448
views
views
11
Anny Duperey
French stage, film and television actress
28,680
views
views
12
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
28,337
views
views
13
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
28,115
views
views
14
Gaël Faye
Burundi-Rwandan-French singer and writer (born 1982)
26,973
views
views
15
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
26,485
views
views
16
Bernard-Henri Lévy
French film director and philosopher
25,846
views
views
17
Lilia Hassaine
French journalist
25,493
views
views
18
Stephen King
American novelist and writer (born 1947)
25,432
views
views
19
Marquis de Sade
French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer of erotic works
24,615
views
views
20
Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
French-Belgian writer
24,002
views
views
21
Virginie Despentes
French writer and film director
23,046
views
views
22
Georges Clemenceau
Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920 (1841–1929)
21,678
views
views
23
Fred Vargas
French writer, archaeologist and historian
20,837
views
views
24
Agatha Christie
English mystery and detective writer (1890–1976)
20,830
views
views
25
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Russian novelist (1821–1881)
20,293
views
views
26
Florian Zeller
French novelist, playwright
20,041
views
views
27
Simone de Beauvoir
French philosopher, social theorist and activist (1908–1986)
19,562
views
views
28
Isabelle Carré
French actress
19,235
views
views
29
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer and aviator (1900–1944)
18,947
views
views
30
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
French writer (1894–1961)
18,616
views
views
31
Stendhal
French writer (1783–1842)
18,102
views
views
32
Alexandre Jardin
French novelist
17,825
views
views
33
Amanda Sthers
French screenwriter, writer, playwright and author
17,572
views
views
34
Pierre Lemaitre
French writer
17,513
views
views
35
Peter May
British and French writer (1951–2026)
17,412
views
views
36
Isaac Asimov
American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)
17,254
views
views
37
Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
17,015
views
views
38
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
16,921
views
views
39
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer and philologist (1892–1973)
16,372
views
views
40
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic and essayist (1871–1922)
16,277
views
views
41
Jane Austen
author, novelist, writer (1775–1817)
16,010
views
views
42
Franck Thilliez
French writer (born 1973)
15,926
views
views
43
Saddam Hussein
Iraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
15,490
views
views
44
Joseph Goebbels
Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)
15,376
views
views
45
François-Auguste-René de Chateaubriand
French writer, politician and historian (1768–1848)
15,243
views
views
46
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
15,198
views
views
47
Paul Morand
French writer (1888-1976)
14,820
views
views
48
Paul Auster
American novelist, poet, essayist, screenwriter (1947-2024)
14,808
views
views
49
Philippe Jaenada
French writer
14,709
views
views
50
Tyler Perry
American actor and filmmaker (born 1969)
14,671
views
views
51
Anthony Bourdain
American chef and television personality (1956-2018)
14,576
views
views
52
Jean-Paul Dubois
French writer
14,455
views
views
53
George R. R. Martin
American writer and television producer (born 1948)
14,371
views
views
54
J. K. Rowling
English author (born 1965)
14,268
views
views
55
Michel Houellebecq
French writer
14,047
views
views
56
Edgar Allan Poe
American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
14,014
views
views
57
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899–1961)
13,964
views
views
58
Sylvain Tesson
French writer
13,872
views
views
59
Valérie Perrin
French novelist and screenwriter (born 1967)
13,781
views
views
60
Marc Levy
French writer (born 1961)
13,581
views
views
61
Stefan Zweig
Austrian writer (1881–1942)
13,517
views
views
62
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
13,479
views
views
63
Régis Debray
intellectual, journalist, official, professor
13,472
views
views
64
Emmanuèle Bernheim
French writer and screenwriter (1955–2017)
13,456
views
views
65
Gustave Flaubert
French novelist (1821–1880)
13,294
views
views
66
Carrie Fisher
American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)
13,273
views
views
67
Alfred de Musset
French writer (1810–1857)
13,041
views
views
68
Franz Kafka
Bohemian writer from Prague (1883–1924)
13,026
views
views
69
George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
12,956
views
views
70
Leïla Slimani
French-Moroccan writer and journalist
12,908
views
views
71
Gene Hackman
American actor and novelist (1930–2025)
12,805
views
views
72
Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
12,718
views
views
73
Anne Godard
French writer
12,673
views
views
74
Lolita Séchan
French writer
12,392
views
views
75
Harlan Coben
American writer
12,333
views
views
76
Frédéric Beigbeder
French writer and literary critic (born 1965)
12,236
views
views
77
Montesquieu
French philosopher (1689–1755)
12,100
views
views
78
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
12,009
views
views
79
Marguerite Duras
French writer and film director (1914-1996)
11,345
views
views
80
Jean Cocteau
French writer and film director (1889–1963)
11,082
views
views
81
Virginie Grimaldi
French novelist
11,011
views
views
82
Emmanuelle Cosso-Merad
10,936
views
views
83
Jimmy Carter
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)
10,546
views
views
84
Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
10,531
views
views
85
Françoise Sagan
French writer (1935-2004)
10,465
views
views
86
Pierre Loti
French writer (1850-1923)
10,339
views
views
87
Denis Diderot
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
10,279
views
views
88
Justine Musk
Canadian author (born 1972)
10,255
views
views
89
René Barjavel
French writer (1911–1985)
10,187
views
views
90
Véronique Ovaldé
French writer
10,179
views
views
91
Louis Aragon
French poet (1897–1982)
10,024
views
views
92
Gaston Leroux
French author and journalist (1868–1927)
9,865
views
views
93
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)
9,844
views
views
94
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
9,786
views
views
95
Virginia Woolf
English modernist writer (1882–1941)
9,722
views
views
96
Brigitte Fontaine
French poet and artist
9,686
views
views
97
Thomas More
English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
9,679
views
views
98
Jack London
American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)
9,622
views
views
99
Charles Dickens
English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
9,607
views
views
100
Siri Hustvedt
American novelist, essayist, poet
9,552
views
views
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