List of French novelists
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This is a list of novelists from France. Novelists in this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have Wikipedia articles on them.
See also French novelists Category Index.
- Edmond About, (1828-1885)
- Honoré de Balzac, (1799-1850), author of La Comédie Humaine, a series of novels presenting a full picture of France in the early 19th century
- Adrien Bertrand, (1888-1917)
- Henri Bordeaux, (1870-1963)
- Pierre Boulle, (1912-1994), author of The Bridge on the River Kwai and Planet of the Apes.
- Albert Camus, (1913-1960)
- Louis Ferdinand Céline, (1894-1961), author of Journey to the End of the Night and Death on the Installment Plan or Mort à Crédit.
- Gilbert Cesbron, (1913-1979)
- François-René de Chateaubriand, (1768-1848)
- Colette, (1873-1954), best known for Gigi and Chéri
- Alphonse Daudet, (1840-1897)
- Régine Deforges
- Denis Diderot, (1713-1784)
- Alexandre Dumas, fils, (1824-1895)
- Alexandre Dumas, père, (1802-1870), perhaps more movies have been made from his novels than any other; The Count of Monte Cristo has been filmed on an average of once every 18 months since films were first made.
- Marguerite Duras, (1914-1996)
- Gustave Flaubert, (1821-1880)
- Anatole France (1844-1924)
- Jean Genet (1910-1986)
- André Gide, (1869-1951)
- Jean Giono, (1895-1970)
- Beatrice Hammer, (1963-...)
- Michel Houellebecq, Impact award winner
- Joris-Karl Huysmans, (1848-1907), novelist of the perverse
- Victor Hugo, (1802-1885), author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Misérables
- Nancy Huston, (1953- )
- Alfred Jarry, (1873-1907), satirist, inventor of Pataphysics
- Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803), author of Les liaisons dangereuses
- Madame de Lafayette (1634-1693), author of La Princesse de Clèves
- Gaston Leroux, (1868-1927) author of The Phantom of the Opera and The Mystery of the Yellow Room which is recognized as the first Locked-Room puzzle mystery novel
- Alain-René Le Sage, (1668-1747)
- Hector Malot, (1830-1907)
- André Malraux, (1901-1976)
- Guy de Maupassant, (1850-1893)
- François Mauriac, (1885-1970)
- Georges Perec, (1936-1982)
- Louis Pergaud, (1882-1915)
- Abbé Prévost, (1697-1763), author of Manon Lescaut
- Marcel Proust, (1871-1922), author of In Search of Lost Time, sometimes seen as the greatest modernist novel
- François Rabelais, (ca. 1493-1553)
- Pauline Réage
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1712-1778)
- Marquis de Sade, (1740-1814)
- Françoise Sagan
- George Sand (1804-1876)
- Romain Sardou (1974-...)
- Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-1980), existentialist
- Stendhal, (1783-1842), author of The Red and the Black, considered by some to be the first modern novel
- Jules Verne, (1828-1905), writer of techno-thrillers, and founding father of science fiction
- Boris Vian, (1920-1959)
- Voltaire, (1694-1778), satirist, playwright
- Marguerite Yourcenar, (1903-1987)
- Émile Zola, (1840-1902), naturalist
