This is a list of
French novelists. Novelists in this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have Wikipedia articles on them.
- Honoré de Balzac, (1799-1850), author of La Comedie Humaine[?], a series of novels presenting a full picture of France in the early 19th century
- 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), Death on the Installment Plan[?] or Mort á Credit[?].
- Gilbert Cesbron, (1913-1979)
- Emilie du Chatelet, (1706-1749)
- Colette, (1873-1954), best known for "Gigi" and "Cheri[?]"
- Alphonse Daudet, (1840-1897)
- Régine Deforges
- Denis Diderot, (1713-1784)
- Alexandre Dumas, (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.
- C. J. Everon, (born 1971), (See also Canada)
- Timothy Findley , (1930-2002), (See also Canada)
- Mavis Gallant, (born 1922), (See also Canada)
- Judith Godrèche, (born 1972), actress/author
- Nancy Huston, (born 1953), (See also Canada)
- André Gide, (1869-1951)
- Gustave Flaubert, (1821-1880)
- Victor Hugo, (1802-1885), author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables
- Alain-René Le Sage, (1668-1747)
- Alfred Jarry, (1873-1907), satirist, inventor of Pataphysics
- Choderlos de Laclos[?]
- Andre Malraux, (1901-1976)
- Alma Marceau[?]
- Georges Perec, (1936-1982)
- Abbé Prévost[?]
- Marcel Proust, (1871-1922)
- François Rabelais, (ca. 1493-1553)
- Pauline Réage
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (1712-1778)
- Marquis de Sade, (1740-1814), Mr. Eponym
- Françoise Sagan[?]
- Georges Sand
- Jean-Paul Sartre, (1905-1980), existentialist
- Gertrude Stein, (1874-1946), (See also: United States)
- 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
- Emile Zola, (1840-1902), realist
See also: List of novelists, list of people by occupation, list of French people, list of people by nationality