BookRank
Map: France

Europe

France

19 authors in the ranking·26 rated books·32 books set here

French authors in the reader ranking include Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert and Jules Verne. Among the books set in France are Hugo’s “Les Misérables” (1862), which culminates in the Paris uprising of June 1832, and James Baldwin’s “Giovanni’s Room” (1956), about an American living in Paris. Flaubert’s first novel, “Madame Bovary”, was serialised in 1856 and published in two volumes in 1857.

The most-read authors and their best books

The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas8.7Les MisérablesVictor Hugo8.4CandideVoltaire7.6Madame BovaryGustave Flaubert7.3The Missing of ClairdeluneChristelle Dabos8.2The Myth of Sisyphus and Other EssaysAlbert Camus8.1

Authors 19

  1. Alexandre Dumas2 ranked booksThe Count of Monte Cristo8.7
  2. Victor Hugo1 ranked bookLes Misérables8.4
  3. Voltaire1 ranked bookCandide7.6
  4. Gustave Flaubert1 ranked bookMadame Bovary7.3
  5. Christelle Dabos4 ranked booksThe Missing of Clairdelune8.2
  6. Albert Camus1 ranked bookThe Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays8.1
  7. Jules Verne4 ranked booksA Journey to the Centre of the Earth7.9
  8. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1 ranked bookThe Little Prince8.3
  9. Edmond Rostand1 ranked bookCyrano de Bergerac8.0
  10. Henri Charrière1 ranked bookPapillon8.3
  11. Pierre Choderlos de Laclos1 ranked bookLes Liaisons dangereuses7.7
  12. Émile Zola1 ranked bookGerminal7.9
  13. Guy de Maupassant1 ranked bookBel-Ami7.6
  14. Michel Foucault1 ranked bookDiscipline and Punish8.3
  15. René Goscinny1 ranked bookNicholas7.9
  16. Molière1 ranked bookTartuffe7.4
  17. Jean Anouilh1 ranked bookAntigone7.7
  18. John Carreyrou1 ranked bookBad Blood8.1
  19. Marjane Satrapi1 ranked bookPersepolis8.4
Ranking of this country’s authors

The story is set here 32

Books whose story is set in this country, according to Wikidata and our own additions.

The Count of Monte CristoAlexandre Dumas8.7The NightingaleKristin Hannah8.6Giovanni's RoomJames Baldwin8.5All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr8.5
  1. Les MisérablesVictor Hugo8.4
  2. The ConfusionNeal Stephenson8.2
  3. All Quiet on the Western FrontErich Maria Remarque8.2
  4. PerfumePatrick Süskind8.1
  5. Dragonfly in AmberDiana Gabaldon8.1
  6. The Day of the JackalFrederick Forsyth8.0
  7. Cyrano de BergeracEdmond Rostand8.0
  8. Of Human BondageWilliam Somerset Maugham8.0
  9. The Magician: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas FlamelMichael Scott7.9
  10. The Vampire LestatAnne Rice7.9
  11. The Scarlet PimpernelEmma Orczy7.9
  12. GerminalÉmile Zola7.9
  13. A Moveable FeastErnest Hemingway7.9
  14. AtonementIan McEwan7.9
  15. Century RainAlastair Reynolds7.8
  16. Les Liaisons dangereusesPierre Choderlos de Laclos7.7
  17. Twenty Years AfterAlexandre Dumas7.7
  18. Interview with the VampireAnne Rice7.6
  19. Bel-AmiGuy de Maupassant7.6
  20. Death in the CloudsAgatha Christie7.6
  21. A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens7.4
  22. The Sun Also RisesErnest Hemingway7.3
  23. TimelineMichael Crichton7.3
  24. The Da Vinci CodeDan Brown7.3

Find a book

Looking for a book by mood or subject rather than by country?

Find a book →Riddle of the day

An author's country is their citizenship in Wikidata or, where none is recorded, the country they were born in; a story's setting comes from Wikidata too. Obvious errors and gaps are corrected by hand. Authors are ordered by the number of reader ratings. Country shapes: Natural Earth.