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.

• Edmond About, (1828-1885)
• 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)
• 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.
• André Gide, (1869-1951)
• Michel Houellebecq, Impact award winner
• Joris-Karl Huysmans, (1848-1907), novelist of the perverse
• Gustave Flaubert, (1821-1880)
• Victor Hugo, (1802-1885), author of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Misérables
• Nancy Huston, (1953- )
• Alain-René Le Sage, (1668-1747)
• Alfred Jarry, (1873-1907), satirist, inventor of Pataphysics
• Choderlos de Laclos
• Hector Malot, (1830-1907)
• 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
• 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
• Emile Zola, (1840-1902), naturalist

See also

• French literature
• Francophone literature
• List of novelists
• List of French language authors,
• list of French language poets
• list of people by occupation
• list of French people
• list of people by nationality