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Top 100 Novels in France

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest novels in France, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 137 novels tracked in France, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. The Count of Monte Cristo, The Godfather (novel) and Jurassic Park (novel) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 5.9M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 146k, and the largest, The Count of Monte Cristo, reaches around 3.8M people in France. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with each novel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across France and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in France who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in France. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in France, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in France. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 The Call of the Wild 121k 32.2 77.2% Novel
27 Oliver Twist 121k 31.3 78.7% Novel
28 The Prince 113k 45.2 53.7% Novel
29 Another (novel) 111k 43.1 56.1% Novel
30 Divergent (novel) 106k 41.8 58.6% Novel
31 'Salem's Lot 102k 46.6 39.3% Novel
32 Old Testament 101k 41.8 55.1% Novel
33 First Epistle to the Thessalonians 93k 37.7 54.5% Novel
34 One Thousand and One Nights 90k 30.7 73.2% Novel
35 The Jungle 89k 33.5 68.4% Novel
36 The Green Mile (novel) 87k Novel
37 Salome (opera) 81k Novel
38 The Alchemist (novel) 79k 44.3 68.4% Novel
39 The Red and the Black 77k 31.9 100.0% Novel
40 Water Margin 73k 32.7 58.6% Novel
41 The Necklace 72k 36.0 72.4% Novel
42 I Ching 67k 53.8 66.9% Novel
43 Trade Me 62k 43.4 49.3% Novel
44 Book of Exodus 53k 39.2 39.2% Novel
45 A Christmas Carol 52k 33.0 67.4% Novel
46 Man's Hope 44k 42.4 59.9% Novel
47 Book Lovers 41k 31.6 65.5% Novel
48 Critical theory 38k 37.1 35.6% Novel
49 The Metamorphosis 37k 29.0 88.7% Novel
50 Ender's Game 35k 48.9 38.1% Novel

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across France and ranks each novel by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest novel in France?

The Count of Monte Cristo currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.8M people in France.

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