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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
76 The Lightning Thief 16k 32.6 79.9% Novel
77 The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger 16k 48.2 39.1% Novel
78 Shakespeare's sonnets 14k 49.8 76.2% Novel
79 Bhagavad Gita 14k 45.8 41.0% Novel
80 Nostromo 13k 28.8 21.3% Novel
81 The White Company 13k 35.5 69.1% Novel
82 The Intelligent Investor 13k 29.8 60.5% Novel
83 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 12k 50.3 84.7% Novel
84 W. B. Yeats 11k 37.5 31.2% Novel
85 Love and Pride 9k 23.2 64.6% Novel
86 Travelbook 8.9k 37.3 51.1% Novel
87 The Call of Cthulhu 8.2k 33.8 28.9% Novel
88 Bruno Schulz 8k 47.1 44.5% Novel
89 Goodnight Moon 7.9k 32.5 80.4% Novel
90 Hatha Yoga Pradipika 7.8k 37.9 57.7% Novel
91 The Pilgrimage 7.5k 44.9 63.1% Novel
92 One Hundred Years of Solitude 7.4k 20.0 37.1% Novel
93 Shahnameh 7.3k 30.0 41.4% Novel
94 The Vampire Chronicles 6.7k 31.3 58.9% Novel
95 Meditations on First Philosophy 6.2k 48.9 71.1% Novel
96 Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian 5.7k 48.3 100.0% Novel
97 The Southern Vampire Mysteries 5.5k 40.5 67.8% Novel
98 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 5.5k 23.9 52.1% Novel
99 Spamalot 5.4k 26.9 41.2% Novel
100 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 5.1k 23.0 54.0% 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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