The most popular French novel books of 2023

A novel is a long work of fiction in prose. Its length gives room for characters to grow, plots to twist and whole worlds to unfold. Every genre is written as novels, from romance and crime to literary classics. This list shows the ones first published in 2023. Only books in French are listed.

See also Historical novels, Romance novels, Crime novels, Fantasy novels, Science fiction novels, Horror novels, and Epistolary novels

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L'invitée
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L'invitée

Emma Cline

Published 2023

320 pages

Le Burn-Out
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Le Burn-Out

Sophie Kinsella

2023 · 2025 edition

432 pages

Les ardents
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Les ardents

Alice Winn

2023 · 2024 edition

512 pages

Bien-être
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Bien-être

Nathan Hill

2023 · 2024 edition

688 pages

22 longueurs
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22 longueurs

Caroline Wahl

2023 · 2025 edition

256 pages

Les Indignes
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Les Indignes

Agustina Bazterrica, Агустина Бастеррика

2023 · 2025 edition

192 pages

L'imposture
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L'imposture

Zadie Smith

2023 · 2026 edition

608 pages

MANIAC
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MANIAC

Benjamín Labatut, 벵하민 라바투트

2023 · 2026 edition

448 pages

Absolution
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Absolution

Alice McDermott

2023 · 2024 edition

352 pages

Les Sentinelles
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Les Sentinelles

Jayne Anne Phillips, 제인 앤 필립스

2023 · 2025 edition

384 pages

Cet autre Eden
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Cet autre Eden

Paul Harding

2023 · 2025 edition

320 pages

Baumgartner
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Baumgartner

Paul Auster, 保罗·奥斯特

2023 · 2024 edition

208 pages

Un jour d'avril
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Un jour d'avril

Michael Cunningham

2023 · 2025 edition

312 pages

Moscou X
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Moscou X

David McCloskey

2023 · 2025 edition

592 pages

Blackouts
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Blackouts

Justin Torres, 저스틴 토레스

2023 · 2025 edition

368 pages

Shy
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Shy

Max Porter

Published 2023

144 pages

Les vulnérables
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Les vulnérables

Sigrid Nunez, 시그리드 누네즈

2023 · 2025 edition

272 pages