Best french books 21st century

We use cookies to improve our service for you. You can find more information in our data protection declaration. With France the guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair this year, we look at some of the nation's best contemporary authors. The undisputed star, and enfant terrible, of modern French literature, Michel Houellebecq writes novels such as "Platform" and "Submission" that continually provoke public debate about capitalism, religion and sexual politics. Houellebecq will attend the Frankfurt fair with his new book, "In Schopenhauer's Presence," which describes how the German philosopher has long inspired the French author. Sometimes referred to as the female Houellebecq, Virginie Despentes has also been writing provocative novels for over two decades. She is best-known for "Baise-moi," her rape and revenge novel from that she also made into a cult film.