I like to read in French, but I have trouble finding contemporary French writers to read. By "contemporary" I mean novels that have been written since 1950. I also want to be able to read these books on my Kindle (at the moment I am restricted to the Amazon.de site, but in a few weeks that will change to Amazon.com). Does anyone have any favourite French language authors that fit these criteria?

Hi NewPhil,

I recommend Anna Gavalda. The most popular is "Ensemble, c'est tout" which had been made a movie too (I did not see it though). What I like about this particular book (and the others like "Je l'amais", "L'Échappée belle") in particular is here characters. They are multifaceted, have history and future. They are human being with good and bad sides.

Another french book I liked very much is "L'Elegance du herisson". Here two, there characters are very well defined, neither black nor white but interestingly "zebra-striped". It has a lot of philosophic elements, which not everybody likes. Try it

Hope that helps

Amuse-toi!
Aomame

Forgot two authors:

Amélie Nothomb - I read "Stupeur et Tremblements", "Mercure" and "Hygiène de l’assassin"
Fred Vargas - "Debout les morts", "L'homme aux cercles bleus" and some other

I enjoyed 'L'Élégance du hérisson' by Muriel Barbery very much.