I saw this question concerning worthy French writers has been put on hold, though I believed it could be useful and generate a few good recognized authors most people would agree on.
Since reading novels is also an excellent way to sink into a new language and learn vocabulary, grammar, and tricks on how to express more complex thoughts, I still believed it might be a good addition to the French SE. After all, a long list of common false beliefs in mathematics stayed alive and well on Math Overflow.
Would a community wiki following the same line have been a better choice?