The Prix Goncourt winners of the 2000s
The top 3 according to 1 vote: Brecht's Mistress — Jacques-Pierre Amette · Ingrid Caven — Jean-Jacques Schuhl · Brazil Red — Jean-Christophe Rufin. (Updated Oct 16, 2023.)
The ten novels awarded the Prix Goncourt from 2000 to 2009.
Automatically translated (original in Français). See the original
Top 10
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1
Brecht's Mistress — Jacques-Pierre Amette
2003. A spy close to Brecht in East Berlin.
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2
Ingrid Caven — Jean-Jacques Schuhl
2000. A portrait of the singer and actress, the author's partner.
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3
Brazil Red — Jean-Christophe Rufin
2001. A French expedition to Brazil in the 16th century.
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4
The Roving Shadows — Pascal Quignard
2002. Fragments and meditations on time.
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5
The House of Scorta — Laurent Gaudé
2004. A family from Apulia over a century.
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6
Trois jours chez ma mère — François Weyergans
2005. A writer who can't manage to write his novel.
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7
The Kindly Ones — Jonathan Littell
2006. The Holocaust narrated by an SS officer; also the Académie française's Grand Prix du roman.
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8
Alabama Song — Gilles Leroy
2007. Zelda Fitzgerald's life in the first person.
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9
The Patience Stone — Atiq Rahimi
2008. An Afghan woman talks to her husband in a coma.
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10
Three Strong Women — Marie NDiaye
2009. Three women between France and Senegal.
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