Thélyson Orélien leads the pack as autumn's literary prizes reveal first picks
With the Goncourt, Renaudot, Femina, Médicis and Interallié juries now all having published their opening lists, one title stands out for its reach across selections.
The first-round lists for France's five major autumn literary prizes are now all public, and according to Livres Hebdo, one novel has emerged as the most widely selected: C'était ça ou mourir by Thélyson Orélien, published by Grasset, which appears on four of the five lists.
Three other novels follow close behind, each named on three lists: works by Anne Godard, Boris Bergmann and Emma Marsantes, per Livres Hebdo.
The publication reports these tallies as a way of taking stock of the season's most visible novels and their early performance in bookshops, though no sales figures or bookshop details are given in the source.
Still to come is the first list of the Grand Prix de l'Académie française, expected on October 1, which will complete the picture of which titles are drawing the juries' attention this rentrée.
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