La Grande Librairie November 4 2026 France 5 broadcast, Digi Mart USA News (France): Augustin Trapenard returns as host of a new edition of the book program La Grande Librairie on France 5 on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, airing in the first part of the evening after C à vous.
The episode follows the program’s previous guest, Sophie Marceau, who presented her new book. This week, Trapenard turns to the aftermath of the U.S.
midterm elections, which France Télévisions is covering throughout the night, including with Léa Salamé on France 2. Trapenard, who replaced François Busnel as host, will open discussions on the urgency of thought and the challenges of the spirit in the face of obscurantism.
Marc Lévy, described as the most-read French author in the world, presents Les Évadées, published by Robert Laffont. The thriller follows twin sisters traveling from Singapore to the United States, combining an Interpol investigation with a clandestine network confronting a power that suppresses research.
The novel raises the question of how far people should go to defend their freedoms.
Philosopher and director of the ENS, Frédéric Worms, publishes L’urgence la plus vitale with PUF. He defends life, science and democracy, three pillars he says are under threat, and proposes making them a new collective motto.
The program also features the first novel by Eva Bottega, singer-songwriter of the punk group Ménades. Published by Denoël, Le ciel ici déborde is a feminist road trip through rural, disillusioned America, following two lovers on the run.
In Habeas Corpus, published by Odile Jacob, neurologist and researcher Lionel Naccache takes readers aboard the International Space Station from the first pages and explores mental fictions and the workings of human consciousness.
Historian Laure Murat’s new essay, Toutes les époques sont dégueulasses, published by Verdier, examines the flaws of contemporary and past societies. Finally, Trapenard will join by video link from New York with Siri Hustvedt, writer, poet and essayist, author of Ghost Stories, published by Gallimard in May 2026.
La Grande Librairie airs Wednesday, November 4, 2026 on France 5 and is available at any time on the France.tv platform.
