Created at the initiative of the Lyon Judicial Court and in partnership with the newspaper Libération, the Polar and Justice Prize will be awarded each year to a non-fiction literary work (investigation, true crime, testimony, etc.) having a link with justice or news items. The jury will be made up of magistrates from the Lyon judicial court and legal professionals, as well as a journalist from Libération, a representative from Quais du Polar and a guest of honor.

The books running for the 2026 edition – to come

• The Encyclopedia of Cinema Crime by Alain Bauer – Grund Editions
• Dulcie de Benoît Colombat et Grégory Mardon – Futuropolis
• Black Music Justice de Fabrice Epstein – La Manufacture de livres
• In the Killer’s Brain: The Michel Fourniret and Monique Olivier Affair by Michelle Fines – Éditions Fayard
• Memoirs of François Molins and Chloé Triomphe – Flammarion Editions
• L’Affaire Emmett Till de J.-M. Pottier – 10-18

Le Livre de Daniel de Chris De Stoop – Globe Editions