Created at the initiative of the Lyon Judicial Court and in partnership with the newspaper Libération, the Noir and Justice Award is awarded each year to a non-fiction literary work (investigation, true crime, testimony, etc.) with a link to justice or miscellaneous news item. The jury is made up of magistrates from the Lyon judicial court and legal professionals, as well as a journalist from Libération, a representative of Quais du Polar and a guest of honour.
The books running for the 2025 edition
Le Procès Mein Kampf by Harold Cobert – Les Escales
Brigade Babylone by Pauline Guéna and Mahi Grand – Denoël
Le Crime organisé en France by Christophe Korell – Denoël
Une minute de silence by Sophie Loubière – Darkside
On n’est plus des gens normaux by Justin Morin – La Manufacture de livres
Cramés : Les enfants du Monstre by Philippe Pujol – Julliard
La Disparue de la réserve Blackfeet by Anaïs Renevier – 10/18
Les Oubliés d’Action Directe – De l’ultragauche au terrorisme by Richard Schittly – La Manufacture de livres
The Libération / Noir and Justice award 2025 goes to Les Oubliés d’Action Directe – De l’ultragauche au terrorisme by Richard Schittly.
Previous winners
In previous editions, the prize has been awarded to Alice Géraud for Sambre (2023) and to Chris De Stoop for Le Livre de Daniel (2024).
