Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
The Prix Goncourt des Lycéens is a French literary award created in 1987 as a sort of younger sibling of Prix Goncourt, a prestigious prize for French language literature. The ten members of the Académie Goncourt select twelve literary works as nominees. Some two thousand lycée students read all twelve novels, participate in discussions and debates about them, and ultimately vote on the winner.
While the prize bears the name of the Académie Goncourt, the competition is sponsored and organized by the French Ministry of National Education and the largest French media retailer Fnac, with the stated goal of encouraging young people to read.
Each year's winner is announced in Rennes on the same day as the announcement of the Prix Goncourt, usually in November.
Laureates of the prix Goncourt des lycéens
| Year | Author | Title | Publisher | Notes | |
| 1988 | Erik Orsenna | ' | Seuil | Also prix Goncourt | |
| 1989 | Jean Vautrin | ' | Grasset | Also prix Goncourt | |
| 1990 | Françoise Lefèvre | ' | Actes Sud | ||
| 1991 | Pierre Combescot | ' | Grasset | Also prix Goncourt | |
| 1992 | Eduardo Manet | L'Île du lézard vert | Flammarion | ||
| 1993 | Anne Wiazemsky | Canines | Gallimard | ||
| 1994 | Claude Pujade-Renaud | Belle mère | Actes Sud | ||
| 1995 | Andreï Makine | Le Testament français | Mercure de France | Also prix Goncourt et prix Médicis | |
| 1996 | Nancy Huston | ' | Actes Sud | Also prix du Livre Inter | |
| 1997 | Jean-Pierre Milovanoff | Le Maître des paons | Julliard | ||
| 1998 | Luc Lang | Mille six cents ventres | Fayard | ||
| 1999 | Jean-Marie Laclavetine | ' | Gallimard | ||
| 2000 | Ahmadou Kourouma | Seuil | Also prix Renaudot | ||
| 2001 | Shan Sa | La Joueuse de go | Grasset | ||
| 2002 | Laurent Gaudé | ' | Actes Sud | Also prix des libraires | |
| 2003 | Yann Apperry | Farrago | Grasset | ||
| 2004 | Philippe Grimbert | ' | Grasset | ||
| 2005 | Sylvie Germain | ' | Albin Michel | ||
| 2006 | Léonora Miano | ' | Plon | ||
| 2007 | Philippe Claudel | Brodeck's Report | Stock | ||
| 2008 | Catherine Cusset | ' | Gallimard | ||
| 2009 | Jean-Michel Guenassia | ' | Albin Michel | ||
| 2010 | Mathias Énard | Parle-leur de batailles, de rois et d'éléphants | Actes Sud | ||
| 2011 | Carole Martinez | ' | Gallimard | ||
| 2012 | Joël Dicker | The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair | Also Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française | ||
| 2013 | Sorj Chalandon | ' | Grasset | ||
| 2014 | David Foenkinos | ' | Gallimard | Also prix Renaudot | |
| 2015 | Delphine de Vigan | ' | JC Lattès | Also prix Renaudot | |
| 2016 | Gaël Faye | ' | Grasset | Also prix du roman Fnac | |
| 2017 | Alice Zeniter | ' | Flammarion | Also prix littéraire du Monde | |
| 2018 | David Diop | Frère d'âme | Seuil | ||
| 2019 | Karine Tuil | Les Choses humaines | Gallimard | Also prix Interallié |