The Goncourt des Lycéens Prize for 2026 will take place from September to November 2026, with around fifty high school classes participating in reading a selection of 16 novels chosen by the Goncourt Academy. The books include Minotaure by Boris Bergmann, Faire La Peau by Louise Chennevière, Chronique d’un royaume perdu by Ananda Devi, and others. These novels will be read by students between September and November 2026, with each class supervised by two teachers from different subjects. The books will be provided by Fnac, which will supply four complete sets of the selection to each of the 50 participating high schools in France. For schools abroad, Fnac provides digital access to the selection via the Kobo application. The goal of the prize is to help students develop critical thinking and argumentation skills, introduce them to contemporary literature, and give them insight into the workings of a literary institution. Between October 5 and October 15, 2026, the participating classes will attend regional meetings with the authors of the selected books in seven cities: Aix-en-Provence, Lille, Lyon, Nancy, Paris, Rennes, and Toulouse. These meetings are mandatory for the selected schools, and students will prepare questions for the authors. The selection of the winner will be determined through a system of successive deliberations. Each class will select three novels and elect a student delegate who has read the largest number of works. Regional deliberations will take place on November 23 in Lyon, Metz, Nîmes, Paris, Poitiers, and Rennes. The class representatives will choose three novels and elect two delegates responsible for carrying their choice to the national level. The regional delegates will then meet in Rennes on November 25 and 26. The national deliberation will take place on November 26 in private before the awarding of the Goncourt des Lycéens Prize 2026 in Paris that evening. The academicians will have awarded the Goncourt Prize on November 4, 2026. The high school students remain completely free in their choice, and their ranking can differ from that of the Academy. The Goncourt des Lycéens is managed by the ministry in charge of National Education, Fnac, and the Bruit de Lire association, in conjunction with the Brittany academic region. The City of Rennes hosts the national deliberation, and the Brittany Region supports the participation of Brittany schools. Fnac ensures the delivery of the books, the organization of meetings with authors, and those of the regional and national juries. The Bruit de Lire association is responsible for logistical coordination, the reception of the national jury, and the organization of the Rennes National Days, which will take place from December 9 to 11, 2026, and will be open to a dozen voluntary classes. Participating schools will have to contribute to the costs amounting to 1000 euros, funded by the collective part of the pass Culture, reduced to 500 euros for Brittany high schools thanks to the support of the Brittany Region. The 2026 winner will succeed Nathacha Appanah, who was awarded the prize in 2025 for La nuit au cœur. In recent years, the Goncourt des Lycéens has also recognized Sandrine Collette, Neige Sinno, Sabyl Ghoussoub, and Clara Dupont-Monod for their works. Created in 1988, the Goncourt des Lycéens has become one of the main literary prizes awarded by non-professional readers. Nearly four decades after its creation, its principle remains the same: to make the literary return a full-scale exercise of reading, criticism, and deliberation for high school students from different institutions and regions.