Five investigative books have been selected for the **Albert Londres Book Prize 2026**, covering a range of topics from life under the Taliban in Afghanistan to incestuous violence, a decades-old judicial case, French urban motorcycling issues, and the Syrian prison system. The tenth edition of the prize will be awarded in the autumn alongside awards for print journalism and audiovisual media. Established in 2017, the **Albert Londres Book Prize** honors the work of investigation or major reporting by a francophone journalist under 40 and is worth 5,000 euros. The selected books are: In the House of a Taliban by Elise Blanchard (Le Cherche Midi), Incest State by Romane Brisard (Stock), The Collision by Paul Gasnier (Gallimard), The Two Cigarettes. The truth about the Alessandri case by Geoffrey Le Guilcher (Goutte d'Or), and The Name of Shadows. Escaping the Syrian concentration camp hell by Arthur Sarradin (Seuil). In the House of a Taliban recounts the experience of a journalist living with an Afghan family after the Taliban’s return to power. Incest State examines how the justice system deals with cases of incestuous violence. The Collision revisits the death of the author’s mother in 2012 in Lyon, caused by a teenager on a motocross bike, and explores the social paths of two individuals. The book received the 2025 Goncourt Prize for prisoners. The Two Cigarettes reopens the Alessandri case by using physical evidence from the original investigation that led to the conviction of Edwige Alessandri. The Name of Shadows collects the testimonies of former detainees in Syrian regime prisons and revisits the prison system established under Bashar al-Assad. The 2026 jury is chaired by Hervé Brusini and includes Lise Blanchet, Annick Cojean, Victor Castanet, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Manon Loizeau, Delphine Minoui, Anne Poiret, Patrick de Saint-Exupéry, and Olivier Weber. The 2025 winners—Julie Brafman, Jules Giraudat, Arthur Bouvart, and Elena Volochine—have also joined the jury for this edition. In 2025, the ninth **Albert Londres Book Prize** was awarded to Elena Volochine for Propaganda: the weapon of war of Vladimir Putin, published by Autrement. The prize was created to support the long-term nature of journalistic investigations and reporting in publishing.