The year 2024 has been marked by powerful novels and unforgettable voices, celebrated through France’s most prestigious literary prizes. From family sagas and historical epics to satirical portraits and explorations of memory, these books represent the very best of contemporary French literature.

Here are the prizewinners of 2024:

• Prix Goncourt – Kamel Daoud, Houris (Gallimard)
  The story of Aube, a young Algerian woman scarred by history, who must reconcile the memory of wars past with her desire to reclaim her lost voice.
• Prix Renaudot – Gaël Faye, Jacaranda (Grasset)
  Under the shade of Stella’s favorite tree lies the silence of Rwanda’s past. Milan spends years unraveling the truths hidden by the trauma of genocide.
• Prix Médicis – Julia Deck, Ann d’Angleterre (Seuil)
  A moving narrative inspired by Deck’s mother’s stroke, capturing resilience, institutional care, and the fragile hope of recovery.
• Prix Décembre – Abdellah Taïa, Le Bastion des larmes (Julliard)
  Exiled in France, Youssef returns to Morocco after his mother’s death, confronting a legacy where happiness and pain are inseparably intertwined.
• Prix Femina & Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française – Miguel Bonnefoy, Le rêve du jaguar (Payot et Rivages)
  The extraordinary destiny of an orphan in Venezuela, taken in by a mute beggar woman, unfolds in a tale of wonder and survival.
• Prix Interallié – Thibault de Montaigu, Cœur (Albin Michel)
  A family secret resurfaces as Montaigu explores the story of his ancestor Louis, a Hussar captain killed in 1914.
• Prix Goncourt des lycéens – Sandrine Collette, Madelaine avant l’aube (JC Lattès)
  A haunting, visceral novel about revolt and resilience, brought to life through the unforgettable figure of Madelaine.
• Prix de Flore – Benjamin Stock, Marc (Rue Fromentin)
  A sharp, satirical debut novel reflecting on the search for meaning and the interpretation of texts in the age of “post-truth.”

Explore these prizewinning works and discover the richness of today’s French literature.