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Autumn 2026 Fiction & Literary Nonfiction

The Ticking Heart

Lutz Seiler
The Ticking Heart

Anton and Alma

Dana Vowinckel
Anton and Alma

Wildboden

Constantin Lieb
Wildboden

The Roots Beneath

Melanie Levensohn
The Roots Beneath

The Crackling in the Cosmos

Stephan Lohse
The Crackling in the Cosmos

Michaela Kohlhaas

Heike Geißler
Michaela Kohlhaas

Better than Never

Stephan Thome
Better than Never

My Life as a Noise Band

Clemens J. Setz
My Life as a Noise Band

Jugo

Ilija Matusko
Jugo

The Lives of Books

The Lives of Books

The Ends of Vision

Christian Lehnert
The Ends of Vision

The Poems

Peter Huchel
The Poems

Prisma Bros

Heinz Helle
Prisma Bros

Stations of Forgotten Happiness

Friedrich Ani
Stations of Forgotten Happiness

What I Need to Be Happy

Christoph Hein
What I Need to Be Happy

Adalina and the Love of Books

Tessa Hansen
Adalina and the Love of Books

The Little Bookshop on the Canal Grande

Roberta Gregorio
The Little Bookshop on the Canal Grande

Tamara de Lempicka and the Glamour of Women

Gabriela Jaskulla
Tamara de Lempicka and the Glamour of Women

Suddenly Christmas

Claire Beyer
Suddenly Christmas

Murder in Notting Hill

May Wellington
Murder in Notting Hill

Final Show

Dirk Schmidt
Final Show
Lutz Seiler
The Ticking Heart
Dana Vowinckel
Anton and Alma
Melanie Levensohn
The Roots Beneath

Autumn 2026 Nonfiction & Academic

Second-Hand Superstition

Theodor W. Adorno
Second-Hand Superstition

Everyone Can Grieve

Eric Wrede, Fee Vogel
Everyone Can Grieve

The Last Days of Beauty

Niklas Maak
The Last Days of Beauty

The Treasure

Philipp Ther
The Treasure

Staying Healthy With the Power of Nature

Prof. Dr. Andreas Michalsen
Staying Healthy With the Power of Nature

Breathe Better – Live Better

Alexander Peters
Breathe Better – Live Better

Moths

Cornelia Funke
Moths

Agents of Possibility

Sally Haslanger
Agents of Possibility

An Education in Cruelty

Robert Misik
An Education in Cruelty

The Splendours and Miseries of Conservatives

Roger de Weck
The Splendours and Miseries of Conservatives

What Is Restitution?

Kodzo Gavua, Hans Peter Hahn
What Is Restitution?

Paywalls

Barbara Brandl
Paywalls

AIDS

Axel Schock
AIDS

Yearning for Yesteryear

Tobias Becker
Yearning for Yesteryear

Lines and Days IV

Peter Sloterdijk
Lines and Days IV

Regina Jonas

Ulrike Offenberg, Martin Heimbucher
Regina Jonas

The Conditions of Our Existence

Martin Saar, Frieder Vogelmann
The Conditions of Our Existence

Correspondence 1926–1969

Theodor W. Adorno, Rudolf Kolisch
Correspondence 1926–1969

Inheritance as Problem

Stefan Gosepath
Inheritance as Problem

The Moral Economy of the Book

Michael Hagner
The Moral Economy of the Book

Poetry by Other Means – Essays

Clemens J. Setz
Poetry by Other Means – Essays

The Poetess and the Price of Freedom

Shila Behjat
The Poetess and the Price of Freedom
Theodor W. Adorno
Second-Hand Superstition
Eric Wrede, Fee Vogel
Everyone Can Grieve
Niklas Maak
The Last Days of Beauty
Philipp Ther
The Treasure

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Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha

All About the Clitoris

Prof. Dr. Mandy Mangler
All About the Clitoris

The River of Childhood

Andrzej Stasiuk
The River of Childhood

The Ticking Heart

Lutz Seiler
The Ticking Heart

Kruso

Lutz Seiler
Kruso

The Reintroduction of the Hourglass

Michael Krüger
The Reintroduction of the Hourglass

Second-Hand Superstition

Theodor W. Adorno
Second-Hand Superstition

And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet the Milkman

Peter Bichsel
And Really Frau Blum Would Very Much Like to Meet...

The Third Book about Achim

Uwe Johnson
The Third Book about Achim

A Space Bounded by Shadows

Emine Sevgi Özdamar
A Space Bounded by Shadows

Three Hundred Men

Konstantin Richter
Three Hundred Men

The Last Days of Beauty

Niklas Maak
The Last Days of Beauty

The Prince and His Heirs

Peter Sloterdijk
The Prince and His Heirs

Walking

Thomas Bernhard
Walking

The Emergence and Development of a Scientific Fact

Ludwik Fleck
The Emergence and Development of a Scientific Fact

For Seka

Mina Hava
For Seka

Malina

Ingeborg Bachmann
Malina

The Transformative Power of Performance

Erika Fischer-Lichte
The Transformative Power of Performance

Concrete

Thomas Bernhard
Concrete

Correction

Thomas Bernhard
Correction
Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha
Prof. Dr. Mandy Mangler
All About the Clitoris
Andrzej Stasiuk
The River of Childhood
Lutz Seiler
The Ticking Heart

News

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Dana Vowinckel and Svenja Leiber Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2026

The authors have been nominated for their novels Anton and Alma and Nelka.
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Heike Geißler Receives the 2026 Literary Prize of the State of Saxony

The author received the award in recognition of her oeuvre. 
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Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç and Magdalena Schrefel Receive Honours at the 2026 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize

Magdalena Schrefel and Ozan Zakariya Keskinkılıç have won the 3sat Prize and the Deutschlandfunk Prize respectrively
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Clemens J. Setz Receives the Grand Austrian State Prize

The author has received Austria's highest literary honour.
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Konstantin Richter has been awarded the German Non-Fiction Prize 2026

Konstantin Richter has been awarded the German Non-Fiction Prize 2026 for his book Three Hundred Men. The Rise and Fall of Corporate Germany.
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Lutz Seiler awarded the Samuel Bogumił-Linde Prize 2026

The award honours authors whose work »creates ideals and values that inspire dialogue among people, societies, and nations« and who have »achieved outstanding accomplishments« through their work.
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Friedrich Ani receives the Munich Literary Prize 2026

Friedrich Ani is awarded the City of Munich’s literary prize, endowed with €10,000, for his complete body of work.
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Konstantin Richter Nominated for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2026

Konstantin Richter has been nominated for the 2026 German Non-Fiction Prize.
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Steffen Mau awarded the In_equality Research Award 2026

Steffen Mau has been awarded the In_equality Research Award 2026.