NBG‘s recommendation list celebrates a wide range of writing forms; it isn’t just limited to novels and non-fiction studies. Below you’ll find a list of short story collections and novellas which have recently made the NBG recommendation list.

Short stories

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Novellas

For the purposes of the list, we’ve defined the novella as a short novel, so here you’ll find works of fiction which are under 200 pages.

[book reviews will appear here…]

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Jury recommendations: autumn 2024

September 6, 2024

We are very pleased to share our autumn 2024 selection with you. Our expert jury handpicked these fiction and nonfiction titles from a pool of around a hundred submissions submitted to us by their publishers.

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Intern interview: Tayiba Sulaiman

November 11, 2024

Recent intern Tayiba reflects on her time with New Books in German

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Novellas and Short Stories

October 25, 2024

An overview of the short story collections and novellas which have recently made the NBG recommendation list.

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‘One of the most exciting emerging voices in the German-language literary scene’ Jon Cho-Polizzi interviews Lin Hierse

October 13, 2024

Journalist, novelist, and poet, Lin Hierse is one of the most exciting emerging voices in the German-language literary scene. Jon Cho-Polizzi interviews her for New Books in German.

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