The jury for the German Book Prize 2026 has nominated 20 novels. Since the call for submissions went out, the jury has reviewed 205 titles published between October 2025 and September 2026. As the official English-language media partner, we are delighted to publish the list of nominated books.
From 239 submissions, the jury for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2026 has shortlisted eight outstanding titles for the award.
New Books in German is pleased to present the titles nominated for the German Book prize 2025
The winner of the German Non-Fiction Prize 2025 has been announced. As official partners of the award, New Books in German is excited to present information on the winning title as well as on all of the outstanding titles shortlisted for the award.
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The Longlist for the German Book Prize 2021 was announced on 24th August 2021. The shortlist will be made public on 21st September.
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Six novels were selected for the shortlist of this year’s German Book Prize. Read more about the six here.
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If you want to know how important literary blogs have become for the German publishing sector, just look at this year’s German Book Prize: for the first time, there is a blogger among the seven jury members. The presence of Uwe Kalkowski, who made a name for himself with his ‘Kaffeehaussitzer’ site, is just one of many signs that bloggers are now established forces within German publishing.
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