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Book tips from the editors: Also worth reading

Cornelia Funke: "Reckless – 1"

New edition of the "Spiegelwelt" series, which began ten years ago, completely revised by the author. (15 euros, dressier)

Dörte Hansen: "Old Country"

Published five years ago and one of my heart books to this day. So: watch and read the film! (12 euros, penguin)

Ragnar Jónasson: "Fog"

Finale of the thriller trilogy: What happened in the snowed-in farmhouse over Christmas? (15 euros, btb)

Sophy Roberts: "Siberia's Forgotten Pianos"

In Siberia, the place of exile, there has also been cultural life since the tsarist times. Sophy Roberts went on a search for old instruments in dusty theaters, palaces and yurts. An exciting cultural history of a country of extremes. (26 euros, Zsolnay)

Giulia Camenito: "A day will come"

Two brothers, a barren town, secrets and the burgeoning fascism in northern Italy. Grandiose family novel full of rugged beauty. (22 euros, Wagenbach)

Iwan Bunin: "Light Breath"

We had to work our way through the story of the same name about a fatal seduction word for word in Russian lessons – there is so much lightness in Bunin's work! The early stories of the Nobel Prize winner from 1933 can now be rediscovered in a new translation or simply rediscovered. (18.99 euros, Dörlemann)

Zsuzsa Bánk: "Dying in Summer"

The author says goodbye to her father. (22 euros, S. Fischer)

Zsuzsa Bánk: "The Swimmer"

Also gives consolation: your award-winning debut novel. (11 euros, Fischer TB)

Bianka Echtermeyer: "Deadly Loyalty"

For the second time, journalist Charlotte Schmidt and LKA commissioner Daniel Zumsande are investigating the abysses of our time. It's about murders, about domestic violence – and Zumsande is confronted with his own story. Told in an exciting and close to the deeply disturbing reality. (12 euros, midnight)

Candice Carty-Williams: "Queenie"

Is celebrated as "Black Bridget Jones", although these two heroines are worlds apart. (544 p., 22 euros, flower bar, from August 18)

Rose Tremain: "Melody of Silence"

Royal pleasure in 17th century Copenhagen. (584 pages, 9.99 euros, Insel TB)

Alix Ohlin: "Robin and Lark"

Two dissimilar sisters, neglected by their mother, lose and find each other and quarrel with each other. (23 euros, C.H. Beck)

Ann Petry: "The Street"

Rediscovery of an Afro-American author from the 1940s, who clearly describes how racism and sexism make a particularly toxic mixture for black women. (Nagel & Kimche, 24 euros)

Celeste Ng: "Little Fires Everywhere"

Little fires everywhere? Isn't that the name of this streaming hit with Reese Witherspoon? Right. But the series about mothers and daughters is based on this even better novel. (384 pages, 11.90 euros, German TV)

Ragnar Jónasson: "Island"

Continuation of "Dunkel", the world's best Icelandic thriller. (384 pp., 15 euros, btb)

Janna Steenfatt: "The superfluousness of things"

After the death of her mother, Greta works in the canteen of the Deutsches Schauspielhaus to be close to her unknown father, a director. Debut with a lot of Hamburg atmosphere. (22 euros, Hoffmann and Campe)

Michael Kumpfmüller: "Oh, Virginia"

Many women are currently dreaming of their demand "A room to yourself": This novel describes the last days of Virginia Woolf. (236 p., 20 euros, Kiepenheuer & Witsch)

Karen Duve: "Miss Nice Short Summer"

My still favorite artist novel is about the poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Finally as a paperback! (592 pp., 14 euros, KiWi)

Dominik Barta: "From the country"

One day old Theresa doesn't get up anymore. The farmer's wife was always there for the family and the farm. A strong debut on life in the country beyond homeland. (18 euros, Zsolnay)

Vicki Baum: "Warning of deer"

Life story of a merciless egoist who will stop at nothing. A dazzling rediscovery. (24 euros, ark)

Anne Enright: "Half a smile"

Your best stories and new narratives now in paperback. (352 pp., 12 euros, Penguin)

John Ironmonger: "The whale and the end of the world"

Also finally available as a paperback and for me the book of the hour: an epidemic from Asia, hamster purchases, the economy and humanity almost at an end – and still a lot of solidarity and confidence. (480 p., 12 euros, Fischer TB)

Hilary Mantel: "Wolves"

For everyone who still wants to get into the hype. Thomas Cromwell, son of a blacksmith, draws everything for his King Heinrich XIII: from the divorce from Catherine of Aragon to the English Reformation to the rise and fall of Anne Boleyn (hereafter "Falken"). A unique view of the Tudors, highly literary and ingenious. (14 euros, DuMont)

Dave Eggers: "The Parade"

Strong parable about two road builders who want to help a destroyed country find a way out of misery. (192 p., 20 euros, Kiepenheur & Witsch)

Daniela Krien: "Muldental"

The author of the bestseller "Die Liebe im Ernstfall" is also a master of the novel miniature, as these eleven stories show. (240 p., 22 euros, Diogenes)

David Nicholls: "Sweet Sorrow"

Very British coming-of-age novel by the author of the bestseller "Two in One Day". (22 euros, Ullstein)

Thomas Brussig: "The Transformed"

Hilariously funny puberty story of two teenagers who turn into raccoons after a challenge. (20 euros, Wallstein)

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Ursula Poznanski: "Vanitas – gray as ash"

Greetings from the Vienna Central Cemetery: Part 2 of the thriller series with florist Carolin as the heroine. (400 pages, 16.99 euros, Knaur)

Kirsten Boie: "Reading and me"

The great German children's book author turns 70 on March 19th. Her appeal: awaken a passion for reading as early as possible. So that as many people as possible say in retrospect: "Reading? You can do it well for two years, then you'll be addicted." (96 pp., 9 euros, Oetinger)

Nele Pollatschek: "Dear Oxbridge"

Cambridge and Oxford are eternal places of longing for those who are hungry for education, Pollatschek studied there and wrote an amusing swan song to match the post-Brexit period. (16 euros, Galiani)

Katja Riemann: "Everyone has. Nobody is allowed to."

Riemann is also a Unicef ​​ambassador. In her impressive book, which is the name of almost all articles in the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights", she tells of 20 years of project trips. (320 p., 22 euros, p. Fischer, from February 26th)

Maxim Biller: "Seven attempts to love"

Not a Valentine's Day book. This is where Biller's collected family stories go to the heart. (368 p., 22 euros, Kiepenheuer & Witsch)

Pascal Mercier: "The weight of words"

Simon Leyland, a man who loves languages, inherits a house in London. A fatal diagnosis has just overturned his whole life, now he is returning from Italy to his old homeland. With this great, life-hungry novel, Mercier is finally supplying all the "night train to Lisbon" fans. (26 euros, Hanser)

Antje Babendererde: "Snow Dancer"

This novel also leads into a wilderness of ice. In the far north of Canada, Jacob is looking for his father and finding the person of his life. (389 p., 17 euros, arena, from 14 and for everyone)

Peter Høeg: "Miss Smilla's feeling for snow"

If the young lady were made of flesh and blood, she would now be approaching 30: In 1992 Snow Book No. 1 was published. Always a revelation. (528 p., 10.99 euros, rororo)

Margaret Mitchell: "Gone with the Wind"

Which book! Loved as the story of an indomitable one, reviled as a glorification of the southern states, hostile to its portrayal of the African American. Only now is the full text from 1936 appearing in a brand new translation by Andreas Nohl and Liat Himmelheber. Only helps: read it yourself and form an opinion! (38 euros, artist)

Françoise Sagan: "The dark corners of the heart"

Previously unpublished novel about a family who, after an accident, made their precious life in the villa a hell. In the style of "Bonjour Tristesse". (192 p., 20 euros, Ullstein)

Tillmann Prüfer: "Will papa get it or can it be removed? A father and four daughters"

The ultimate Christmas present for patient girls who understand. (224 pp., 18 euros, Kindler)

Francesca Segal: "A strange age"

The novels of the woman on this page are also worthwhile. For example her book about teenagers who spoil their parents' blended happiness. (14 euros, no & buts)

Erich Segal: "Love Story"

For almost 50 years THE classic of love literature – written by Francesca's father. (7.95 euros, Fischer TB)

André Mumot: "Ghost Nights"

Mumot translated "Palace of Glass" from English with Funke and wrote a hair-raising horror novel himself. (416 pp., 22 euros, Eichborn)

Alice Pantermüller: "My life, sometimes slightly wrong"

"My Lotta-Leben" now also for mothers: the author of the cult children's books has written her first adult novel. (448 p., 14.99 euros, Knaur)

Domenico Starnone: "Always connected"

Counterpart to Ferrante's book, told from the perspective of the unfaithful man. (176 pp., 18 euros, DVA)

Bettina Wolfarth: "Wagfall's heirs"

A hidden painting, a secret identity as an art forger – and a daughter on the trail of secrets (22 euros, Osburg).

Nina George: "The Lavender Room"

A permanent seller and the perfect holiday book about the magic of Provence, the power of emotions and the healing powers of a literary pharmacy … (384 pages, 9.99 euros, Knaur)

Nina George: "Southern Lights"

… and here comes the comforting book about love, which in the famous "Lavender Room" becomes the elixir of life of Monsieur Perdu, who sells books like medicine. Six years after George's global success, we can finally read it in full. (288 p., 18.99 euros, Knaur)

Lyudmila Petrushevskaya: "The girl from the Hotel Monopoly"

Memoir about a childhood in the Soviet Union, full of arbitrariness and incredible twists and turns. (Schöffling, 24 euros)

Friedrich Ani: "All the unoccupied rooms"

Four against evil: Polonius Fischer, Tabor Süd, Jakob Franck and Fariza Nasri, civil servant with Syrian roots. Crime poetry! (22 euros, Suhrkamp)

Bettina Wilpert: "Nothing that happens to us"

Another literary event: Wilpert tells of a rape that perhaps wasn't. (19 euros, Verbrecher Verlag)

Ulrich Woelk: "My mother's summer"

In keeping with the moon landing anniversary on July 20, Woelk tells of a tragic love in the summer of '69. (19.95 euros, C.H.Beck)

Norbert Zähringer: "Where we were"

On the night of the moon landing, a woman breaks out of prison. At the same time, her little son flees the home. (25 euros, Rowohlt)

Bernadette Conrad: "Getting big and strong. Children on their way to life – Conversations with Cornelia Funke"

Stroll through the star author's narrative world with honest information about her life as the mother of Anna and Ben. (304 pp., 20 euros, btb)

Ian McEwan: "Machines like me"

Charlie and Miranda also have a "child": the android Adam, part of their relationship from the start – and capable of learning in love. (Acc .: B. Robben, 416 p., 25 euros, Diogenes)

Anke Stelling: "Floor-to-ceiling windows"

Reads like the prehistory to the novel "Schäfchen im dryenen": A housing project is being dissected. (19 euros, Verbrecher Verlag)

Umberto Eco: "The Name of the Rose"

Best historical novel ever: New edition of the classic for the SKY series, from June 18. also on DVD. (12.95 euros, dtv)

Dacia Mariani: "Three Women"

Italy's old master lets three generations of very different women in one family live under one roof. The grandmother is in love with the baker's life and kisses, the daughter a writer in an ivory tower and the granddaughter almost breaks the mold with a momentous affair. (20 euros, folio)

James M. Cain: "Mildred Pierce"

If you couldn't see the Emmy-winning miniseries starring Kate Winslet, you now have the opportunity to discover the great literary model from 1941: a woman who won't let herself get down, not even her hideous daughter. (22 euros, ark)

Rainer Moritz: "Reading paradises: A declaration of love to the bookstore"

And where can you find new material for reading pleasure? In special places like these. (160 p., 14 euros, Sanssouci)

Walter Moers: "The Book Dragon"

The booklings are back – including the kite made of books. (192 p., 20 euros, Penguin)

Max Porter: "Mourning is the thing with feathers"

With his debut, Porter showed that he has the courage to create unusual characters: a huge crow visits a young widower and father – and stays "until you no longer need me". (10 euros, no & buts)

Doris Knecht: "You get so much back!"

A best of the Knecht columns on life among children. (256 p., 9.99 euros, Rororo)

Juli Zeh: "Instructions for use for horses"

What drives a horse girl? Best-selling author Zeh can explain it empirically. (224 pp., 15 euros, Piper)

T.C. Boyle: "Drop City"

New edition of Boyle's 70th (592 pages, 22 euros, dtv)

Christopher Paolini: "The fork, the witch and the worm"

Eragon the legendary dragon is back! With three new stories and a biography of the unforgettable herb witch Angela. (304 p., 18 euros, cbj,)

George R. R. Martin: "The Song of the Ice Dragon"

Another story that moves dragon friends of all ages to tears. And for "Game of Thrones" fans there is a sparkling ice crystal of knowledge. (128 p., 9.99 euros, cbj, ages 8 and up)

"Devil day"

Archaic customs, a treacherous bog and strange events: Hurley's frosty novel about a teacher who returns to the village of his childhood with his pregnant wife for the funeral of his grandfather is for everyone who is looking for something other than romance in rural seclusion. (22 euros, Ullstein)

"Code name Eisvogel"

This thriller was even written anonymously. About a US president whose ex-wife was put on him by the KGB. (368 p., 20 euros, Heyne)

Robert Galbraith: "White Death"

New case for Cormoran Strike, whom J. K. Rowling has identified under her pseudonym. (864 p., 24 euros, Blanvalet)

Hjorth & Rosenfeldt: "The sacrifices you make"

Another great crime thriller with a strange investigator. (22.95 euros, Wunderlich)

Karen Duve: "Miss Nice Short Summer"

Portrait of the young Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. (25 euros, Galiani)

Zsuzsa Bánk: "We'll sleep later"

This novel, which is now available in paperback, also celebrates the poet Droste-Hülshoff, friendship and life. (12 euros, fisherman)

Muriel Sparks – "The prime of Miss Jean Brodie"

Brilliant new translation of the masterpiece from 1960 about a charismatic, fascist teacher and her clique of girls. (24 euros, Diogenes)

Michael Hjorth & Hans Rosenfeldt – "The sacrifices you make"

Volume 6 of the popular Swedish crime series about the criminal psychologist Sebastian Bergmann: A rapist chases a group of women – but what do the victims have in common? A must for fans of the series – not only to finally break up the super exciting cliffhanger from the predecessor (560 pages, 22.95 euros, Wunderlich)

Sylvie Schenk: "An ordinary family"

Uncle and aunt are dead – but the legacy divides their four nieces and nephews, who travel to the funeral. Sylvie Schenk is a virtuoso description of an all too familiar, eternal conflict (18 euros, Hanser).

Stephen King: "The Outsider"

The king of horror has struck again: an eleven-year-old boy is murdered, a youth coach and family man is suspected. But can a person be in two places at the same time? His new novel is supposed to be the "it" of the Trump era – really scary! (768 p., 26 Euro Heyne)

Lina Muzur: "She said. 17 stories about sex and power"

The table of contents is a "Who's Who" of the best German women authors: Margarete Stokowski, Kristine Billkau, Nora Gomringer, Antonia Baum … They all write short stories about sex and abuse of power. Literature couldn't be more up-to-date (20 euros, Hanser Berlin)

Ingmar Bergmann: "Laterna Magica = My Life"

Linn Ullmann's father was not only a director, he also wrote really great about his family. As this new edition of his memoirs proves. (380 p., 19.90 euros, Alexander Verlag)

Melanie Raabe: "The Shadow"

The new thriller by the German bestselling author is the perfect book for hot summer days. (416 p., 16 euro, BTB)

Susanne Röckel: "The Bird God"

Another little gem: disturbing horror novel about the controlled evil. (168 pp., 22 euros, young and young)

Sayaka Murata: "The shopkeeper"

This narrow novel about an outsider who finds her destiny in a 24-hour supermarket really slows you down. It starts with the title. In Japan it went like hot cakes anyway. (18 euros, assembly)

Anna Herzig: "Midsummer Night's Dance"

A surprising love triangle about a marriage, an affair, fate and happiness – told densely and gripping to the end. (18 euros, Voland & Quist)

Jessie Burton: "The Muse's Secret"

Exciting read about a painting that changed the lives of two women both in the Spanish Civil War and in Swinging London. (14.95 euros, island)

Thomas Hardy: "Jude Fawley, the Unknown"

Fantastic new translation of Hardy's last novel. The story of a couple who defied social conventions caused such a scandal in 1895 that Hardy only published poetry from then on. (16 euros, Hanser)

Marlene Hellene: "You get so much in return"

Funny guide for confused everyday heroines, best given to new mothers or to yourself. (12 euros, rororo)

Greer Hendricks / Sarah Pekkanen: "The Wife Between Us: Who Is She Really?"

Dreieck thriller about marriage, its end – and revenge. Gripping. (12.99 euros, Rowohlt Polaris, from May 15)

Johanna Romberg: "Feather Reading"

The award-winning "Geo" author tells of the luck of bird watching in her beautifully illustrated, very personal book. (24 euros, Bastei Lübbe)

Maile Meloy: "Keep Calm"

A cruise from hell. Because the children disappear on a shore excursion. Socially critical thriller, not just for helicopter parents. (23 euros, no & buts)

Andrea Harmonika: "There is a damn magic in every beginning"

Wise and funny everyday analysis about the "sense and nonsense with children". (10 euros, Bastei Lübbe)

Wladimir Kaminer: "Germany of all places. Stories of our new neighbors"

Kaminer, too, has a heart for everyone who needs understanding. (13 euros, Goldmann)

Carol Fives: "A woman on the phone"

The monologue of a mother who calls her daughter: hair-raising funny to deeply sad. (16 euros, Deuticke)

Janet Lewis: "The Woman Who Loved"

Martin Guerre returns home from the war in 1556. But is it really it? Classic from 1941, for the first time in German. (18 euros, dtv)

A. J. Finn: "The Woman In The Window"

The subtitle of this US bestseller is "What did she really see?". Psychological thriller, family drama and an homage to the Hitchcock classic "Das Fenster zum Hof". (543 pp., 15 euros, Blanvalet)

Katja Bohnet: "Dungeon Child"

No less exciting crime thriller delicacies from Germany: Case 2 of investigators Rosa Lopez and Viktor Saizew. (332 pages, 14.99 euros, Knaur)

Muriel Spark: "Memento Mori"

For the 100th birthday of the author there is a new edition of this novel from 1959. A wonderful grotesque about old age and death that only the English can manage! (24 euros, Diogenes)

William Faulkner: "Light in August"

This terrific radio play adaptation fits Winthrop's novel. Bigotry, racism, exclusion: not only an issue in Faulkner's 1932. (Audiobook Hamburg)

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