Book tips from the editors: Also worth reading
Ursula Poznanski: "Vanitas – gray as ash"
Greetings from the Vienna Central Cemetery: Part 2 of the thriller series with florist Carolin as heroine. (400 pages, 16.99 euros, Knaur)
Kirsten Boie: "Reading and I"
The great German children's book author turns 70 on March 19. Her appeal: awaken reading passion as early as possible. So that as many people as possible say in retrospect: "Reading? It's going to be good for two years, then you're addicted." (96 pages, 9 euros, Oetinger)
Nele Pollatschek: "Dear Oxbridge"
Cambridge and Oxford are eternal places of longing for those hungry for education, Pollatschek studied there and wrote an amusing song in keeping with the post-Brexit era. (16 euros, Galiani)
Katja Riemann: "Everyone has. Nobody is allowed."
Riemann is also a Unicef ambassador. In her impressive book, that is, how almost all articles of the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" begin, she tells of project trips from 20 years. (320 pages, 22 euros, S. Fischer, from 26.2.)
Maxim Biller: "Seven attempts to love"
No Valentine's Day book. This is where Biller's collected family stories come to the heart. (368 pages, 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 home. With this large, life-hungry novel, Mercier is finally supplying supplies for all "night trains to Lisbon" fans. (26 euros, Hanser)
Antje Babendererde: "Snow Dancer"
This novel also leads into an ice wilderness. In the far north of Canada, Jacob looks for his father and finds the man of his life. (389 p., 17 euros, arena, from 14 and for everyone)
Peter Høeg: "Miss Smilla's flair for snow"
If the young woman were made of flesh and blood, she would now approach the age of 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 the glorification of the southern states, hostile for his portrayal of African-Americans. Only now is the full text from 1936 published in a brand new translation by Andreas Nohl and Liat Himmelheber. Only helps: read for yourself and make a judgment! (38 euros, artist)
Françoise Sagan: "The dark corners of the heart"
Hitherto unpublished novel about a family who, after an accident, makes the precious life in the villa hell. In the style of "Bonjour Tristesse". (192 pages, 20 euros, Ullstein)
Tillmann Prüfer: "Will Dad Get Or Can It Get Away? One Father And Four Daughters"
The ultimate Christmas gift for tolerant girls. (224 p., 18 euros, Kindler)
Francesca Segal: "A strange age"
The woman's novels on this page are also worthwhile. For example, her book about teenagers who spoil their parents' luck in patchwork. (14 euros, no & but)
Erich Segal: "Love Story"
THE classic of love literature for almost 50 years – 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. (416 p., 22 euros, Eichborn)
Alice Pantermüller: "My life, sometimes slightly wrong"
"My Lotta Life" now also for mothers: The author of the cult children's books wrote 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 pages, 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"
Long-term seller and perfect holiday book about the magic of Provence, the power of feelings 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 becomes the elixir of life for Monsieur Perdu in the famous "Lavender Room" and sells books like medicine. Six years after George's world success, we can finally read it completely. (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 turns. (Schöffling, 24 euros)
Friedrich Ani: "All the uninhabited rooms"
Four against evil: Polonius Fischer, Tabor Sud, 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 may not have been. (19 euros, criminal publisher)
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 moon landing night, a woman breaks out of prison. At the same time, her little son flees from the home. (25 euros, Rowohlt)
Bernadette Conrad: "Get big and strong. Children en route to life – Talks to Cornelia Funke"
Foray into the narrative world of the star author with honest information about her life as mother of Anna and Ben. (304 p., 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 able to learn in love. (T: B. Robben, 416 p., 25 euros, Diogenes)
Anke Stelling: "Floor-to-ceiling windows"
Reads like the prehistory of the novel "Sheep in the dry": A housing project is dissected. (19 euros, criminal publisher)
Umberto Eco: "The name of the rose"
Best historical novel ever: New edition of the classic SKY series, from June 18. also on DVD. (12.95 euros, dtv)
Dacia Mariani: "Three women"
Italy's old master has three generations of very different women in one family living under one roof. The grandmother is in love with the baker's life and kisses, the daughter a literary woman in the ivory tower and the granddaughter almost breaks the fabric with a serious affair. (20 euros, folio)
James M. Cain: "Mildred Pierce"
Those who couldn't see the Emmy-winning mini-series with Kate Winslet now have the opportunity to discover the great literary template from 1941: a woman who can't be stopped, not even by her hideous daughter. (22 euros, ark)
Rainer Moritz: "Reading paradises: a declaration of love to the bookstore"
And where is there new material for reading pleasure? In special places like this. (160 pages, 14 euros, Sanssouci)
Walter Moers: "The Book Dragon"
The booklings are back – including the dragon, which consists of books. (192 pages, 20 euros, Penguin)
Max Porter: "Grief is the thing with feathers"
With his debut, Porter showed that he has the courage to come up with unusual characters: a giant crow visits a young widower and father – and stays "until you no longer need me". (10 euros, no & but)
Doris Knecht: "You get so much back!"
A best of the servant columns about life among children. (256 pages, 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 p., 15 euros, Piper)
T.C. Boyle: "Drop City"
New edition of Boyles 70. (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 brings tears to dragon lovers of all ages. And for "Game of Thrones" fans it is a sparkling ice crystal of knowledge. (128 pages, 9.99 euros, cbj, from 8 years)
"Devil's day"
Archaic customs, a treacherous bog and strange events: Hurley's frosty novel about a teacher who returns to his childhood village with his pregnant wife for his grandfather's funeral is for everyone who is looking for something other than romance in rural seclusion. (22 euros, Ullstein)
"Code name Kingfisher"
This thriller was even written anonymously. About a US president whose ex-wife was assigned to him by the KGB. (368 p., 20 euros, Heyne)
Robert Galbraith: "White Death"
New case for Cormoran Strike, which J.K. Rowling has identified under her pseudonym. (864 pages, 24 euros, Blanvalet)
Hjorth & Rosenfeldt: "The sacrifices you make"
Another top thriller with an odd 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, Fischer)
Muriel Sparks – "The heyday of Miss Jean Brodie"
Brilliant new translation of the masterpiece from 1960 about a charismatic, fascist teacher and her girl clique. (24 euros, Diogenes)
Michael Hjorth & Hans Rosenfeldt – "The sacrifices you make"
Volume 6 of the popular Swedish crime series on crime psychologist Sebastian Bergmann: A rapist hunts a group of women – but what do the victims have in common? A must for fans of the series – not only to finally dissolve the super exciting cliffhanger from its 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 are arriving for the funeral. Sylvie Schenk virtuously describes an only too well-known, everlasting conflict (18 euros, Hanser).
Stephen King: "The Outsider"
The horror king has struck again: an eleven-year-old boy is murdered, a youth coach and father of a family are 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 creepy! (768 p., 26 euros Heyne)
Lina Muzur: "Said she. 17 stories about sex and power"
The table of contents is a "Who is Who" of the best German 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 memories 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 scary novel about the evil done. (168 pages, 22 euros, young and young)
Sayaka Murata: "The store keeper"
This slender novel about an outsider who finds her destiny in a 24-hour supermarket really decelerates. It starts with the title. In Japan he went away like hot cakes. (18 euros, construction)
Anna Herzig: "Summer Night Roundabout"
A surprising triangle story about a marriage, an affair, fate and happiness – closely told and gripping to the end. (18 euros, Voland & Quist)
Jessie Burton: "The Secret of the Muse"
Exciting browsing about a painting that changes the lives of two women in both the Spanish Civil War and Swinging London. (14.95 euros, island)
Thomas Hardy: "Jew Fawley, the Unknown"
Fantastic new translation of Hardy's last novel. The story of a couple who disregarded social conventions caused such a scandal in 1895 that from then on Hardy published only poetry. (16 euros, Hanser)
Marlene Hellene: "You get so much back"
Funny guide for confused everyday heroines, which is best given to new mothers or to yourself. (12 euros, rororo)
Greer Hendricks / Sarah Pekkanen: "The Wife Between Us: Who Is She Really?"
Triangular thriller about marriage, its end – and revenge. Gripping. (12.99 Euro, Rowohlt Polaris, from May 15th)
Johanna Romberg: "Reading Feathers"
The award-winning "Geo" author tells of the happiness 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 the shore excursion. Sociocritical thriller, not just for helicopter parents. (23 euros, no & but)
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 people. Stories of our new neighbors"
Kaminer also 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 deep sad. (16 euros, Deuticke)
Janet Lewis: "The Woman Who Loved"
Martin Guerre returns from the war in 1556. But is it really? 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 a tribute to the classic Hitchcock "The Window to the Courtyard". (543 p., 15 euros, Blanvalet)
Katja Bohnet: "Dungeon Child"
No less exciting crime delicacies from Germany: Case 2 by investigators Rosa Lopez and Viktor Saizew. (332 p., 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 age and death, as only English people can do it! (24 euros, Diogenes)
William Faulkner: "Light in August"
This terrific radio play adaptation fits Winthrop's novel. Bigotry, racism, exclusion: not just an issue in Faulkner's time in 1932. (Audiobook Hamburg)
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