Book trends in autumn 2023
7 books you’ll devour immediately
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When the books for the summer vacation have been picked out, then it’s time for the book trends in autumn. Here you will find seven books that you won’t put down so quickly.
On the one hand, it’s a shame that it’s currently getting cold and uncomfortable outside. On the other hand, we can now curl up on the sofa with a book for hours without feeling guilty. Which works are currently popular and which books are really worth reading? You can find ours here Book tips for autumn at a glance.
These are the book trends for autumn 2023
1. A little life
“A little life” has actually been a bestseller for several years. If you haven’t read the novel yet, we warmly recommend it to you. At first glance, the book seems a bit daunting because it consists of around 1,000 pages – pages that are worth reading. Hanya Yanagihara’s novel tells of the trauma of abuse, of love and of friendship. It captivates, moves and moves you to tears again and again. At the center of the story are Malcolm, JB, Willem and Jude, who have been closest friends since their college days. As the novel progresses, Jude comes to the foreground. Everything that will happen in the following pages is directly related to his past, which gradually comes to light and is unknown even to his three closest friends.
2. The definition of happiness
Catherine Cusset has written many bestsellers about love and is therefore a reliable source for good literature. In “The definition of happiness” It is dedicated to two women who couldn’t be more different. Clarisse is adventurous, always on the go and stumbling from one love affair to the next. Ève has been running a catering service for years. In her private life, she has a very conservative marriage. In the novel we get excited about the life stories of both women and at the end we realize one thing: happiness can be defined in many ways. However, the novel is by no means a classic romance, where you can already guess the outcome from the first 20 pages. The reading also contains serious topics such as sexual abuse, mental illness and violence against women. The stories of Ève and Clarisse are skilfully linked together and the reader is surprised at the end.
3. Sorrows of all kinds
You might be familiar with Mariana Leky thanks to her bestseller “What you can see from here”. With “Grief of all kinds” she scored another hit. This is not a novel, but a collection of texts that originally appeared as columns in the magazine “Psychologie Today”. They are texts that deal with encounters with other people, personal thoughts, fears and worries and other everyday problems. What’s special is not just the individual stories with their incredibly likeable protagonists, but also the writing style. Mariana Leky always manages to embed lightness and a good pinch of humor into difficult topics. In doing so, she elicits a little smile from the reader every now and then. You can read “Grief of All Kinds” bit by bit before falling asleep or in one sitting on a rainy autumn Sunday.
4. Afternoons
Similar to “sorrow of all kinds” also exists “Afternoons” from several stories. Some of them are just short notes and thoughts that Ferdinand von Schirach shares with his readers. In 2009, the former lawyer published his first collection of short stories, “Crime.” Since then, his books have been regulars on bestseller lists. So does “Afternoons.” Topics such as love, people’s loneliness, literature and wrong decisions find their place here.
5. Love and other neuroses
Love is a phenomenon for which there is no concrete explanation. The best we can do is describe them – and actually not even that properly. How do we decide who we desire? And what does that reveal about ourselves? In “Love and other neuroses” Katja Eichinger explores the connections between insecurity and longing by sharing her own stories and reporting on how she has experienced the nature of love so far. If you want to explore love in more detail in the form of togetherness, self-love, marriage, passion, death or friendship, then “Love and Other Neuroses” is an absolute reading recommendation for you.
6. MTTR
Regardless of whether it is Generation Y or Generation Z – as a young person you often wonder why your parents are unable to show feelings. And perhaps baby boomers themselves have wondered why they can’t express how they feel. Julia Friese describes in her novel that the German post-war upbringing of the baby boomer generation is anything but uninvolved in this “MTTR”. The ostensible story goes like this: A Millennial is pregnant and unsure. On the one hand, she likes the idea of being a mother. On the other hand, neither. Because she doesn’t want one thing at all: to reproduce her own German family, in which feelings are kept secret.
7. 101 Essays That Will Change Your Life
As the days become shorter and it becomes gray and cold outside, the likelihood of winter depression increases again. What can we do about it, other than swallowing vitamin D tablets? Deal with ourselves. These individual essays help you think differently, reinvent yourself, get rid of fears and doubts and make decisions. “101 Essays That Will Change Your Life” is ideal for dreary days when your own thought spirals take over again.
Would you like more book tips? Here you will find books against sadness, books about love, book tips against heartache and feminist books.