# Every winner of the German Book Prize (2005–2025)

Since 2005 the German Book Prize has honoured the best German-language novel of the year on the eve of the Frankfurt Book Fair. From Arno Geiger's Es geht uns gut through Uwe Tellkamp's Der Turm and Saša Stanišić's Herkunft to Dorothee Elmiger's Die Holländerinnen in 2025: every winner, with novel and publisher.

- 35 votes · 21 items
- Sep 14, 2026 · buecherwurm_berlin
- https://even.best/en/l/5391/every-winner-of-the-german-book-prize-2005-2025

## Top 21

1. **Der Turm – Uwe Tellkamp** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2008. Publisher: Suhrkamp.
2. **Es geht uns gut – Arno Geiger** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2005. Publisher: Carl Hanser.
3. **Tauben fliegen auf – Melinda Nadj Abonji** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2010. Publisher: Jung und Jung.
4. **Das Ungeheuer – Terézia Mora** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2013. Publisher: Luchterhand.
5. **Du stirbst nicht – Kathrin Schmidt** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — German Book Prize 2009. Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch.
6. **In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts – Eugen Ruge** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2011. Publisher: Rowohlt.
7. **Die Hauptstadt – Robert Menasse** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2017. Publisher: Suhrkamp.
8. **Archipel – Inger-Maria Mahlke** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2018. Publisher: Rowohlt.
9. **Echtzeitalter – Tonio Schachinger** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2023. Publisher: Rowohlt.
10. **Die Habenichtse – Katharina Hacker** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — German Book Prize 2006. Publisher: Suhrkamp.
11. **Die Mittagsfrau – Julia Franck** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2007. Publisher: S. Fischer.
12. **Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969 – Frank Witzel** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2015. Publisher: Matthes & Seitz Berlin.
13. **Widerfahrnis – Bodo Kirchhoff** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2016. Publisher: Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt.
14. **Blaue Frau – Antje Rávik Strubel** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2021. Publisher: S. Fischer.
15. **Blutbuch – Kim de l’Horizon** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2022. Publisher: DuMont Buchverlag.
16. **Landgericht – Ursula Krechel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2012. Publisher: Jung und Jung.
17. **Kruso – Lutz Seiler** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2014. Publisher: Suhrkamp.
18. **Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir? – Martina Hefter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2024. Publisher: Klett-Cotta.
19. **Die Holländerinnen – Dorothee Elmiger** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — German Book Prize 2025. Publisher: Hanser.
20. **Herkunft – Saša Stanišić** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — German Book Prize 2019. Publisher: Luchterhand.
21. **Annette, ein Heldinnenepos – Anne Weber** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — German Book Prize 2020. Publisher: Matthes & Seitz Berlin.

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