Every winner of the German Book Prize (2005–2025)
The top 3 according to 35 votes from people: Der Turm – Uwe Tellkamp · Es geht uns gut – Arno Geiger · Tauben fliegen auf – Melinda Nadj Abonji. (Updated Sep 14, 2026.)
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.
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Top 21
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Der Turm – Uwe Tellkamp
German Book Prize 2008. Publisher: Suhrkamp.
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2
Es geht uns gut – Arno Geiger
German Book Prize 2005. Publisher: Carl Hanser.
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3
Tauben fliegen auf – Melinda Nadj Abonji
German Book Prize 2010. Publisher: Jung und Jung.
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4
Das Ungeheuer – Terézia Mora
German Book Prize 2013. Publisher: Luchterhand.
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5
Du stirbst nicht – Kathrin Schmidt
German Book Prize 2009. Publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch.
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6
In Zeiten des abnehmenden Lichts – Eugen Ruge
German Book Prize 2011. Publisher: Rowohlt.
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7
Die Hauptstadt – Robert Menasse
German Book Prize 2017. Publisher: Suhrkamp.
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Archipel – Inger-Maria Mahlke
German Book Prize 2018. Publisher: Rowohlt.
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9
Echtzeitalter – Tonio Schachinger
German Book Prize 2023. Publisher: Rowohlt.
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10
Die Habenichtse – Katharina Hacker
German Book Prize 2006. Publisher: Suhrkamp.
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11
Die Mittagsfrau – Julia Franck
German Book Prize 2007. Publisher: S. Fischer.
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12
Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969 – Frank Witzel
German Book Prize 2015. Publisher: Matthes & Seitz Berlin.
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13
Widerfahrnis – Bodo Kirchhoff
German Book Prize 2016. Publisher: Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt.
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14
Blaue Frau – Antje Rávik Strubel
German Book Prize 2021. Publisher: S. Fischer.
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15
Blutbuch – Kim de l’Horizon
German Book Prize 2022. Publisher: DuMont Buchverlag.
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16
Landgericht – Ursula Krechel
German Book Prize 2012. Publisher: Jung und Jung.
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17
Kruso – Lutz Seiler
German Book Prize 2014. Publisher: Suhrkamp.
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18
Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir? – Martina Hefter
German Book Prize 2024. Publisher: Klett-Cotta.
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Die Holländerinnen – Dorothee Elmiger
German Book Prize 2025. Publisher: Hanser.
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Herkunft – Saša Stanišić
German Book Prize 2019. Publisher: Luchterhand.
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21
Annette, ein Heldinnenepos – Anne Weber
German Book Prize 2020. Publisher: Matthes & Seitz Berlin.
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