© Monique Wüstenhagen

The jury has been chosen

German Book Prize 2025

The novel of the year 2024 is "Hey guten Morgen, wie geht es dir?" by Martina Hefter © Christof Jakob

Award ceremony in October

Dates 2025

4 February: Announcement of the judges
19 August: Announcement of the nominees
16 September: Announcement of the Shortlist
13 October: Award ceremony

The jury 2025 © Mo Wüstenhagen

All books and award winners in the archive © Claus Setzer

German Book Prize

Decoration package and reading samples

Order the decoration package and the reading samples with the 20 award nominees.

Decoration package and reading samples

Submission Numbers

2025

Germany / Austria / Switzerland
124 Publishers
200 Novels

2025

The jury

The Academy of the German Book Prize selects the members of the jury.

Laura de Weck Laura de Weck
© sashaIlushina
Maria Carolina Foi Maria Carolina Foi
© Amin Akhtar
Jürgen Kaube Jürgen Kaube
© F.A.Z./Frank Röth
Friedhelm Marx Friedhelm Marx
© Martin Max Steiner
Kathrin Matern Kathrin Matern
© Astrit Vatnika
Lara Sielmann Lara Sielmann
© Natalia Reich
Shirin Sojitrawalla Shirin Sojitrawalla
© Alexa Sommer
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