Books that Travel 2025
Looking back over the German-language books translated into English and published during 2024 is inspiring. The range of voices, themes, and genres showcases an exciting and evolving literary landscape that reflects the complexities of our world. Selecting just thirty-one books to appear in this compilation was not a straightforward task. Writers from Austria, Germany and Switzerland have captured readers' attention with their explorations of various subjects, including identity, migration, politics, and the human condition.
Through these translations, English-speaking readers can engage with powerful narratives that broaden our understanding not only of the world around us but also of the contemporary German-language cultural fabric. We hope these books will continue to be enjoyed by readers in many countries. As we celebrate these German-language books published in English translation, we look forward to those that will follow in the years to come, bringing German-language culture and creativity to the e-readers and bookshelves of English-speaking readers. Reading beyond our own borders feels more important than ever in fostering a deeper understanding of the issues, struggles, and joys we share as a global community.
Single title
Werner Herzog made his first film in 1961 at the age of nineteen and has since gone on to produce,...
Werner Herzog made his first film in 1961 at the age of nineteen and has since gone on to produce, write, and direct more than seventy feature and documentary films. In these memoirs, published to mark his 80th birthday, he reflects on his most important experiences and inspirations, telling his story for the first and only time.
English Edition
Pages 368
ISBN 978-0593490310
Publisher Penguin Books
- Publisher:
- ISBN:
- 978-3-446-27399-3
- Author:
- Werner Herzog, translated by Michael Hofmann
- Pages:
- 352
- Price:
- € 28.00
Winner of the International Booker Prize 2024, this is the intimate and devastating story of the journey of two lovers...
Winner of the International Booker Prize 2024, this is the intimate and devastating story of the journey of two lovers through the ruins of a relationship, set against the backdrop of a seismic period in European history.
English Edition
Pages 304(UK), 304 (USA)
ISBN 978-1783786138
Publisher Granta Books (UK), New Directions Publishing Corporation (USA)
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Fiction
- ISBN:
- 978-3-328-10934-1
- Author:
- Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Michael Hofmann
- Pages:
- 384
- Price:
- € 14.00
Kalmann travels to America to visit his father but ends up at FBI headquarters after getting mixed up in the...
Kalmann travels to America to visit his father but ends up at FBI headquarters after getting mixed up in the 2021 Capitol Riots. Thanks to a sympathetic agent, he's sent back to Iceland. Once home, there is a mystery for him to unravel, with clues that lead back to the Cold War.
English Edition
Pages 256
ISBN 978-1916725003
Publisher Bitter Lemon Press
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Thriller
- ISBN:
- 978-3-257-07266-2
- Author:
- Joachim B. Schmidt, translated by Jamie Lee Searle
- Pages:
- 304
- Price:
- € 24.00
Milk Without Honey is a poignant and provocative graphic novel about the plight of the bees, in which illustrator Hanna...
Milk Without Honey is a poignant and provocative graphic novel about the plight of the bees, in which illustrator Hanna Harms inspires not only reflection but also action.
English Edition
Pages 112
ISBN 978-1803995311
Publisher Flint
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Graphic novel
- ISBN:
- 978-3-551-78108-6
- Author:
- Hanna Harms, translated by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp
- Pages:
- 112
- Price:
- € 20.00
Forget Miss Marple – here comes Miss Merkel! ...
Forget Miss Marple – here comes Miss Merkel!
English Edition
Pages 241
ISBN 978-1913083465
Publisher Old Street Publishing
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Fiction
- ISBN:
- 978-3-463-40665-7
- Author:
- David Safier, translated by Jamie Bulloch
- Pages:
- 320
- Price:
- € 16.00
Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2023, Paradise Garden is a mesmerising and deeply affecting story of class, resilience and belonging. Fourteen-year-old Billie,...
Longlisted for the German Book Prize 2023, Paradise Garden is a mesmerising and deeply affecting story of class, resilience and belonging. Fourteen-year-old Billie, who lives in a high-rise estate with her imaginative mother, Marika, is determined to discover her unknown father.
English Edition
Pages 304
ISBN 978-1911648956
Publisher Indigo Press
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Fiction
- ISBN:
- 978-3-257-07250-1
- Author:
- Elena Fischer, translated by Alexandra Roesch
- Pages:
- 352
- Price:
- € 23.00
Growing up, Priscilla Layne is labelled an ‘Oreo’: too white for her Black classmates, and too Black for the white...
Growing up, Priscilla Layne is labelled an ‘Oreo’: too white for her Black classmates, and too Black for the white kids. How should Birgit Weyhe, a white German graphic novelist, tell a life story like Priscilla’s?
English Edition
Pages 310
ISBN 978-3863914028
Publisher V & Q Books
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Graphic novel
- ISBN:
- 978-3-96445-068-5
- Author:
- Birgit Weyhe, translated by Priscilla Layne
- Pages:
- 312
- Price:
- € 26.00
Inspired by the author's family history, this internationally bestselling novel is a daughter's portrait of her WWII veteran father, assembled...
Inspired by the author's family history, this internationally bestselling novel is a daughter's portrait of her WWII veteran father, assembled from shards of memory.
English Edition
Pages 208 (US), 192 (UK)
ISBN 978-1635579871 (UK), ISBN 978-1639732395 (US)
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (US)
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Fiction
- ISBN:
- 978-3-446-26990-3
- Author:
- Monika Helfer, translated by Gillian Davidson
- Pages:
- 176
- Price:
- € 20.00
Kai Lüftner’s rollicking rhymes tell the story of someone who flies under the radar with daring rhythm. ...
Kai Lüftner’s rollicking rhymes tell the story of someone who flies under the radar with daring rhythm.
English Edition
Pages 32
ISBN 978-0735845558
Publisher North-South Books
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Children’s/young adult book
- ISBN:
- 978-3-314-10639-2
- Author:
- Kai Lüftner, translated by Tim Mohr
- Pages:
- 32
- Price:
- € 17.00
Seeing Further is a deeply moving tribute to cinema and the shared experience of watching films, written by Esther Kinsky,...
Seeing Further is a deeply moving tribute to cinema and the shared experience of watching films, written by Esther Kinsky, one of Germany's foremost contemporary authors.
English language edition
Publisher Fitzcarraldo
Pages 224
ISBN 978-1804271162
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Fiction
- ISBN:
- 978-3-518-22544-8
- Author:
- Esther Kinsky, translated by Caroline Schmidt
- Pages:
- 200
- Price:
- € 24.00
Kiều, who calls herself Kim as it is easier for Europeans to pronounce, learns about her family's painful history when...
Kiều, who calls herself Kim as it is easier for Europeans to pronounce, learns about her family's painful history when her estranged uncle reaches out after her grandmother’s death.
English Edition
Publisher Scribe
Pages 272
ISBN 13 978-1915590046
- Publisher:
- Topic:
- Fiction
- ISBN:
- 978-3-442-77291-9
- Author:
- Phạm Khuê, translated by Daryl Lindsey, Charles Hawley
- Pages:
- 304
- Price:
- € 12.00
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