Germany’s Bestselling Books of 2018: Crime, Politics, and Big Questions / Hannah Johnson. In: Publishing Perspectives Jan 9, 2019

As we begin a new year, German book trade magazine Börsenblatt has released its list of Germany’s bestselling books in 2018. Familiar authors made the hardcover bestseller lists in 2018, including Sebastian Fitzek, Jojo Moyes, Nele Neuhaus, Peter Wohlleben, and Yuval Noah Harari.
You can see complete 2018 bestseller lists for fiction (hardcover, trade paperback, mass market), nonfiction (hardcover, trade paperback, mass market), and self-help here.
Crime fiction remains a strong category, and there’s an increase in the number of German original titles on the fiction list compared to 2017. In nonfiction, politics and books addressing big questions about human life connected with German readers.
The Börsenblatt generates its bestseller lists using point-of-sale data from more than 4,400 stores across Germany and tracks more than 88 percent of the market. ... [mehr] https://publishingperspectives.com/2019/01/germany-bestselling-books-2018-crime-politics-big-questions/