List of the best-selling fiction books in Germany

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The list of best-selling books in Germany lists the books in the fiction category that have been sold the most in Germany . The list was determined by the Institute for Demoskopie Allensbach , from October 25, 1971 by Buchreport on behalf of the Spiegel .

Lists

1961 ff

1961 1962
  • Heinrich Böll - stories. Radio plays. Essays
    • 8 weeks (October 18 - December 12, a total of 24 weeks)
  • Ivo Andrić - viziers and consuls
    • 1 week (December 13th - December 19th)
  • Heinrich Böll - stories. Radio plays. Essays
    • 16 weeks (December 20, 1961 - April 10, 1962, a total of 24 weeks)
  • Heinrich Böll - stories. Radio plays. Essays
    • 16 weeks (December 20, 1961 - April 10, 1962, a total of 24 weeks)
  • Curt Goetz / Valérie von Martens - The Metamorphosis of Peterhans von Binningen. The second part of the memoir
    • 4 weeks (April 11th - May 8th)
  • Wolfgang Borchert - The sad geraniums and other stories from the estate
    • 10 weeks (May 9th - July 17th)
  • Harper Lee - Who disturbs the nightingale ...
    • 3 weeks (July 18th - August 7th, 9 weeks in total)
  • Stefan Andres - Novellas and Stories
    • 6 weeks (August 8th - September 18th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Harper Lee - Who disturbs the nightingale
    • 1 week (September 19 - September 25, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Stefan Andres - Novellas and Stories
    • 3 weeks (September 26th - October 16th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Anne Golon - Angélique, the rebel
    • 15 weeks (October 17, 1962 - January 29, 1963, a total of 17 weeks)
1963 1964
  • Anne Golon - Angélique, the rebel
    • 15 weeks (October 17, 1962 - January 29, 1963, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Harper Lee - Who disturbs the nightingale
    • 5 weeks (January 30th - March 5th, 9 weeks in total)
  • Anne Golon - Angélique, the rebel
    • 2 weeks (March 6th - March 19th, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Peter Bamm - anarchy with love
    • 2 weeks (March 20th - April 2nd)
  • Rolf Hochhuth - The deputy
    • 13 weeks (April 3rd - July 2nd)
  • Heinrich Böll - Views of a Clown
    • 14 weeks (July 3 - October 8, total of 25 weeks)
  • Günter Grass - Dog Years
    • 12 weeks (October 9, 1963 - February 5, 1964, total of 13 weeks)
  • Günter Grass - Dog Years
    • 12 weeks (October 9, 1963 - February 4, 1964, total of 13 weeks)
  • Heinrich Böll - Views of a Clown
    • 3 weeks (February 5 - February 25, total of 25 weeks)
  • Günter Grass - Dog Years
    • 1 week (February 26th - March 3rd, 13 weeks in total)
  • Heinrich Böll - Views of a Clown
    • 7 weeks (March 4th - April 21st, total of 25 weeks)
  • Ingeborg Bachmann - poems - short stories - radio plays - essays
    • 1 week (April 22nd - April 28th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Heinrich Böll - Views of a Clown
    • 1 week (April 29th - May 5th, total of 25 weeks)
  • Verna B. Carleton - When the moon winds bloom
    • 1 week (May 6th - May 19th, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Ingeborg Bachmann - poems - short stories - radio plays - essays
    • 1 week (May 20th - May 26th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Verna B. Carleton - When the moon winds bloom
    • 15 weeks (May 27th - September 8th, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Mary McCarthy - The Clique
    • 8 weeks (September 9th - November 3rd, a total of 20 weeks)
  • Max Frisch - My name is Gantenbein
    • 1 week (November 4th - November 10th, total of 12 weeks)
  • Mary McCarthy - The Clique
    • 2 weeks (November 11th - November 24th, a total of 20 weeks)
  • Max Frisch - My name is Gantenbein
    • 3 weeks (November 25th - December 15th, total of 12 weeks)
  • Mary McCarthy - The Clique
    • 1 week (December 16 - December 22, 20 weeks in total)
  • Max Frisch - My name is Gantenbein
    • 7 weeks (December 23, 1964 - February 9, 1965, total of 12 weeks)
1965 1966
  • Max Frisch - My name is Gantenbein
    • 7 weeks (December 23, 1964 - February 9, 1965, total of 12 weeks)
  • Mary McCarthy - The Clique
    • 7 weeks (February 10th - March 30th, a total of 20 weeks)
  • Max Frisch - My name is Gantenbein
    • 1 week (March 31 - April 6, total of 12 weeks)
  • Mary McCarthy - The Clique
    • 2 weeks (April 7th - April 20th, a total of 20 weeks)
  • Sumner Locke Elliott - Quiet, he could hear you
    • 2 weeks (April 21st - May 4th)
  • Ernst von Salomon - The beautiful Wilhelmine
    • 24 weeks (May 5th - October 19th)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Dear Fatherland, may you be quiet
    • 6 weeks (October 20 - November 30, total of 15.71 weeks)
  • Saul Bellow - Duke
    • 2 weeks (December 1st - December 14th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Dear Fatherland, may you be quiet
    • 6.71 weeks (December 15, 1965 - January 30, 1966, total of 15.71 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Dear Fatherland, may you be quiet
    • 6.71 weeks (December 15, 1965 - January 30, 1966, total of 15.71 weeks)
  • Saul Bellow - Duke
    • 1 week (January 31 - February 6, a total of 4 weeks)
  • Robert Gover - A Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding
    • 3 weeks (February 7th - February 27th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Dear Fatherland, may you be quiet
    • 3 weeks (February 28 - March 20, total of 15.71 weeks)
  • Saul Bellow - Duke
    • 1 week (March 21st - March 27th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Robert Gover - A Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding
    • 1 week (March 28th - April 3rd, 4 weeks in total)
  • Shirley Ann Grau - The Keepers of the House
    • 26 weeks (April 4th - October 2nd)
  • Martin Walser - The unicorn
    • 2 weeks (October 3rd - October 16th)
  • Heinrich Böll - the end of a business trip
    • 26 weeks (October 17, 1966 - April 16, 1967)
1967 1968
1969 1970
  • Siegfried Lenz - German lesson
    • 5 weeks (December 16, 1968 - January 19, 1969, a total of 37 weeks)
  • Eric Malpass - When the moonlight sleeps sweetly on the hills
    • 1 week (January 20 - January 26, total of 12 weeks)
  • Siegfried Lenz - German lesson
    • 30 weeks (January 27th - August 24th, 37 weeks in total)
  • Hans Habe - The network
    • 5 weeks (August 25th - September 28th)
  • Günter Grass - Locally anesthetized
    • 9 weeks (September 29th - November 30th)
  • John Updike - Married Couples
    • 1 week (December 1st - December 7th)
  • Rudolf Hagelstange - Old Gentlemen's Summer
    • 14 weeks (December 8, 1969 - March 15, 1970)
  • Rudolf Hagelstange - Old Gentlemen's Summer
    • 14 weeks (December 8, 1969 - March 15, 1970)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - And Jimmy went to the rainbow
    • 18 weeks (March 16 - July 19, total of 25 weeks)
  • Henri Charrière - Papillon
    • 2 weeks (July 20th - August 2nd, 3 weeks in total)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - And Jimmy went to the rainbow
    • 7 weeks (August 3 - September 20, total of 25 weeks)
  • Henri Charrière - Papillon
    • 1 week (September 21 - September 27, 3 weeks in total)
  • Hildegard Knef - The gift horse
    • 32 weeks (September 28, 1970 - May 9, 1971)

1971 ff

1971 1972
  • Hildegard Knef - The gift horse
    • 32 weeks (September 28, 1970 - May 9, 1971)
  • Erich Segal - Love Story
    • 16 weeks (May 10th - August 29th, total of 17 weeks)
  • Heinrich Böll - group picture with lady
    • 3 weeks (August 30th - September 19th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Erich Segal - Love Story
    • 1 week (September 20th - September 26th, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Heinrich Böll - group picture with lady
    • 4 weeks (September 27th - October 24th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - The stuff dreams are made of
    • 24 weeks (October 25, 1971 - April 9, 1972)
1973 1974
  • Siegfried Lenz - The role model
    • 11 weeks (October 22, 1973 - January 6, 1974, total of 17 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Only the wind knows the answer
    • 1 week (January 7th - January 13th, a total of 10 weeks)
  • Siegfried Lenz - The role model
    • 6 weeks (January 14th - February 24th, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Morris L. West - The Salamander
    • 18 weeks (February 25th - June 30th)
  • Lilli Palmer - fat Lilli - good child
    • 8 weeks (July 1st - August 25th, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Heinrich Böll - The lost honor of Katharina Blum
    • 10 weeks (August 26th - November 3rd)
  • Lilli Palmer - fat Lilli - good child
    • 7 weeks (November 4th - December 22nd, 23 weeks in total)
  • Ephraim Kishon - No Oil, Moses?
    • 1 week (December 23rd - December 29th, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Lilli Palmer - fat Lilli - good child
    • 8 weeks (December 30, 1974 - February 23, 1975, a total of 23 weeks)
1975 1976
  • Lilli Palmer - fat Lilli - good child
    • 8 weeks (December 30, 1974 - February 23, 1975, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - No Oil, Moses?
    • 2 weeks (February 24th - March 9th, 3 weeks in total)
  • Morris L. West - Harlequin
    • 3 weeks (March 10th - March 30th)
  • Siegfried Lenz - The spirit of the Mirabelle
    • 15 weeks (March 31 - July 13)
  • Hans Habe - Palazzo
    • 6 weeks (July 14th - August 24th)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Nobody is an island
    • 28 weeks (August 25, 1975 - March 7, 1976)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Nobody is an island
    • 28 weeks (August 25, 1975 - March 7, 1976)
  • Ephraim Kishon - Family Stories
    • 7 weeks (March 8th - April 25th)
  • Arthur Hailey - The Bankers
    • 4 weeks (April 26th - May 23rd, 14 weeks in total)
  • James Clavell - Shogun
    • 1 week (May 24th - May 30th)
  • Arthur Hailey - The Bankers
    • 10 weeks (May 31 - August 8, total of 14 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - In matters of Cain and Abel
    • 13 weeks (August 9th - November 7th, a total of 24 weeks)
  • Erica Jong - fear of flying
    • 1 week (November 8th - November 14th, a total of 6 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - In matters of Cain and Abel
    • 2 weeks (November 15 - November 28, a total of 24 weeks)
  • Erica Jong - fear of flying
    • 3 weeks (November 29th - December 19th, a total of 6 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - In matters of Cain and Abel
    • 9 weeks (December 20, 1976 - February 20, 1977, a total of 24 weeks)
1977 1978
  • Ephraim Kishon - In matters of Cain and Abel
    • 9 weeks (December 20, 1976 - February 20, 1977, a total of 24 weeks)
  • Erica Jong - fear of flying
    • 2 weeks (February 21st - March 6th, 6 weeks in total)
  • Lilli Palmer - The red raven
    • 8 weeks (March 7th - May 1st)
  • Reiner Kunze - The wonderful years
    • 15 weeks (May 2nd - August 14th)
  • Sandra Paretti - The Magic Ship
    • 1 week (August 15 - August 21)
  • Günter Grass - The Flounder
    • 29 weeks (August 22, 1977 - March 12, 1978)
  • Günter Grass - The Flounder
    • 29 weeks (August 22, 1977 - March 12, 1978)
  • Alex Haley - Roots
    • 1 week (March 13th - March 19th, together 2 weeks)
  • Loriot - Wum and Wendelin
    • 1 week (March 20th - March 26th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Alex Haley - Roots
    • 1 week (March 27th - April 2nd, together 2 weeks)
  • Loriot - Wum and Wendelin
    • 3 weeks (April 3 - April 23, 4 weeks in total)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Hurray, we're still alive
    • 22 weeks (April 24th - September 10th)
  • Siegfried Lenz - Local History Museum
    • 29 weeks (September 11, 1978 - April 1, 1979)
1979 1980
  • Siegfried Lenz - Local History Museum
    • 29 weeks (September 11, 1978 - April 1, 1979)
  • Ilse Countess von Bredow - Potatoes with Speck
    • 21 weeks (April 2nd - August 26th)
  • Heinrich Böll - Caring siege
    • 10 weeks (August 27th - November 4th)
  • Ephraim Kishon - Paradise to rent again
    • 3 weeks (November 5 - November 25, 19 weeks in total)
  • Frederick Forsyth - The Devil's Alternative
    • 2 weeks (November 26th - December 9th, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - Paradise to rent again
    • 2 weeks (December 10th - December 23rd, 19 weeks in total)
  • Frederick Forsyth - The Devil's Alternative
    • 1 week (December 24th - December 30th, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - Paradise to rent again
    • 13 weeks (December 31, 1979 - March 30, 1980, a total of 19 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - Paradise to rent again
    • 13 weeks (December 31, 1979 - March 30, 1980, a total of 19 weeks)
  • JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
    • 1 week (March 31 - April 6, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - Paradise to rent again
    • 1 week (April 7th - April 13th, a total of 19 weeks)
  • JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
    • 2 weeks (April 14th - April 27th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Avery Corman - Kramer versus Kramer
    • 2 weeks (April 28th - May 11th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • JRR Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
    • 2 weeks (May 12th -?, A total of 5 weeks)
  • Avery Corman - Kramer versus Kramer
    • 5 weeks (May 26th - June 29th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Günter Grass - head births or the Germans die out
    • 9 weeks (June 30th - August 31st)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - We bid you hope
    • 13 weeks (September 1st - November 30th, 14 weeks in total)
  • Larry Collins / Dominique Lapierre - The Fifth Horseman
    • 1 week (December 1st - December 7th)
  • Otto Waalkes - The book Otto
    • 1 week (December 8th - December 14th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - We bid you hope
    • 1 week (December 15 - December 21, a total of 14 weeks)
  • Otto Waalkes - The book Otto
    • 3 weeks (December 22, 1980 - January 11, 1981, a total of 4 weeks)

1981 ff

1981 1982
  • Otto Waalkes - The book Otto
    • 3 weeks (December 22, 1980 - January 11, 1981, a total of 4 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 9 weeks (January 12th - March 15th, a total of 111 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - ... and the best wife of all
    • 9 weeks (March 16 - May 17, total of 11 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 1 week (May 18 - May 24, total of 111 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - ... and the best wife of all
    • 1 week (May 25th - May 31st, a total of 11 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 1 week (June 1st - June 7th, a total of 111 weeks)
  • Ephraim Kishon - ... and the best wife of all
    • 1 week (June 8th - June 14th, a total of 11 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 56 weeks (June 15, 1981 - July 18, 1982, total of 111 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 56 weeks (June 15, 1981 - July 18, 1982, total of 111 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - Momo
    • 1 week (July 19 - July 25, total of 2 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 13 weeks (July 26th - October 24th, a total of 111 weeks)
  • James Clavell - Noble House Hong Kong
    • 8 weeks (October 25th - December 19th)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 13 weeks (December 20, 1982 - March 27, 1983, a total of 36 weeks)
1983 1984
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 13 weeks (December 20, 1982 - March 27, 1983, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Please let the flowers live
    • 1 week (March 28th - April 3rd, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 2 weeks (April 4th - April 17th, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Please let the flowers live
    • 1 week (April 18 - April 24, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (April 25th - May 1st, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Please let the flowers live
    • 1 week (May 2nd - May 8th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (May 9th - May 15th, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - Please let the flowers live
    • 2 weeks (May 16 - May 29, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (May 30th - June 5th, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 4 weeks (June 6th - July 3rd, a total of 111 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (July 4th - July 10th, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - Momo
    • 1 week (July 11th - July 17th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 2 weeks (July 18 - July 31, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 2 weeks (August 1st - August 14th, a total of 111 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 5 weeks (August 15 - September 18, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 2 weeks (September 19 - October 2, a total of 111 weeks)
  • John le Carré - The dragonfly
    • 2 weeks (October 3 - October 16, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (October 17th - October 23rd, a total of 36 weeks)
  • John le Carré - The dragonfly
    • 20 weeks (October 24, 1983 - March 11, 1984, a total of 23 weeks)
  • John le Carré - The dragonfly
    • 20 weeks (October 24, 1983 - March 11, 1984, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (March 12th - March 18th, a total of 36 weeks)
  • John le Carré - The dragonfly
    • 1 week (March 19 - March 25, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 1 week (March 26th - April 1st, total of 111 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (April 2nd - April 8th, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 19 weeks (April 9 - August 19, total of 111 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 3 weeks (August 20 - September 9, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 1 week (September 10 - September 16, a total of 111 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (September 17th - September 23rd, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 1 week (September 24th - September 30th, a total of 111 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 1 week (October 1st - October 7th, 36 weeks in total)
  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
    • 1 week (October 8th - October 14th, a total of 111 weeks)
  • Umberto Eco - The name of the rose
    • 2 weeks (October 15 - October 28, a total of 36 weeks)
  • Isabel Allende - The Haunted House
    • 29 weeks (October 29, 1984 - May 19, 1985)
1985 1986
  • Christine Brückner - The Quints
    • 10 weeks (December 16, 1985 - February 23, 1986)
  • Patrick Süskind - The Perfume
    • 6 weeks (February 24th - April 6th, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Günter Grass - The She-rat
    • 7 weeks (April 7th - May 25th)
  • Tania Blixen - Africa, dark, alluring world
    • 6 weeks (May 26th - July 6th)
  • Isabel Allende - Of love and shadow
    • 32 weeks (July 7, 1986 - February 15, 1987)
1987 1988
  • Isabel Allende - Of love and shadow
    • 32 weeks (July 7, 1986 - February 15, 1987)
  • Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the times of cholera
    • 34 weeks (February 16 - October 11, a total of 68 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - But with the clowns came tears
    • 1 week (October 12th - October 18th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the times of cholera
    • 4 weeks (October 19 - November 15, a total of 68 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - But with the clowns came tears
    • 1 week (November 16 - November 22, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the times of cholera
    • 1 week (23 November - 29 November, a total of 68 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - But with the clowns came tears
    • 1 week (November 30th - December 6th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the times of cholera
    • 1 week (December 7th - December 13th, a total of 68 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - But with the clowns came tears
    • 4 weeks (December 14, 1987 - January 10, 1988, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - But with the clowns came tears
    • 4 weeks (December 14, 1987 - January 10, 1988, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the times of cholera
    • 20 weeks (January 11th - May 29th, a total of 68 weeks)
  • Stephen King - The monster
    • 1 week (May 30th - June 5th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the times of cholera
    • 1 week (June 6th - June 12th, a total of 68 weeks)
  • Stephen King - The monster
    • 1 week (June 13th - June 19th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Gabriel García Márquez - Love in the times of cholera
    • 7 weeks (June 20 - August 14, a total of 68 weeks)
  • Isabel Allende - Eva Luna
    • 33 weeks (August 15, 1988 - April 2, 1989)
1989 1990
  • Umberto Eco - The Foucault Pendulum
    • 21 weeks (December 11, 1989 - May 6, 1990)
  • Benoîte Groult - salt on our skin
    • 23 weeks (May 7th - October 14th, a total of 61 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - In spring the lark sings for the last time
    • 15 weeks (October 15, 1990 - January 20, 1991, a total of 16 weeks)

1991 ff

1991 1992
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - In spring the lark sings for the last time
    • 15 weeks (October 15, 1990 - January 20, 1991, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Benoîte Groult - salt on our skin
    • 1 week (January 21 - January 26, a total of 61 weeks)
  • Johannes Mario Simmel - In spring the lark sings for the last time
    • 1 week (January 28th - February 3rd, 16 weeks in total)
  • Benoîte Groult - salt on our skin
    • 12 weeks (February 4th - April 28th, a total of 61 weeks)
  • Rosamunde Pilcher - September
    • 25 weeks (April 29th - October 20th)
  • Alexandra Ripley - Scarlett
    • 16 weeks (October 21, 1991 - February 9, 1992)
1993 1994
  • John Grisham - The Files
    • 76 weeks (July 26, 1992 - January 9, 1994, a total of 90 weeks)
  • John Grisham - The Files
    • 76 weeks (July 26, 1992 - January 9, 1994, a total of 90 weeks)
  • Rosamunde Pilcher - Wild Thyme
    • 1 week (January 10th - January 16th)
  • John Grisham - The Files
    • 13 weeks (January 17th - April 17th, 90 weeks in total)
  • Jostein Gaarder - Sofie's world
    • 1 week (April 18 - April 24, a total of 63 weeks)
  • John Grisham - The Files
    • 1 week (April 25th - May 1st, 90 weeks in total)
  • Jostein Gaarder - Sofie's world
    • 10 weeks (May 2nd - July 10th, 63 weeks in total)
  • John Grisham - The Client
    • 1 week (July 11th - July 17th, a total of 10 weeks)
  • Jostein Gaarder - Sofie's world
    • 1 week (July 18 - July 24, a total of 63 weeks)
  • John Grisham - The Client
    • 8 weeks (July 25th - September 18th, total of 10 weeks)
  • Jostein Gaarder - Sofie's world
    • 2 weeks (September 19 - October 2, 63 weeks in total)
  • John Grisham - The Client
    • 1 week (October 3 - October 9, a total of 10 weeks)
  • Jostein Gaarder - Sofie's world
    • 49 weeks (October 10, 1994 - September 17, 1995, a total of 63 weeks)
1995 1996
  • Jostein Gaarder - Sofie's world
    • 49 weeks (October 10, 1994 - September 17, 1995, a total of 63 weeks)
  • Noah Gordon - The Medicus' heirs
    • 20 weeks (September 18, 1995 - February 4, 1996)
  • Noah Gordon - The Medicus' heirs
    • 20 weeks (September 18, 1995 - February 4, 1996)
  • Nicholas Evans - The Horse Whisperer
    • 18 weeks (February 5th - June 9th)
  • John Grisham - The Rainmaker
    • 11 weeks (June 10th - August 25th, total of 41 weeks)
  • Javier Marías - My heart is so white
    • 1 week (August 26th - September 1st)
  • John Grisham - The Rainmaker
    • 29 weeks (September 2, 1996 - March 23, 1997, a total of 41 weeks)
1997 1998
  • John Grisham - The Rainmaker
    • 29 weeks (September 2, 1996 - March 23, 1997, a total of 41 weeks)
  • Frank McCourt - My Mother's Ashes
    • 1 week (March 24th - March 30th, 2 weeks in total)
  • John Grisham - The Rainmaker
    • 1 week (March 31 - April 6, 41 weeks in total)
  • Frank McCourt - My Mother's Ashes
    • 1 week (April 7th - April 13th, a total of 2 weeks)
  • John Grisham - The Judgment
    • 8 weeks (April 14th - June 8th)
  • Marianne Fredriksson - Hanna's daughters
    • 44 weeks (June 9, 1997 - April 12, 1998, total of 47 weeks)
  • Marianne Fredriksson - Hanna's daughters
    • 44 weeks (June 9, 1997 - April 12, 1998, total of 47 weeks)
  • John Grisham - The Partner
    • 2 weeks (April 13th - April 26th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Marianne Fredriksson - Hanna's daughters
    • 1 week (April 27 - May 3, a total of 47 weeks)
  • John Grisham - The Partner
    • 4 weeks (May 4th - May 31st, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Marianne Fredriksson - Hanna's daughters
    • 1 week (June 1st - June 7th, a total of 47 weeks)
  • John Grisham - The Partner
    • 1 week (June 8th - June 14th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Marianne Fredriksson - Hanna's daughters
    • 1 week (June 15 - June 21, a total of 47 weeks)
  • John Grisham - The Partner
    • 1 week (June 22nd - June 28th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Donna Leon - Sleep gently
    • 15 weeks (June 29th - October 11th, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Ingrid Noll - red rose
    • 1 week (October 12th - October 18th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Donna Leon - Sleep gently
    • 1 week (October 19 - October 25, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Ingrid Noll - red rose
    • 1 week (October 26th - November 1st, 2 weeks in total)
  • Marianne Fredriksson - Simon
    • 20 weeks (November 2, 1998 - March 21, 1999)
1999 2000

2001 ff

2001 2002
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    • 10 weeks (October 30, 2000 - January 7, 2001, a total of 11 weeks)
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    • 8 weeks (January 8th - February 25th, 50 weeks in total)
  • Henning Mankell - The man who smiled
    • 27 weeks (February 26th - September 2nd)
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    • 1 week (September 3 - September 9, total of 11 weeks)
  • Ken Follett - The Second Memory
    • 1 week (September 10th - September 16th)
  • Umberto Eco - Baudolino
    • 8 weeks (September 17th - November 11th)
  • Henning Mankell - The firewall
    • 2 weeks (November 12th - November 25th)
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
    • 8 weeks (November 26, 2001 - January 13, 2002, a total of 50 weeks)
2003 2004
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    • 11 weeks (November 17, 2003 - February 1, 2004)
  • Robert Harris - Pompeii
    • 5 weeks (February 2nd - March 7th)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 9 weeks (March 8th - May 9th, 48 weeks in total)
  • Donna Leon - Secret channels
    • 7 weeks (May 10th - June 27th)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 2 weeks (June 28th - July 11th, 48 weeks in total)
  • Frank Schätzing - The Swarm
    • 1 week (July 12th - July 18th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 1 week (July 19 - July 25, total of 48 weeks)
  • Frank Schätzing - The Swarm
    • 1 week (July 26th - August 1st, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 5 weeks (August 2nd - September 5th, 48 weeks in total)
  • Elizabeth George - Who Seeks the Truth
    • 3 weeks (September 6th - September 26th)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 2 weeks (September 27th - October 10th, a total of 48 weeks)
  • Ildikó von Kürthy - Blue Miracles
    • 2 weeks (October 11th - October 24th)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 11 weeks (October 25 - January 9, 2005, a total of 48 weeks)
2005 2006
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 11 weeks (October 25 - January 9, 2005, a total of 48 weeks)
  • Frank Schätzing - The Swarm
    • 5 weeks (January 10th - February 13th, 7 weeks in total)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 3 weeks (February 14th - March 6th, 48 weeks in total)
  • Dan Brown - Diabolus
    • 5 weeks (March 7th - April 10th)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 9 weeks (April 11th - June 12th, 48 weeks in total)
  • Donna Leon - Evidence It's Bad
    • 2 weeks (June 13th - June 26th)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 4 weeks (June 27th - July 24th, a total of 48 weeks)
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    • 6 weeks (July 25th - September 4th)
  • Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
    • 2 weeks (September 5th - September 18th, 48 weeks in total)
  • Diana Gabaldon - A touch of snow and ashes
    • 3 weeks (September 19 - October 9)
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    • 14 weeks (October 10, 2005 - January 15, 2006)
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    • 14 weeks (October 10, 2005 - January 15, 2006)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - Measuring the World
    • 21 weeks (January 16 - June 2, 37 weeks in total)
  • Donna Leon - Bloody Stones
    • 4 weeks (June 5th - July 2nd)
  • Elizabeth George - Where There's No Witness
    • 3 weeks (July 3rd - July 23rd)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - Measuring the World
    • 1 week (July 24th - July 30th, a total of 37 weeks)
  • Ildikó von Kürthy - Höhenrausch
    • 4 weeks (July 31st - August 27th)
  • Günter Grass - When peeling the onion
    • 5 weeks (August 28th - October 1st)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - Measuring the World
    • 1 week (October 2nd - October 8th, 37 weeks in total)
  • Charlotte Link - The Echo of Guilt
    • 1 week (October 9th - October 15th)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - Measuring the World
    • 1 week (October 16 - October 22, 37 weeks in total)
  • Katharina Hacker - The have-nots
    • 5 weeks (October 23 - November 26)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - Measuring the World
    • 12 weeks (November 27, 2006 - February 18, 2007, a total of 37 weeks)
2007 2008
2009 2010
  • Joanne K. Rowling - The fairy tales of Beedle the Bard
    • 4 weeks (December 15, 2008 - January 11, 2009)
  • Charlotte Roche - Wetlands
    • 2 weeks (January 12th - January 25th, a total of 32 weeks)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - fame
    • 1 week (January 26th - February 1st)
  • Stephenie Meyer - Until (s) noon
    • 3 weeks (February 2nd - February 22nd)
  • Stephenie Meyer - Until the end of the night
    • 9 weeks (February 23 - April 26, 14 weeks in total)
  • Stephenie Meyer - Until the sunset
    • 2 weeks (April 27 - May 10, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Stephenie Meyer - Until the end of the night
    • 4 weeks (May 11th - June 7th, 14 weeks in total)
  • Donna Leon - the girl of his dreams
    • 1 week (June 8th - June 14th)
  • Stephenie Meyer - Until the sunset
    • 4 weeks (June 15 - July 12, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Stephenie Meyer - Until the end of the night
    • 1 week (July 13th - July 19th, a total of 14 weeks)
  • Stephenie Meyer - Until the sunset
    • 8 weeks (July 20th - September 13th, 16 weeks in total)
  • Charlotte Link - The other child
    • 1 week (September 14th - September 20th)
  • Volker Klüpfel / Michael Kobr - Rauhnacht
    • 4 weeks (September 21 - October 18)
  • Frank Schätzing - Limit
    • 1 week (October 19 - October 25)
  • Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol
    • 12 weeks (October 26, 2009 - January 17, 2010)

2011 ff

2011 2012
2013 2014
2015 2016
  • Sebastian Fitzek - passenger 23
    • 9.57 weeks (November 17, 2014 - January 23, 2015)
  • Michel Houellebecq - Submission
    • 5 weeks (January 24th - February 27th)
  • Kiera Cass - Selection - The Chosen One
    • 1 week (February 28th - March 6th)
  • Martin Suter - Montecristo
    • 2 weeks (March 7th - March 20th)
  • Jussi Adler-Olsen - promise
    • 10 weeks (March 21 - May 29)
  • Donna Leon - Death Between the Lines
    • 3 weeks (May 30th - June 19th)
  • Dörte Hansen - Old Country
    • 6 weeks (June 20 - July 31, total of 10 weeks)
  • Harper Lee - Go, put a guard
    • 1 week (August 1st - August 7th)
  • Dörte Hansen - Old Country
    • 4 weeks (August 8th - September 4th, total of 10 weeks)
  • David Lagercrantz after Stieg Larsson - Conspiracy
    • 4 weeks (September 5th - October 2nd)
  • Jojo Moyes - A whole new life
    • 2 weeks (October 3 - October 16, a total of 22 weeks)
  • Kerstin Gier - Silver - The third book of dreams
    • 1 week (October 17th - October 23rd)
  • Jojo Moyes - A whole new life
    • 2 weeks (October 24th - November 6th, a total of 22 weeks)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The Joshua profile
    • 1 week (November 7th - November 13th)
  • Jojo Moyes - A whole new life
    • 13 weeks (November 14, 2015 - February 12, 2016, a total of 22 weeks)
  • Jojo Moyes - A whole new life
    • 13 weeks (November 14, 2015 - February 12, 2016, a total of 22 weeks)
  • Jan Weiler - In the realm of puberty
    • 4 weeks (February 13th - March 11th)
  • Siegfried Lenz - The defector
    • 5 weeks (March 12th - April 15th)
  • Jonas Jonasson - murderer Anders and his friends with one or the other enemy
    • 7 weeks (April 16 - June 3)
  • Donna Leon - Eternal Youth
    • 5 weeks (June 4th - July 8th)
  • Jojo Moyes - A whole new life
    • 5 weeks (July 9th - August 12th, a total of 22 weeks)
  • Joanne K. Rowling / John Tiffany / Jack Thorne - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
    • 4 weeks (August 13th - September 9th)
  • Elena Ferrante - My brilliant friend
    • 1 week (September 10th - September 16th, 3 weeks in total)
  • Charlotte Link - The decision
    • 1 week (September 17th - September 23rd)
  • Elena Ferrante - My brilliant friend
    • 1 week (September 24th - September 30th, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Joanne K. Rowling / John Tiffany / Jack Thorne - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
    • 5 weeks (October 1st - November 4th. 13 weeks in total)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The package
    • 1 week (November 5th - November 11th, 3 weeks in total)
  • Joanne K. Rowling / John Tiffany / Jack Thorne - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
    • 8 weeks (November 12, 2016 - January 6, 2017. 13 weeks in total)
2017 2018
  • Joanne K. Rowling / John Tiffany / Jack Thorne - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
    • 8 weeks (November 12, 2016 - January 6, 2017. 13 weeks in total)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The package
    • 2 weeks (January 7th - January 20th, 3 weeks in total)
  • Elena Ferrante - My brilliant friend
    • 1 week (January 21 - January 27, 3 weeks in total)
  • Joanne K. Rowling - Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
    • 1 week (January 28th - February 3rd)
  • Martin Suter - Elephant
    • 6 weeks (February 4th - March 17th)
  • Jussi Adler-Olsen - Selfies
    • 7 weeks (March 18 - May 5, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Rebecca Gablé - The Foreign Queen
    • 1 week (May 6th - May 12th)
  • Jussi Adler-Olsen - Selfies
    • 1 week (May 13th - May 19th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Maja Lunde - The story of the bees
    • 2 weeks (May 20th - June 2nd, 14 weeks in total)
  • Donna Leon - Still Waters
    • 1 week (June 3rd - June 9th)
  • Maja Lunde - The story of the bees
    • 12 weeks (June 10th - September 1st, total of 14 weeks)
  • Elena Ferrante - The story of the separate ways
    • 3 weeks (September 2nd - September 22nd)
  • Ken Follett - The Foundation of Eternity
    • 3 weeks (September 23 - October 13)
  • Dan Brown - Origin
    • 3 weeks (October 14th - November 3rd, 9 weeks in total)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - fear of flying 7A
    • 1 week (November 4th - November 10th)
  • Lucinda Riley - The Pearl Sister
    • 1 week (November 11th - November 17th)
  • Dan Brown - Origin
    • 6 weeks (November 18th - December 29th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - Tyll
    • 4 weeks (December 30, 2017 - January 26, 2018)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - Tyll
    • 4 weeks (December 30, 2017 - January 26, 2018)
  • Bernhard Schlink - Olga
    • 1 week (January 27th - February 2nd)
  • Jojo Moyes - My heart in two worlds
    • 2 weeks (February 3 - February 16, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Elena Ferrante - The story of the lost child
    • 1 week (February 17th - February 23rd)
  • Jojo Moyes - My heart in two worlds
    • 3 weeks (February 24th - March 16th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Ferdinand von Schirach - punishment
    • 3 weeks (March 17th - April 6th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Paluten / Klaas Kern - The Schmahamas Conspiracy
    • 1 week (April 7th - April 13th)
  • Ferdinand von Schirach - punishment
    • 2 weeks (April 14th - April 27th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Haruki Murakami - The Assassination of Commendatore II
    • 1 week (April 28th - May 4th)
  • Frank Schätzing - The tyranny of the butterfly
    • 1 week (May 5th - May 11th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Volker Klüpfel / Michael Kobr - Kluftinger
    • 1 week (May 12th - May 18th)
  • Frank Schätzing - The tyranny of the butterfly
    • 4 weeks (May 19 - June 15, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Robert Seethaler - The field
    • 12 weeks (June 16 - September 7)
  • Timur Vermes - The hungry and the satiated
    • 1 week (September 8th - September 14th)
  • Jonas Jonasson - The centenarian who came back to save the world
    • 1 week (September 15th - September 21st)
  • July toe - New Year
    • 1 week (September 22nd - September 28th)
  • Rita Falk - Eberhofer, Zefix!
    • 1 week (September 29th - October 5th)
  • Carmen Korn - a turning point
    • 1 week (October 6th - October 12th)
  • Charlotte Link - The Search
    • 1 week (October 13th - October 19th)
  • Michael Hjorth / Hans Rosenfeldt - The sacrifices that are made
    • 1 week (October 20th - October 26th)
  • Dörte Hansen - noon hour
    • 1 week (October 27th - November 2nd)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The inmate
    • 2 weeks (November 3rd - November 16th, 3 weeks in total)
  • Lucinda Riley - The Moon Sister
    • 2 weeks (November 17th - November 30th)
  • Nele Neuhaus - Mother's Day
    • 4 weeks (December 1st - December 28th, 6 weeks in total)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The inmate
    • 1 week (December 29, 2018 - January 4, 2019, a total of 3 weeks)
2019 2020
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The inmate
    • 1 week (December 29, 2018 - January 4, 2019, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Nele Neuhaus - Mother's Day
    • 2 weeks (January 5th - January 18th, 6 weeks in total)
  • Michel Houellebecq - Serotonin
    • 4 weeks (January 19 - February 15)
  • TC Boyle - The light
    • 1 week (February 16 - February 22)
  • Simon Beckett - The Eternal Dead
    • 3 weeks (February 23rd - March 15th)
  • Ferdinand von Schirach - coffee and cigarettes
    • 3 weeks (March 16 - April 5, total of 11 weeks)
  • Walter Moers - The Book Dragon
    • 1 week (April 6th - April 12th)
  • Ferdinand von Schirach - coffee and cigarettes
    • 3 weeks (April 13th - May 3rd, total of 11 weeks)
  • Martin Walker - Menu surprise
    • 1 week (May 4th - May 10th)
  • Ferdinand von Schirach - coffee and cigarettes
    • 3 weeks (May 11th - May 31st, total of 11 weeks)
  • Donna Leon - A son is given to us
    • 4 weeks (June 1st - June 28th)
  • Ferdinand von Schirach - coffee and cigarettes
    • 2 weeks (June 29th - July 12th, a total of 11 weeks)
  • Daniela Krien - love in an emergency
    • 2 weeks (July 13th - July 26th, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Cornelia Funke , Guillermo del Toro - The Labyrinth of the Faun
    • 1 week (July 27th - August 2nd)
  • Daniela Krien - love in an emergency
    • 1 week (August 3 - August 9, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Karin Slaughter - The last widow
    • 2 weeks (August 10th - August 23rd)
  • Ursula Poznanski - Erebos 2
    • 2 weeks (August 24th - September 6th)
  • Rebecca Gablé - Devil's Crown
    • 1 week (September 7th - September 13th)
  • Ildikó von Kürthy - It's time
    • 1 week (September 14th - September 20th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Stephen King - The Institute
    • 1 week (September 21st - September 27th)
  • Ildikó von Kürthy - It's time
    • 1 week (September 28th - October 4th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Martin Suter - Allmen and the Koi
    • 1 week (October 5th - October 11th)
  • Jojo Moyes - like a glow in the dead of night
    • 1 week (October 12th - October 18th)
  • Jussi Adler-Olsen - Sacrifice 2117
    • 1 week (October 19 - October 25)
  • Saša Stanišić - origin
    • 1 week (October 26th - November 1st)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The present
    • 4 weeks (November 2nd - November 29th)
  • Lucinda Riley - The Sun Sister
    • 2 weeks (November 30th - December 13th)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The present
    • 7 weeks (December 14, 2019 - February 1, 2020)
  • Sebastian Fitzek - The present
    • ... weeks (December 14, 2019 - February 1, 2020)

Most successful authors from 1961

The following authors most frequently achieved the top spot on the Spiegel bestseller list:

The following authors achieved the top spot on the Spiegel bestseller list with most books:

Joanne K. Rowling

The British author JK Rowling has been successful with the following 15 books:

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: 50 Weeks (March 6 - October 29, 2000, January 8 - February 25, 2001, and November 26, 2001 - January 13, 2002)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 11 weeks (October 30, 2000 - January 7, 2001 and September 3 - September 9, 2001)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: 1 Week (January 14 - January 20, 2002)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: 2 Weeks (January 21 - February 3, 2002)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: 7 weeks (June 16 - August 3, 2003)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: 11 Weeks (November 17, 2003 - February 1, 2004)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: 6 Weeks (July 25 - September 4, 2005)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: 14 weeks (October 10, 2005 - January 15, 2006)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 5 Weeks (July 30 - September 2, 2007)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: 11 Weeks (November 5, 2007 - January 20, 2008)
  • The fairy tales of Beedle the Bard: 4 weeks (December 15, 2008 - January 11, 2009)
  • A sudden death: 2 weeks (October 8 - October 21, 2012)
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: 4 weeks (August 13 - September 9, 2016)
  • Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: 13 weeks (October 1 - November 4, 2016 and November 12, 2016 - January 6, 2017)
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them: 1 week (January 28 - February 3, 2017)

Donna Leon

The American writer Donna Leon was successful with the following 15 books:

  • Sleep gently: 16 weeks (June 29 - October 11 and October 19 - October 25, 1998)
  • Nobilità: 8 weeks (August 2 - September 26, 1999)
  • The Law of the Lagoon: 5 Weeks (June 3 - July 7, 2002)
  • The dark hour of the Serenissima: 1 week (June 9 - June 15, 2003)
  • Hidden channels: 7 weeks (May 10 - June 27, 2004)
  • Evidence It's Evil: 2 Weeks (June 13 - June 26, 2005)
  • Bloody stones: 4 weeks (June 5 - July 2, 2006)
  • As if through a dark glass: 5 weeks (June 4 - July 8, 2007)
  • The girl of his dreams: 1 week (June 8th - June 14th, 2009)
  • In good faith: 1 week (June 6th - June 12th 2011)
  • The golden egg: 4 weeks (June 9th - July 6th 2014)
  • Death between the lines: 3 weeks (May 30 - June 19, 2015)
  • Eternal youth: 5 weeks (June 4 - July 8, 2016)
  • Still waters: 1 week (June 3 - June 9, 2017)
  • A son is given to us: 4 weeks (June 1 - June 28, 2019)

Johannes Mario Simmel

The Austrian writer Johannes Mario Simmel was successful with the following 11 books:

  • Dear Fatherland may be quiet: 15.71 weeks (October 20 - November 30, 1965, December 15, 1965 - January 30, 1966 and February 28 - March 20, 1966)
  • All Humans Become Brothers: 5 Weeks (March 25 - April 28, 1968)
  • And Jimmy went to the Rainbow: 25 weeks (March 16 - July 19 and August 3 - September 20, 1970)
  • The stuff dreams are made of: 24 weeks (October 25, 1971 - April 9, 1972)
  • Only the wind knows the answer: 10 weeks (August 20 - October 21, 1973 and January 7 - January 13, 1974)
  • Nobody is an island: 28 weeks (August 25, 1975 - March 7, 1976)
  • Hurray, we're still alive: 22 weeks (April 24 - November 10, 1978)
  • We bid you hope: 13 weeks (September 1 - November 30 and December 15 - December 21, 1980)
  • Please let the flowers live: 5 weeks (March 28 - April 3, April 18 - April 24, May 2 - May 8 and May 16 - May 29, 1983)
  • But with the clowns came the tears: 7 weeks (October 12 - October 18, November 16 - November 22, November 30 - December 6, 1987 and December 14, 1987 - January 10, 1988)
  • The lark sings for the last time in spring: 15 weeks (October 15, 1990 - January 20, 1991 and January 28 - February 3, 1991)

Jussi Adler-Olsen

The Danish crime novelist Jussi Adler-Olsen was successful with the following 8 books:

  • Desecration: 3 weeks (September 6 - September 26, 2010)
  • Redemption: 7 weeks (July 4th - August 21st 2011)
  • The alphabet house: 5 weeks (February 6 - March 11, 2012)
  • Contempt: 2 weeks (September 10 - September 23, 2012)
  • Expectation: 6 weeks (September 23 - November 3, 2013)
  • Promise: 10 weeks (March 21 - May 29, 2015)
  • Selfies: 8 weeks (March 18 - May 5 and May 13 - May 19, 2017)
  • Sacrifice 2117: … weeks (October 19, 2019 -…)

Heinrich Boell

The German writer Heinrich Böll was successful with the following 7 books:

  • Stories. Radio plays. Essays: 24 weeks (October 18 - December 12, 1961 and December 20, 1961 - April 10, 1962)
  • Views of a Clown: 25 Weeks (July 3 - October 8, 1963, February 5 - February 25, March 4 - April 21, and April 29 - May 5, 1964)
  • End of a business trip: 26 weeks (October 17, 1966 - April 16, 1967)
  • Group picture with lady: 7 weeks (August 30 - September 19 and September 27 - October 24, 1971)
  • The lost honor of Katharina Blum: 10 weeks (August 26 - November 3, 1974)
  • Caring Siege: 10 Weeks (August 27 - November 4, 1979)
  • Women in front of a river landscape: 13 weeks (September 16 - December 15, 1985)

Günter Grass

The German writer Günter Grass was successful with the following 7 books:

  • Dog years: 13 weeks (October 9, 1963 - February 4, 1964 and February 26 - March 3, 1964)
  • Local anesthesia: 9 weeks (September 29 - November 30, 1969)
  • The Flounder: 29 weeks (August 22, 1977 - March 12, 1978)
  • Head births or the Germans die out: 9 weeks (June 30 - August 31, 1980)
  • The She-rat: 7 weeks (April 7th - May 25th 1986)
  • Crab walk: 14 weeks (February 18 - May 26, 2002)
  • When peeling the onion: 5 weeks (August 28 - October 1, 2006)

Ken Follett

The British writer Ken Follett was successful with the following seven books:

  • The second memory: 1 week (September 10 - September 16, 2001)
  • The leopard: 2 weeks (October 21 - November 3, 2002)
  • The Gates of the World: 3 Weeks (March 10 - March 30, 2008)
  • Fall of the Titans: 8 weeks (October 11 - October 21, November 29 - December 5, 2010, and January 3 - January 9, 2011)
  • Winter of the world: 1 week (October 1 - October 7, 2012)
  • Children of Freedom: 2 weeks (September 29 - October 5 and October 13 - October 19, 2014)
  • The Foundation of Eternity: 3 weeks (September 23 - October 13, 2017)

PC Cast and Kristin Cast

The American writers PC Cast and their daughter Kristin Cast were successful with the following 7 books:

  • House of Night 01: Signed: 3 weeks (January 18 - February 7, 2010)
  • House of Night 03: Elected: 1 week (August 16 - August 22, 2010)
  • House of Night 04: Untamed: 1 week (November 22 - November 28, 2010)
  • House of Night 05: Hunted: 2 Weeks (February 21 - March 6, 2011)
  • House of Night 06: Tried: 2 weeks (May 23 - June 5, 2011)
  • House of Night 08: Awakened: 1 week (November 21 - November 27, 2011)
  • House of Night 10: Lost: 1 Week (December 10 - December 16, 2012)

John Grisham

The American judicial thriller and crime novelist John Grisham was successful with the following 6 books:

  • The Acts: 90 Weeks (July 26, 1992 - January 9, 1994, January 17 - April 17, and April 25 - May 1, 1994)
  • The client: 10 weeks (July 11th - July 17th, July 25th - September 18th and October 3rd - October 9th 1994)
  • The Rainmaker: 41 weeks (June 20 - August 25, 1996, September 2, 1996 - March 23, 1997 and March 31 - April 6, 1997)
  • The verdict: 8 weeks (April 14 - June 8, 1997)
  • The partner: 8 weeks (April 13 - April 26, May 4 - May 31, June 8 - June 14 and June 22 - June 28, 1998)
  • The debt: 3 weeks (March 31 - April 20, 2003)

Henning Mankell

The Swedish writer Henning Mankell was successful with the following 6 books:

  • The Man Who Smiled: 27 Weeks (February 26 - September 2, 2001)
  • The firewall: 2 weeks (November 12 - November 25, 2001)
  • Wallander's first case and other stories: 1 week (May 27 - June 2, 2002)
  • The return of the dance teacher: 15 weeks (November 4, 2002 - February 16, 2003 and February 24 - March 2, 2003)
  • Before the frost: 6 weeks (August 4 - September 14, 2004)
  • The Enemy in the Shadows: 1 week (May 17 - May 23, 2010)

Sebastian Fitzek

The German writer and journalist Sebastian Fitzek was successful with the following 6 books:

  • Passenger 23: 9.57 weeks (November 17, 2014 - January 23, 2015)
  • The Joshua profile : 1 week (November 7th - November 13th, 2015)
  • The package: 1 week (November 5 - November 11, 2016 and January 7 - January 20, 2017)
  • Fear of flying 7A: 1 week (November 4 - November 10, 2017)
  • The inmate: 2 weeks (November 3 - November 16, 2018 and December 29, 2018 - January 4, 2019)
  • The gift: 10 weeks (November 2 - November 29, 2019 and December 14 - January 23, 2020)

Writers who replaced themselves at number one

  • 1982: Michael Ende - "The Neverending Story" → "Momo"
  • 2000/2001: Joanne K. Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" → "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" → "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"
  • 2002: Joanne K. Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" → "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" → "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
  • 2005: Dan Brown - "Da Vinci Code" → "Diabolus" → "Da Vinci Code"
  • 2009: Stephenie Meyer - "Until (s) the noon" → "Until (s) the end of the night" → "Until (s) the sunset" → "Until (s) the end of the night"
  • 2009: Stephenie Meyer - "Until (s) to the sunset" → "Until (s) to the end of the night" → "To (s) to the sunset"

"Long-running"

The statistics below show books that have been at the top of the bestseller list for at least 26 weeks.

111 weeks

  • Michael Ende - The Neverending Story (January 12 - March 15, May 18 - May 24, June 1 - June 7, 1981, June 15, 1981 - July 18, 1982, July 26 - October 24, 1982 June 6 - July 3, August 1 - August 14, September 19 - October 2, 1983, March 26 - April 1, April 9 - August 19, September 10 - September 16, September 24th - September 30th and October 8th - October 14th 1984)

90 weeks

  • John Grisham , The Files (July 26, 1992 - January 9, 1994, January 17 - April 17, and April 25 - May 1, 1994)

68 weeks

63 weeks

  • Jostein Gaarder - Sofies Welt (April 18 - April 24, May 2 - July 10, July 18 - July 24, September 19 - October 2, 1994 and October 10, 1994 - September 17, 1995)

61 weeks

50 weeks

48 weeks

47 weeks

  • Marianne Fredriksson - Hanna's daughters (June 9, 1997 - April 12, 1998, April 27 - May 3, June 1 - June 7 and June 15 - June 21, 1998)

41 weeks

  • John Grisham - The Rainmaker (June 10 - August 25, September 2, 1996 - March 23, 1997, and March 31 - April 6, 1997)

37 weeks

  • Siegfried Lenz - German Lesson (November 25 - December 8, 1968, December 16, 1968 - January 19, 1969 and January 27 - August 24, 1969)
  • Daniel Kehlmann - Measuring the World (January 16 - June 2, July 24 - July 30, October 2 - October 8, October 16 - October 22, 2006, November 27, 2006 - February 18, 2007 and 26 February - 4 March 2007)

36 weeks

  • Umberto Eco - The Name of the Rose (December 20, 1982 - March 27, 1983, April 4 - April 17, April 25 - May 1, May 9 - May 15, May 30 - June 5, July 4 - July 10, July 18 - July 31, August 15 - September 18, October 17 - October 23, 1983, March 12 - March 18, April 2 - April 8, April 20, 1983 August - September 9, September 17 - September 23, October 1 - October 7 and October 15 - October 28, 1984)

33 weeks

32 weeks

31 weeks

30 weeks

29 weeks

28 weeks

27 weeks

26 weeks

particularities

There was only one front runner in 1993: John Grisham - The Files . This book was also in first place for the longest uninterrupted period at 76 weeks.

Joanne K. Rowling achieved four titles (2003 with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , 2005 with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince , 2007 with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and 2016 with Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ) with both the English-speaking Both the original edition and the German translation top the bestseller list.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ All Spiegel titles for a year (front page), here for example 2000 and 2019