List of the best-selling non-fiction books in Germany

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The list of the best-selling non - fiction books in Germany was initially compiled by the Allensbach Institute for Demoscopy ; Since October 25, 1971, it has been determined by Buchreport on behalf of the Spiegel .

Lists

1961 ff.

1961 1962
  • Hans Graf von Lehndorff - East Prussian Diary. Doctor's notes from 1945 to 1947
    • 3 weeks (October 18 - November 7, a total of 20 weeks)
  • Peter Bamm - On the coasts of light
    • 10 weeks (November 8, 1961 - January 16, 1962)
  • Peter Bamm - On the coasts of light
    • 10 weeks (November 8, 1961 - January 16, 1962)
  • Hans Graf von Lehndorff - East Prussian Diary. Doctor's notes from 1945 to 1947
    • 17 weeks (January 17th - May 15th, a total of 20 weeks)
  • Friedrich L. Boschke - The creation is not over yet
    • 12 weeks (May 16 - August 7)
  • Klaus Mehnert - Beijing and Moscow
    • 30 weeks (August 8, 1962 - March 5, 1963)
1963 1964
  • Theodor Heuss - Memories 1905 to 1933
    • 29 weeks (October 30, 1963 - May 19, 1964, a total of 31 weeks)
  • Rudolf Pörtner - The heirs of Rome
    • 2 weeks (May 20th - June 2nd, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Theodor Heuss - Memories 1905 to 1933
    • 2 weeks (June 3 - June 16, a total of 31 weeks)
  • Rudolf Pörtner - The heirs of Rome
    • 1 week (June 17th - June 23rd, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Hans Habe - Death in Texas
    • 1 week (June 24th - June 30th, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Rudolf Pörtner - The heirs of Rome
    • 2 weeks (July 1st - July 14th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Hans Habe - Death in Texas
    • 12 weeks (July 15 - October 6, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Marion Countess Dönhoff / Rudolf Walter Leonhardt / Theo Sommer - Journey to a distant land
    • 2 weeks (October 7th - October 20th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Hans Habe - Death in Texas
    • 3 weeks (October 21 - November 10, a total of 16 weeks)
  • Marion Countess Dönhoff / Rudolf Walter Leonhardt / Theo Sommer - Journey to a distant land
    • 5 weeks (November 11th - December 15th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Hanna Frielinghaus-Heuss - Heuss anecdotes
    • 12 weeks (December 16, 1964 - March 9, 1965)
1965 1966
  • Konrad Adenauer - memories 1945 - 1953
    • 18.71 weeks (November 3, 1965 - March 13, 1966)
  • Peter Bamm - Alexander or The Transformation of the World
    • 2 weeks (March 14th - March 27th)
  • Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky - Secret Records
    • 7 weeks (March 28th - May 15th, total of 10 weeks)
  • Wilhelm Fucks - formulas for power
    • 1 week (May 16 - May 22)
  • Oleg Vladimirovich Penkovsky - Secret Records
    • 3 weeks (23 May - 12 June, a total of 10 weeks)
  • Karl Jaspers - Where is the Federal Republic going?
    • 18 weeks (June 13th - October 16th)
  • Carl Zuckmayer - As if it were a piece of me
    • 32 weeks (October 17, 1966 - May 28, 1967, 37 weeks in total)
1967 1968
  • Carl Zuckmayer - As if it were a piece of me
    • 32 weeks (October 17, 1966 - May 28, 1967, 37 weeks in total)
  • Konrad Adenauer - memories 1953 - 1955
    • 2 weeks (May 29th - June 11th)
  • Carl Zuckmayer - As if it were a piece of me
    • 5 weeks (June 12th - July 16th, 37 weeks in total)
  • Klaus Mehnert - The German location
    • 38 weeks (July 17, 1967 - April 7, 1968)
1969 1970
  • Erich von Däniken - memories of the future
    • 12 weeks (December 9, 1968 - March 2, 1969)
  • Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber - The American Challenge
    • 1 week (March 3 - March 9, a total of 36 weeks)
  • André Malraux - Anti-Memoirs
    • 1 week (March 10th - March 16th)
  • Heinz Haber - The open sky
    • 4 weeks (March 17th - April 13th)
  • James D. Watson - The Double Helix
    • 7 weeks (April 14th - June 1st)
  • Ferdinand Lundberg - The rich and the super rich
    • 12 weeks (June 2nd - August 17th)
  • Heinz Haber - Our moon
    • 4 weeks (August 18 - September 14, a total of 6 weeks)
  • Werner Büdeler - Project Apollo
    • 1 week (September 15 - September 21, 4 weeks in total)
  • Heinz Haber - Our moon
    • 2 weeks (September 22nd - October 5th, a total of 6 weeks)
  • Werner Büdeler - Project Apollo
    • 3 weeks (October 6th - October 26th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Erich von Däniken - Back to the stars
    • 4 weeks (October 27th - November 23rd, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Albert Speer - memories
    • 1 week (November 24th - November 30th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Erich von Däniken - Back to the stars
    • 2 weeks (December 1st - December 14th, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Albert Speer - memories
    • 2 weeks (December 15 - December 28, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Erich von Däniken - Back to the stars
    • 2 weeks (December 29, 1969 - January 11, 1970, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Erich von Däniken - Back to the stars
    • 2 weeks (December 29, 1969 - January 11, 1970, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Albert Speer - memories
    • 2 weeks (January 12th - January 25th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Erich von Däniken - Back to the stars
    • 10 weeks (January 26th - April 5th, total of 18 weeks)
  • Karl Steinbuch - Program 2000
    • 10 weeks (April 6th - June 14th)
  • Walter Robert Fuchs - Parents discover the new mathematics
    • 1 week (June 15 - June 21)
  • Laurence J. Peter / Raymond Hull - The Peter Principle
    • 2 weeks (June 22nd - July 5th)
  • Hakan Hedberg - The Japanese Challenge
    • 1 week (July 6th - July 12th)
  • Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber - The Liberated Society
    • 15 weeks (July 13th - October 25th)
  • Werner Keller - Because they lit the light
    • 1 week (October 26th - November 1st, 14 weeks in total)
  • Robert Chase Townsend - Long live the organization
    • 3 weeks (November 2nd - November 22nd, 8 weeks in total)
  • Werner Keller - Because they lit the light
    • 1 week (23 November - 29 November, a total of 14 weeks)
  • Robert Chase Townsend - Long live the organization
    • 3 weeks (November 30th - December 13th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Werner Keller - Because they lit the light
    • 2 weeks (December 14th - December 27th, 14 weeks in total)
  • Robert Chase Townsend - Long live the organization
    • 2 weeks (December 28, 1970 - January 10, 1971, a total of 8 weeks)

1971 ff.

1971 1972
  • Robert Chase Townsend - Long live the organization
    • 2 weeks (December 28, 1970 - January 10, 1971, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Werner Keller - Because they lit the light
    • 8 weeks (January 11th - March 7th, 14 weeks in total)
  • Hoimar von Ditfurth - Children of Space
    • 1 week (March 8th - March 14th)
  • Werner Keller - Because they lit the light
    • 2 weeks (March 15 - March 28, 14 weeks in total)
  • Heinrich Brüning - Memoirs 1918–1934
    • 1 week (March 29th - April 4th)
  • Charles de Gaulle - Memoirs of Hope
    • 2 weeks (April 5th - April 18th)
  • Gordon Rattray Taylor - The Suicide Program
    • 21 weeks (April 19 - September 12)
  • Klaus Mehnert - China after the storm
    • 6 weeks (September 13th - October 24th, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Reinhard Gehlen - The service
    • 2 weeks (October 25th - November 7th)
  • Klaus Mehnert - China after the storm
    • 11 weeks (November 8, 1971 - January 23, 1972, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Klaus Mehnert - China after the storm
    • 11 weeks (November 8, 1971 - January 23, 1972, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Esther Vilar - The trained man
    • 4 weeks (January 24th - February 20th)
  • CW Ceram - The first American
    • 32 weeks (February 21 - October 1, a total of 64 weeks)
  • Erich von Däniken - sowing and the cosmos
    • 1 week (October 2nd - October 8th, 6 weeks in total)
  • CW Ceram - The first American
    • 2 weeks (October 9 - October 22, a total of 64 weeks)
  • Erich von Däniken - sowing and the cosmos
    • 5 weeks (23 October - 26 November, a total of 6 weeks)
  • CW Ceram - The first American
    • 30 weeks (November 27, 1972 - June 24, 1973, a total of 64 weeks)
1973 1974
  • CW Ceram - The first American
    • 30 weeks (November 27, 1973 - June 24, 1974, a total of 64 weeks)
  • Gisela Eberlein - Healthy through autogenic training
    • 9 weeks (June 25th - August 26th)
  • Gerhard Herm - The Phoenicians
    • 8 weeks (August 27 - October 21)
  • Joachim Fest - Hitler
    • 17 weeks (October 22, 1973 - February 17, 1974)
1975 1976
1977 1978
  • Hoimar von Ditfurth - The spirit did not fall from the sky
    • 12 weeks (November 29, 1976 - February 20, 1977)
  • Charles Berlitz - The Bermuda Triangle
    • 1 week (February 21st - February 27th, 8 weeks in total)
  • Julius Hackethal - On a knife edge
    • 1 week (February 28th - March 6th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Charles Berlitz - The Bermuda Triangle
    • 5 weeks (March 7th - April 10th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Gail Sheehy - In the middle of life
    • 11 weeks (April 11th - June 26th)
  • Charles Berlitz - The Bermuda Triangle
    • 2 weeks (June 27th - July 10th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Julius Hackethal - reoperation
    • 6 weeks (July 11th - August 21st)
  • Charles Berlitz - Without a trace
    • 5 weeks (August 22nd - September 25th)
  • Raymond Moody - Afterlife
    • 4 weeks (September 26th - October 23rd)
  • Günter Wallraff - The lead story
    • 15 weeks (October 24, 1977 - February 5, 1978)
1979 1980
  • Sebastian Haffner - Comments on Hitler
    • 33 weeks (July 24, 1978 - March 11, 1979, total of 43 weeks)
  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
    • 1 week (March 12th - March 18th, a total of 95 weeks)
  • Sebastian Haffner - Comments on Hitler
    • 10 weeks (March 19 - May 27, a total of 43 weeks)
  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
    • 28 weeks (May 28th - December 9th, 95 weeks in total)
  • Henry Kissinger - Memoir
    • 3 weeks (December 10th - December 30th)
  • Carlo Schmid - memories
    • 3 weeks (December 31, 1979 - January 20, 1980)
  • Carlo Schmid - memories
    • 3 weeks (December 31, 1979 - January 20, 1980)
  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
    • 8 weeks (January 21 - March 16, a total of 95 weeks)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - Death in the rice field
    • 1 week (March 17th - March 23rd, 25 weeks in total)
  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
    • 2 weeks (March 24th - April 6th, a total of 95 weeks)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - Death in the rice field
    • 17 weeks (April 7th - August 3rd, total of 25 weeks)
  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
    • 1 week (August 4th - August 10th, 95 weeks in total)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - Death in the rice field
    • 1 week (August 11th - August 17th, total of 25 weeks)
  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
    • 17 weeks (August 18 - December 14, 95 weeks in total)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - Death in the rice field
    • 6 weeks (December 15, 1980 - January 25, 1981, total of 25 weeks)

1981 ff.

1981 1982
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - Death in the rice field
    • 6 weeks (December 15, 1980 - January 25, 1981, total of 25 weeks)
  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
    • 37 weeks (January 26th - October 11th, 95 weeks in total)
  • Hoimar von Ditfurth - We are not only from this world
    • 1 week (October 12th - October 18th, a total of 25 weeks)
  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo
    • 1 week (October 19 - October 25, 95 weeks in total)
  • Hoimar von Ditfurth - We are not only from this world
    • 24 weeks (October 26, 1981 - April 11, 1982, total of 25 weeks)
  • Hoimar von Ditfurth - We are not only from this world
    • 24 weeks (October 26, 1981 - April 11, 1982, total of 25 weeks)
  • Arnulf Baring - Change of Power
    • 20 weeks (April 12th - August 29th, a total of 34 weeks)
  • Jonathan Schell - The Fate of the Earth
    • 1 week (August 30th - September 5th, 9 weeks in total)
  • Arnulf Baring - Change of Power
    • 1 week (September 6th - September 12th, a total of 34 weeks)
  • Jonathan Schell - The Fate of the Earth
    • 4 weeks (September 13th - October 10th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Arnulf Baring - Change of Power
    • 11 weeks (October 11th - December 26th, a total of 34 weeks)
  • Gordon A. Craig - About the Germans
    • 1 week (December 27, 1982 - January 2, 1983, 4 weeks in total)
1983 1984
  • Gordon A. Craig - About the Germans
    • 1 week (December 27, 1982 - January 2, 1983, 4 weeks in total)
  • Arnulf Baring - Change of Power
    • 2 weeks (January 3 - January 16, a total of 34 weeks)
  • Gordon A. Craig - About the Germans
    • 1 week (January 17th - January 23rd, 4 weeks in total)
  • Jonathan Schell - The Fate of the Earth
    • 1 week (January 24th - January 30th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Gordon A. Craig - About the Germans
    • 2 weeks (January 31 - February 13, 4 weeks in total)
  • Jonathan Schell - The Fate of the Earth
    • 3 weeks (February 14th - March 6th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - Allah is with the steadfast
    • 29 weeks (March 7th - October 2nd, total of 30 weeks)
  • Kurt Langbein / Hans-Peter Martin / Peter Sichrovsky / Hans Weiss - Bitter Pills
    • 14 weeks (October 3, 1983 - January 8, 1984, a total of 49 weeks)
  • Kurt Langbein / Hans-Peter Martin / Peter Sichrovsky / Heinz Weiss - Bitter Pills
    • 14 weeks (October 3, 1983 - January 8, 1984, total of? Weeks)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - Allah is with the steadfast
    • 1 week (January 9th - January 15th, a total of 30 weeks)
  • Kurt Langbein / Hans-Peter Martin / Peter Sichrovsky / Heinz Weiss - Bitter Pills
    • 35 weeks (January 16 - September 16, a total of 49 weeks)
  • Rainer Grießhammer - The eco-etiquette
    • 13 weeks (September 17th - December 16th, 22 weeks in total)
  • Heinrich Böll - picture, Bonn, Boenisch
    • 3 weeks (December 17, 1984 - January 6, 1985, a total of 9 weeks)
1985 1986
  • Heinrich Böll - picture, Bonn, Boenisch
    • 3 weeks (December 17, 1984 - January 6, 1985, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Lois Fisher-Ruge - Everyday Life in Moscow
    • 1 week (January 7th - January 13th)
  • Heinrich Böll - picture, Bonn, Boenisch
    • 1 week (January 14th - January 20th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Rainer Grießhammer - The eco-etiquette
    • 1 week (January 21st - January 27th, 22 weeks in total)
  • Heinrich Böll - picture, Bonn, Boenisch
    • 3 weeks (January 28th - February 17th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Rainer Grießhammer - The eco-etiquette
    • 1 week (February 18 - February 24, a total of 22 weeks)
  • Heinrich Böll - picture, Bonn, Boenisch
    • 1 week (February 25th - March 3rd, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Rainer Grießhammer - The eco-etiquette
    • 5 weeks (March 4th - April 7th, 22 weeks in total)
  • Gerhard Konzelmann - The unholy war
    • 1 week (April 8th - April 14th)
  • Rainer Grießhammer - The eco-etiquette
    • 2 weeks (April 15 - April 18, a total of 22 weeks)
  • Douglas R. Hofstadter - Gödel, Escher, Bach
    • 17 weeks (April 29th - September 1st, total of 19 weeks)
  • Heinrich Böll - picture, Bonn, Boenisch
    • 1 week (September 2nd - September 8th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Douglas R. Hofstadter - Gödel, Escher, Bach
    • 2 weeks (9 September - 22 September, a total of 19 weeks)
  • Hoimar von Ditfurth - So let's plant an apple tree
    • 7 weeks (September 23 - November 10)
  • Günter Wallraff - Right at the bottom
    • 22 weeks (November 11, 1985 - April 14, 1986)
1987 1988
  • Gottfried Kirchner (Editor) - Terra-X, new episode (Volume 2)
    • 9 weeks (November 24, 1986 - January 25, 1987)
  • Dieter Hildebrandt - What can I do
    • 7 weeks (January 26th - March 15th)
  • Toni Schumacher - kick-off
    • 8 weeks (March 16 - May 10)
  • Robin Norwood - When women love too much
    • 25 weeks (May 11th - November 1st, a total of 49 weeks)
  • Helmut Schmidt - People and Powers
    • 7 weeks (November 2nd - December 20th, 8 weeks in total)
  • Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev - Perestroika
    • 3 weeks (December 21, 1987 - January 10, 1988, total of 22 weeks)
  • Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev - Perestroika
    • 3 weeks (December 21, 1987 - January 10, 1988, total of 22 weeks)
  • Helmut Schmidt - People and Powers
    • 1 week (January 11th - January 17th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev - Perestroika
    • 18 weeks (January 18 - May 22, total of 22 weeks)
  • Robin Norwood - When women love too much
    • 24 weeks (23 May - 6 November, a total of 49 weeks)
  • Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time
    • 9 weeks (November 7, 1988 - January 8, 1989, total of 41 weeks)
1989 1990
  • Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time
    • 9 weeks (November 7, 1988 - January 8, 1989, total of 41 weeks)
  • Marion Countess Dönhoff - A Childhood in East Prussia
    • 1 week (January 9th - January 15th)
  • Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time
    • 25 weeks (January 16 - July 9, total of 41 weeks)
  • Peter de Rosa - God's first servant
    • 1 week (July 10th - July 16th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Mikhail Sergejewitsch Gorbachev - Perestroika
    • 1 week (July 17th - July 23rd, 22 weeks in total)
  • Peter de Rosa - God's first servant
    • 1 week (July 24th - July 30th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Stephen Hawking - A Brief History of Time
    • 7 weeks (July 31st - September 17th, total of 41 weeks)
  • Hoimar von Ditfurth - Interior views of a fellow
    • 6 weeks (September 18 - October 29)
  • Franz Josef Strauss - The memories
    • 24 weeks (October 30, 1989 - April 15, 1990, altogether 25 weeks)
  • Franz Josef Strauss - The memories
    • 24 weeks (October 30, 1989 - April 15, 1990, altogether 25 weeks)
  • Franz Alt - Jesus - the first new man
    • 1 week (April 16 - April 22, together 17 weeks)
  • Franz Josef Strauss - The memories
    • 1 week (April 23 - April 29, altogether 25 weeks)
  • Franz Alt - Jesus - the first new man
    • 15 weeks (April 30th - August 12th, together 17 weeks)
  • Harry Valérien / Christian Zentner - Football World Cup '90 Italy
    • 1 week (August 13th - August 19th, together 7 weeks)
  • Franz Alt - Jesus - the first new man
    • 1 week (August 20th - August 26th, together 17 weeks)
  • Harry Valérien / Christian Zentner - Football World Cup '90 Italy
    • 5 weeks (August 27th - September 30th, together 7 weeks)
  • Helmut Schmidt / Richard von Weizsäcker - The Germans and their neighbors
    • 1 week (October 1st - October 7th, together 17 weeks)
  • Harry Valérien / Christian Zentner - Football World Cup '90 Italy
    • 1 week (October 8th - October 14th, together 7 weeks)
  • Helmut Schmidt / Richard von Weizsäcker - The Germans and their neighbors
    • 16 weeks (October 15, 1990 - January 27, 1991, together 17 weeks)

1991 ff.

1991 1992
  • Helmut Schmidt / Richard von Weizsäcker - The Germans and their neighbors
    • 16 weeks (October 15, 1990 - January 27, 1991, together 17 weeks)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - The sword of Islam
    • 23 weeks (January 28th - July 7th)
  • Deborah Tannen - You just can't understand me
    • 1 week (July 8th - July 14th, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Victor Ostrovsky / Claire Hoy - The Mossad
    • 1 week (July 15 - July 21, a total of 2 weeks)
  • Deborah Tannen - You just can't understand me
    • 1 week (July 22nd - July 28th, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Victor Ostrovsky / Claire Hoy - The Mossad
    • 1 week (July 29th - August 4th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Deborah Tannen - You just can't understand me
    • 14 weeks (August 5 - November 10, total of 17 weeks)
  • Gabriele Krone-Schmalz - … you just have to believe in Russia
    • 1 week (November 11th - November 17th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Deborah Tannen - You just can't understand me
    • 1 week (November 18 - November 24, a total of 17 weeks)
  • Gabriele Krone-Schmalz - … you just have to believe in Russia
    • 1 week (November 25th - December 1st, 2 weeks in total)
  • Michael Baigent / Richard Leigh - classified information Jesus
    • 48 weeks (December 2, 1991 - November 1, 1992)
  • Michael Baigent / Richard Leigh - classified information Jesus
    • 48 weeks (December 2, 1991 - November 1, 1992)
  • Rut Brandt - land of friends
    • 20 weeks (November 2, 1992 - March 21, 1993)
1993 1994
  • Rut Brandt - land of friends
    • 20 weeks (November 2, 1992 - March 21, 1993)
  • Al Gore - Paths to Balance
    • 8 weeks (March 22 - May 16, total of 11 weeks)
  • Günter Ogger - rivets in pinstripes
    • 1 week (May 17th - May 23rd, 45 weeks in total)
  • Al Gore - Paths to Balance
    • 3 weeks (May 24th - June 13th, a total of 11 weeks)
  • Günter Ogger - rivets in pinstripes
    • 44 weeks (June 14, 1993 - April 17, 1994, 45 weeks in total)
  • Günter Ogger - rivets in pinstripes
    • 44 weeks (June 14, 1993 - April 17, 1994, 45 weeks in total)
  • Günter Ogger - The cashier cartel
    • 9 weeks (April 18 - June 19)
  • Tom Baccei - The Magic Eye
    • 13 weeks (June 20th - September 18th, total of 15 weeks)
  • Tom Baccei - The Magic Eye II
    • 2 weeks (September 19 - October 2, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Tom Baccei - The Magic Eye
    • 1 week (October 3 - October 9, a total of 15 weeks)
  • Tom Baccei - The Magic Eye II
    • 3 weeks (October 10th - October 30th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Tom Baccei - The Magic Eye
    • 1 week (October 31 - November 6, a total of 15 weeks)
  • Tom Baccei - The Magic Eye II
    • 2 weeks (November 7th - November 20th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Tom Baccei - The Magic Eye III
    • 6 weeks (November 21, 1994 - January 1, 1995)
1995 1996
  • Tom Baccei - The Magic Eye III
    • 6 weeks (November 21, 1994 - January 1, 1995)
  • Ulrich Wickert - The honest one is the stupid one
    • 35 weeks (January 2nd - September 3rd)
  • Ute Ehrhardt - Good girls go to heaven, bad girls everywhere
    • 57 weeks (September 4, 1995 - October 6, 1996, a total of 107 weeks)
  • Ute Ehrhardt - Good girls go to heaven, bad girls everywhere
    • 57 weeks (September 4, 1995 - October 6, 1996, a total of 107 weeks)
  • Daniel Goldhagen - Hitler's willing executor
    • 6 weeks (October 7th - November 17th)
  • Ute Ehrhardt - Good girls go to heaven, bad girls everywhere
    • 50 weeks (November 18, 1996 - November 2, 1997, a total of 107 weeks)
1997 1998
  • Ute Ehrhardt - Good girls go to heaven, bad girls everywhere
    • 50 weeks (November 18, 1996 - November 2, 1997, a total of 107 weeks)
  • Richard von Weizsäcker - Four Times
    • 22 weeks (November 3, 1997 - April 5, 1998)
  • Richard von Weizsäcker - Four Times
    • 22 weeks (November 3, 1997 - April 5, 1998)
  • Dale Carnegie - Don't Worry, Live!
    • 2 weeks (April 6th - April 19th)
  • Jon Krakauer - To icy heights
    • 38 weeks (April 20, 1998 - January 10, 1999, a total of 39 weeks)
1999 2000
  • Jon Krakauer - To icy heights
    • 38 weeks (April 20, 1998 - January 10, 1999, a total of 39 weeks)
  • Waris Dirie - desert flower
    • 1 week (January 11th - January 17th, total of 26 weeks)
  • Jon Krakauer - To icy heights
    • 1 week (January 18 - January 24, a total of 39 weeks)
  • Waris Dirie - desert flower
    • 25 weeks (January 25th - July 18th, total of 26 weeks)
  • Sigrid Damm - Christiane and Goethe
    • 12 weeks (July 19 - October 10)
  • Marcel Reich-Ranicki - My Life
    • 53 weeks (October 11, 1999 - October 15, 2000)
  • Marcel Reich-Ranicki - My Life
    • 53 weeks (October 11, 1999 - October 15, 2000)
  • Lance Armstrong - Tour of Life
    • 1 week (October 16 - October 22, 2 weeks in total)
  • Dietrich Schwanitz - Education
    • 1 week (23 October - 29 October, a total of 6 weeks)
  • Lance Armstrong - Tour of Life
    • 1 week (October 30th - November 5th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Dietrich Schwanitz - Education
    • 4 weeks (November 6th - December 3rd, a total of 6 weeks)
  • Sebastian Haffner - Story of a German
    • 1 week (December 4th - December 10th, 41 weeks in total)
  • Dietrich Schwanitz - Education
    • 1 week (December 11th - December 17th, a total of 6 weeks)
  • Sebastian Haffner - Story of a German
    • 40 weeks (December 18, 2000 - September 23, 2001, total of 41 weeks)

2001 ff.

2001 2002
  • Sebastian Haffner - Story of a German
    • 40 weeks (December 18, 2000 - September 23, 2001, total of 41 weeks)
  • Stephen Hawking - The Universe in a Nutshell
    • 21 weeks (September 24, 2001 - February 10, 2002, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Stephen Hawking - The Universe in a Nutshell
    • 21 weeks (September 24, 2001 - February 10, 2002, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Siba Shakib - After Afghanistan, God only comes to tears
    • 1 week (February 11th - February 17th)
  • Stephen Hawking - The Universe in a Nutshell
    • 2 weeks (February 18 - March 3, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Traudl Junge - Until the last hour - Hitler's secretary tells her life
    • 1 week (March 4th - March 10th)
  • Dona Kujacinski / Peter Kohl - Hannelore Kohl - your life
    • 4 weeks (March 11th - April 7th)
  • Waris Dirie - nomad daughter
    • 3 weeks (April 8th - April 28th, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Helmut Schmidt - hand on heart
    • 1 week (April 29th - May 5th)
  • Joachim Fest - The Downfall - Hitler and the End of the Third Reich
    • 1 week (May 6th - May 12th)
  • Waris Dirie - nomad daughter
    • 6 weeks (May 13th - June 23rd, a total of 9 weeks)
  • Dalai Lama - The way to happiness
    • 10 weeks (June 24th - September 1st, total of 11 weeks)
  • Oriana Fallaci - The anger and the pride
    • 1 week (September 2nd - September 8th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Dalai Lama - The way to happiness
    • 1 week (9 September - 15 September, a total of 11 weeks)
  • Oriana Fallaci - The anger and the pride
    • 3 weeks (September 16 - October 6, 4 weeks in total)
  • Stefan Klein - The formula for happiness
    • 1 week (October 7th - October 13th)
  • Dieter Bohlen with Katja Kessler - Nothing but the truth
    • 9 weeks (October 14th - December 15th)
  • Allan Pease / Barbara Pease - Why men lie and women always buy shoes
    • 6 weeks (December 16, 2002 - January 26, 2003)
2003 2004
  • Allan Pease / Barbara Pease - Why men lie and women always buy shoes
    • 6 weeks (December 16, 2002 - January 26, 2003)
  • Michael Moore - Stupid White Men (German)
    • 25 weeks (January 27 - July 20, a total of 40 weeks)
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton - Living History
    • 1 week (July 21st - July 27th)
  • Michael Moore - Stupid White Men (German)
    • 11 weeks (July 28th - October 12th, a total of 40 weeks)
  • Dieter Bohlen - behind the scenes
    • 2 weeks (October 13th - October 26th)
  • Michael Moore - Stupid White Men (German)
    • 4 weeks (October 27th - November 23rd, a total of 40 weeks)
  • Boris Becker - Wait a minute ...
    • 1 week (November 24th - November 30th)
  • Michael Moore - Full coverage
    • 11 weeks (December 1, 2003 - February 15, 2004)
  • Michael Moore - Full coverage
    • 11 weeks (December 1, 2003 - February 15, 2004)
  • Jörg Blech - The Disease Inventors - How we are made into patients
    • 1 week (February 16 - February 22)
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer - staying human - high tech and heart - loving medicine is not a utopia
    • 3 weeks (February 23 - March 14)
  • Helmut Kohl - Memoirs 1930–1982
    • 2 weeks (March 15th - March 28th)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - world power in quicksand
    • 1 week (March 29th - April 4th)
  • Frank Schirrmacher - The Methuselah plot
    • 9 weeks (April 5th - June 6th)
  • Susanne Fröhlich - Moppel-Me
    • 7 weeks (June 7th - July 25th, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Bill Clinton - My Life
    • 1 week (July 26th - August 1st)
  • Susanne Fröhlich - Moppel-Me
    • 11 weeks (August 2nd - October 17th, 18 weeks in total)
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer - My back book
    • 2 weeks (October 18 - October 31, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Chris Heath / Robbie Williams - Feel
    • 1 week (November 1st - November 7th)
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer - My back book
    • 1 week (November 8th - November 14th, 3 weeks in total)
  • Helmut Schmidt - The powers of the future
    • 3 weeks (November 15 - December 5, 4 weeks in total)
  • Ben Schott - Schott's hodgepodge
    • 3 weeks (December 6th - December 26th, total of 12 weeks)
  • Helmut Schmidt - The powers of the future
    • 3 weeks (December 27, 2004 - January 2, 2005, a total of 4 weeks)
2005 2006
  • Helmut Schmidt - The powers of the future
    • 3 weeks (December 27, 2004 - January 2, 2005, a total of 4 weeks)
  • Ben Schott - Schott's hodgepodge
    • 9 weeks (January 3rd - March 6th, total of 12 weeks)
  • Sabine Kuegler - Jungle Child
    • 5 weeks (March 7th - April 10th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Peter Hahne - No more fun
    • 2 weeks (April 11th - April 24th, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Sabine Kuegler - Jungle Child
    • 1 week (April 25th - May 1st, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Alexander von Schönburg - The art of stylish impoverishment
    • 1 week (May 2nd - May 8th)
  • Peter Hahne - No more fun
    • 2 weeks (May 9th - May 22nd, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Sabine Kuegler - Jungle Child
    • 1 week (23 May - 29 May, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Peter Hahne - No more fun
    • 2 weeks (May 30th - June 12th, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali - I am indicting
    • 2 weeks (June 13th - June 26th)
  • Peter Hahne - No more fun
    • 13 weeks (June 27th - September 25th, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Corinne Hofmann - See you in Barsaloi
    • 7 weeks (September 26th - November 13th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer - The little medicus
    • 2 weeks (November 14th - November 27th, a total of 10 weeks)
  • Corinne Hofmann - See you in Barsaloi
    • 1 week (November 28th - December 4th, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer - The little medicus
    • 5 weeks (December 5, 2005 - January 8, 2006, a total of 10 weeks)
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer - The little medicus
    • 5 weeks (December 5, 2005 - January 8, 2006, a total of 10 weeks)
  • Peter Hahne - No more fun
    • 1 week (January 9th - January 15th, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer - The little medicus
    • 1 week (January 16 - January 22, total of 10 weeks)
  • Peter Hahne - No more fun
    • 1 week (23 January - 29 January, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Dietrich Grönemeyer - The little medicus
    • 2 weeks (January 30th - February 12th, a total of 10 weeks)
  • Peter Hahne - No more fun
    • 1 week (February 13th - February 19th, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Lars Brandt - souvenirs
    • 1 week (February 20th - February 26th)
  • Peter Hahne - No more fun
    • 1 week (February 27 - March 5, a total of 23 weeks)
  • Heiner Lauterbach - nothing left out
    • 3 weeks (March 6th - March 26th)
  • Frank Schirrmacher - minimum
    • 3 weeks (March 27th - April 16th)
  • Frank Schätzing - News from an unknown universe
    • 7 weeks (April 17th - June 4th)
  • Hape Kerkeling - I'll be gone then
    • 22 weeks (June 5 - November 5, a total of 103 weeks)
  • Gerhard Schröder - Decisions - My Life in Politics
    • 1 week (November 6th - November 12th)
  • Hape Kerkeling - I'll be gone then
    • 24 weeks (November 13, 2006 - April 29, 2007, a total of 103 weeks)
2007 2008
  • Hape Kerkeling - I'll be gone then
    • 24 weeks (November 13, 2006 - April 29, 2007, a total of 103 weeks)
  • Benedict XVI. - Jesus of Nazareth
    • 3 weeks (April 30th - May 20th)
  • Hape Kerkeling - I'll be gone then
    • 57 weeks (May 21, 2007 - June 1, 2008, a total of 103 weeks)
2009 2010
  • Helmut Schmidt - Out of service
    • 17 weeks (September 29, 2008 - January 25, 2009, a total of 22 weeks)
  • Michael Winterhoff - tyrants don't have to be
    • 1 week (January 26th - February 1st)
  • Helmut Schmidt - Out of service
    • 5 weeks (February 2nd - March 8th, 22 weeks in total)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - happiness rarely comes alone ...
    • 35 weeks (March 9 - November 8, total of 47 weeks)
  • Manfred Lütz - crazy! We treat the wrong ones
    • 1 week (November 9th - November 15th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - happiness rarely comes alone ...
    • 2 weeks (November 16 - November 29, total of 47 weeks)
  • Manfred Lütz - crazy! We treat the wrong ones
    • 3 weeks (November 30th - December 20th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - happiness rarely comes alone ...
    • 8 weeks (December 21, 2009 - February 14, 2010, a total of 47 weeks)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - happiness rarely comes alone ...
    • 8 weeks (December 21, 2009 - February 14, 2010, a total of 47 weeks)
  • Manfred Lütz - crazy! We treat the wrong ones
    • 1 week (February 15 - February 21, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - happiness rarely comes alone ...
    • 2 weeks (February 22nd - March 7th, a total of 47 weeks)
  • Helmut Schmidt / Fritz Stern - Our Century
    • 2 weeks (March 8th - March 21st)
  • Michael Mittermeier - attention baby!
    • 10 weeks (March 22nd - May 30th)
  • Margot Käßmann - In the middle of life
    • 10 weeks (May 31 - August 8)
  • Kirsten Heisig - The end of patience
    • 5 weeks (August 9th - September 12th)
  • Thilo Sarrazin - Germany abolishes itself
    • 21 weeks (September 13, 2010 - February 6, 2011)

2011 ff.

2011 2012
  • Thilo Sarrazin - Germany abolishes itself
    • 21 weeks (September 13, 2010 - February 6, 2011)
  • Axel Hacke / Giovanni di Lorenzo - What do you stand for?
    • 1 week (February 7th - February 13th)
  • Walter Kohl - to live or to be lived
    • 5 weeks (February 14th - March 20th, 7 weeks in total)
  • Benedict XVI. - Jesus of Nazareth - Volume II
    • 2 weeks (March 21st - April 3rd)
  • Margot Käßmann - Longing for Life
    • 1 week (April 4th - April 10th)
  • Walter Kohl - to live or to be lived
    • 2 weeks (April 11th - April 24th, a total of 7 weeks)
  • Bud Spencer with Lorenzo De Luca and David De Filippi - My life, my films
    • 1 week (April 25th - May 1st)
  • Dieter Nuhr - The ultimate guide for everything
    • 8 weeks (May 2nd - June 26th)
  • Heribert Schwan - The woman at his side
    • 11 weeks (June 27th - September 11th)
  • Philipp Lahm with Christian Seiler - The subtle difference
    • 2 weeks (September 12th - September 25th)
  • Gaby Köster with Till Hoheneder - a cold would have been enough
    • 5 weeks (September 26th - October 30th)
  • Dirk Müller - cash course
    • 1 week (October 31 - November 6)
  • Walter Isaacson - Steve Jobs
    • 10 weeks (November 7, 2011 - January 15, 2012)
2013 2014
  • Florian Illies - 1913: The summer of the century
    • 11 weeks (December 10, 2012 - February 24, 2013, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Frank Schirrmacher - Ego: The game of life
    • 5 weeks (February 25th - March 31st)
  • Dieter Nuhr - The secret of the perfect day
    • 5 weeks (April 1st - May 5th, 6 weeks in total)
  • Richard David Precht - Anna, the school and the good Lord
    • 2 weeks (May 6th - May 19th)
  • Dieter Nuhr - The secret of the perfect day
    • 1 week (May 20th - May 26th, 6 weeks in total)
  • Dirk Müller - Showdown
    • 1 week (May 27th - June 2nd)
  • Florian Illies - 1913: The summer of the century
    • 1 week (June 3 - June 9, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Hannes Jaenicke - The great people's ass
    • 7 weeks (June 10th - July 28th)
  • Florian Illies - 1913: The summer of the century
    • 6 weeks (July 29th - September 8th, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Rüdiger Safranski - Goethe. Artwork of life
    • 3 weeks (September 9th - September 29th)
  • Christopher Clark - The Sleepwalkers
    • 8 weeks (September 30th - November 24th)
  • Guido Maria Kretschmer - Attraction
    • 11 weeks (November 25, 2013 - February 9, 2014, a total of 13 weeks)
  • Guido Maria Kretschmer - Attraction
    • 11 weeks (November 25, 2013 - February 9, 2014, a total of 13 weeks)
  • Christine Westermann - There is still something going on
    • 2 weeks (February 10th - February 23rd)
  • Guido Maria Kretschmer - Attraction
    • 2 weeks (February 24th - March 9th, a total of 13 weeks)
  • Thilo Sarrazin - The New Virtue Terror
    • 2 weeks (March 10th - March 23rd)
  • Roger Willemsen - The House
    • 9 weeks (March 24th - May 25th)
  • Wilhelm Schmid - Serenity - What we gain when we get older
    • 4 weeks (May 26th - June 22nd, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Christian Wulff - Right at the top, right at the bottom
    • 2 weeks (June 23 - July 6)
  • Wilhelm Schmid - Serenity - What we gain when we get older
    • 11 weeks (July 7th - September 21st, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - The Curse of Evil Deed
    • 4 weeks (September 22nd - October 19th)
  • Hape Kerkeling - The boy needs some fresh air
    • 5 weeks (October 20 - November 23, total of 19.57 weeks)
  • Heribert Schwan / Tilman Jens - Legacy. The cabbage logs
    • 1 week (November 24th - November 30th)
  • Hape Kerkeling - The boy needs some fresh air
    • 14.57 weeks (December 1 - March 13, total of 19.57 weeks)
2015 2016
  • Hape Kerkeling - The boy needs some fresh air
    • 14.57 weeks (December 1 - March 13, total of 19.57 weeks)
  • Wilhelm Schmid - Serenity - What we gain when we get older
    • 1 week (March 14th - March 20th, total of 18 weeks)
  • Helmut Schmidt - What else I wanted to say
    • 6 weeks (March 21st - May 1st. 7 weeks in total)
  • Wilhelm Schmid - Serenity - What we gain when we get older
    • 1 week (May 2nd - May 8th, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Thomas Gottschalk - autumn blonde
    • 6 weeks (May 9th - June 19th)
  • Jürgen Todenhöfer - Inside IS - 10 days in the "Islamic State"
    • 2 weeks (June 20th - July 3rd, 4 weeks in total)
  • Wilhelm Schmid - Serenity - What we gain when we get older
    • 1 week (July 4th - July 10th, a total of 18 weeks)
  • Jürgen Todenhöfer - Inside IS - 10 days in the "Islamic State"
    • 1 week (July 11th - July 17th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Dalai Lama - The Dalai Lama's appeal to the world
    • 9 weeks (July 18th - September 18th)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 3 weeks (September 19 - October 9, a total of 33 weeks)
  • Hamed Abdel-Samad - Mohamed - A settlement
    • 1 week (October 10th - October 16th)
  • Henning Mankell - Quicksand: What it means to be human
    • 2 weeks (October 17th - October 30th)
  • Andreas Englisch - The fighter in the Vatican
    • 1 week (October 31 - November 6, 2 weeks in total)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 1 week (November 7th - November 13th, a total of 33 weeks)
  • Andreas Englisch - The fighter in the Vatican
    • 1 week (November 14th - November 20th, 2 weeks in total)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 1 week (November 21 - November 27, total of 33 weeks)
  • Jürgen Todenhöfer - Inside IS - 10 days in the "Islamic State"
    • 1 week (November 28th - December 4th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Helmut Schmidt - What else I wanted to say
    • 1 week (December 5th - December 11th. 7 weeks in total)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 15 weeks (December 12, 2015 - March 25, 2016, a total of 33 weeks)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 15 weeks (December 12, 2015 - March 25, 2016, a total of 33 weeks)
  • Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre - Panic Heart
    • 1 week (March 26th - April 1st)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 2 weeks (April 2nd - April 15th, 33 weeks in total)
  • Christian Hartmann / Thomas Vordermayer / Othmar Plöckinger u. a. (Editor) - Hitler, Mein Kampf. A critical edition
    • 2 weeks (April 16 - April 29)
  • Thilo Sarrazin - wishful thinking
    • 3 weeks (April 30th - May 20th)
  • Shindy / Josip Radović - The beautiful and the beats
    • 1 week (May 21 - May 27)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 5 weeks (May 28th - July 1st, total of 33 weeks)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The soul life of animals
    • 8 weeks (July 2nd - August 26th)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 4 weeks (August 27 - September 23, total of 33 weeks)
  • Benedict XVI. / Peter Seewald - last conversations
    • 1 week (September 24th - September 30th)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 1 week (October 1st - October 7th, 33 weeks in total)
  • Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
    • 2 weeks (October 8th - October 21st)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - miracles work miracles
    • 22 weeks (October 22, 2016 - March 24, 2017, a total of 25 weeks)
2017 2018
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - miracles work miracles
    • 22 weeks (October 22, 2016 - March 24, 2017, a total of 25 weeks)
  • Robin Alexander - The driven ones
    • 3 weeks (March 25th - April 14th)
  • Cameron Bloom / Bradley Trevor Greive - Penguin Bloom
    • 3 weeks (April 15th - May 5th)
  • Andreas Michalsen - Healing with the power of nature
    • 2 weeks (May 6th - May 19th, a total of 15 weeks)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - miracles work miracles
    • 1 week (May 20th - May 26th, 25 weeks in total)
  • Andreas Michalsen - Healing with the power of nature
    • 5 weeks (May 27th - June 30th, a total of 15 weeks)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - miracles work miracles
    • 1 week (July 1st - July 7th, 25 weeks in total)
  • Pankaj Mishra - The Age of Anger
    • 1 week (July 8th - July 14th)
  • Andreas Michalsen - Healing with the power of nature
    • 1 week (July 15 - July 21, a total of 15 weeks)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees
    • 1 week (July 22nd - July 28th, a total of 33 weeks)
  • Andreas Michalsen - Healing with the power of nature
    • 3 weeks (July 29th - August 18th, total of 11 weeks)
  • Boris Palmer - We can't help everyone
    • 1 week (August 19 - August 25)
  • Andreas Michalsen - Healing with the power of nature
    • 4 weeks (August 26th - September 22nd, a total of 15 weeks)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - miracles work miracles
    • 1 week (23 September - 29 September, a total of 25 weeks)
  • Thorsten Schulte - Loss of Control
    • 1 week (September 30th - October 6th)
  • Peter Wohlleben - Nature's secret network
    • 4 weeks (October 7th - November 3rd, 8 weeks in total)
  • Richard David Precht - Know Yourself
    • 1 week (November 4th - November 10th)
  • Rolf Dobelli - The Art of the Good Life
    • 1 week (November 11th - November 17th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Peter Wohlleben - Nature's secret network
    • 4 weeks (November 18 - December 15, a total of 8 weeks)
  • Ranga Yogeshwar - Next Exit Future
    • 1 week (December 16 - December 22)
  • Axel Hacke - About decency in difficult times and the question of how we treat each other
    • 2 weeks (December 23, 2017 - January 5, 2018)
  • Axel Hacke - About decency in difficult times and the question of how we treat each other
    • 2 weeks (December 23, 2017 - January 5, 2018)
  • Rolf Dobelli - The Art of the Good Life
    • 3 weeks (January 6th - January 29th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Gregor Gysi - One life is not enough
    • 3 weeks (January 30th - February 23rd)
  • Michael Wolff - Fire and Wrath
    • 6 weeks (February 24th - April 6th)
  • Manfred Lütz - The scandal of scandals
    • 1 week (April 7th - April 13th)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutritional Compass
    • 2 weeks (April 14th - April 27th, a total of 35 weeks)
  • James Comey - Bigger Than Office
    • 1 week (April 28th - May 4th, 3 weeks in total)
  • Richard David Precht - hunter, shepherd, critic
    • 2 weeks (May 5th - May 18th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutritional Compass
    • 1 week (May 19 - May 25, a total of 35 weeks)
  • Richard David Precht - hunter, shepherd, critic
    • 1 week (May 26th - June 1st, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutritional Compass
    • 3 weeks (June 2nd - June 22nd, a total of 35 weeks)
  • Richard David Precht - hunter, shepherd, critic
    • 1 week (23 June - 29 June, a total of 5 weeks)
  • James Comey - Bigger Than Office
    • 2 weeks (June 30th - July 13th, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutritional Compass
    • 1 week (July 14th - July 20th, a total of 35 weeks)
  • Richard David Precht - hunter, shepherd, critic
    • 1 week (July 21st - July 27th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutritional Compass
    • 6 weeks (July 28th - September 7th, a total of 35 weeks)
  • Thilo Sarrazin - Hostile Takeover
    • 3 weeks (September 8th - September 28th)
  • Kollegah - This is Alpha!
    • 1 week (September 29th - October 5th)
  • Eckart von Hirschhausen / Tobias Esch - The better half
    • 2 weeks (October 6th - October 19th)
  • Bob Woodward - Fear
    • 1 week (October 20th - October 26th)
  • Stephen Hawking - Short Answers to Big Questions
    • 4 weeks (October 27th - November 23rd)
  • Michelle Obama - Becoming
    • 10 weeks (November 24, 2018 - February 1, 2019, total of 12 weeks)
2019 2020
  • Michelle Obama - Becoming
    • 10 weeks (November 24, 2018 - February 1, 2019, total of 12 weeks)
  • Dirk Roßmann , Peter Käfferlein , Olaf Köhne - "... then I climbed the tree!"
    • 1 week (February 2nd - February 8th)
  • Michelle Obama - Becoming
    • 1 week (February 9th - February 15th, total of 12 weeks)
  • Anne Fleck - Get on the fat
    • 1 week (February 16 - February 22)
  • Michelle Obama - Becoming
    • 1 week (February 23rd - March 1st, total of 12 weeks)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutritional Compass
    • 5 weeks (March 2nd - April 5th, a total of 35 weeks)
  • Marcel Eris and Dennis Sand - MontanaBlack
    • 2 weeks (April 6th - April 19th, a total of 3 weeks)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutritional Compass
    • 1 week (April 20th - April 26th, a total of 35 weeks)
  • Marcel Eris and Dennis Sand - MontanaBlack
    • 1 week (April 27th - May 3rd, 3 weeks in total)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutritional Compass
    • 16 weeks (May 4th - August 23rd, a total of 35 weeks)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The secret bond between man and nature
    • 3 weeks (August 24th - September 13th, 4 weeks in total)
  • Thomas Gottschalk - colorful autumn
    • 1 week (September 14th - September 20th)
  • Peter Wohlleben - The secret bond between man and nature
    • 1 week (September 21 - September 27, 4 weeks in total)
  • Edward Snowden - Permanent Record
    • 4 weeks (September 28th - October 25th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Richard David Precht - Be yourself
    • 2 weeks (October 26th - November 8th)
  • Marc Friedrich and Matthias Weik - The greatest crash of all time
    • 1 week (November 9th - November 15th)
  • Jonathan Safran Foer - We are the climate!
    • 2 weeks (November 16 - November 29)
  • Marc Friedrich and Matthias Weik - The greatest crash of all time
    • 2 weeks (November 30th - December 13th)
  • Edward Snowden - Permanent Record
    • 1 week (December 14th - December 20th, a total of 5 weeks)
  • Marc Friedrich and Matthias Weik - The greatest crash of all time
    • ... weeks (December 21st - December 27th)
  • Stephen Hawking - Short Answers to Big Questions
    • ... weeks (December 28, 2019 -, a total of ... weeks)
  • Stephen Hawking - Short Answers to Big Questions
    • ... weeks (December 28, 2019 -, a total of ... weeks)

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:

Helmut Schmidt

Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt was successful with the following 7 books:

  • People and Powers: 8 weeks (November 2 - December 20, 1987 and January 11 - January 17, 1988)
  • The Germans and their neighbors: 17 weeks (October 1 - October 7, 1990 and October 15, 1990 - January 27, 1991)
  • Hand on heart: 1 week (April 29 - May 5, 2002)
  • The powers of the future: 4 weeks (November 15 - December 5, 2004 and December 27, 2004 - January 2, 2005)
  • Out of service: 22 weeks (September 29, 2008 - January 25, 2009 and February 2 - March 8, 2009)
  • Our Century: 2 Weeks (March 8 - March 21, 2010)
  • What else I wanted to say: 7 weeks (March 21 - May 1 and December 5 - December 11, 2015)

Peter Scholl-Latour

The Franco- German journalist and publicist Peter Scholl-Latour was successful with the following 6 books:

  • Death in the rice field: 25 weeks (March 17 - March 23, April 7 - August 3, August 11 - August 17, 1980 and December 15, 1980 - January 25, 1981)
  • Allah is with the steadfast: 30 weeks (March 7 - October 2, 1983 and January 9 - January 15, 1984)
  • Murder on the Great River: 32 weeks (April 14 - November 23, 1986)
  • The Sword of Islam: 23 Weeks (January 28 - July 5, 1991)
  • World power in quicksand: 1 week (March 29 - April 4, 2004)
  • The Curse of the Evil Deed: 4 Weeks (September 22 - October 19, 2014)

Hoimar von Ditfurth

The German popular science writer Hoimar von Ditfurth was successful with the following 5 books:

  • Children of Space: 1 week (March 8 - March 14, 1971)
  • The Spirit Did Not Fall From Heaven: 12 Weeks (November 29, 1976 - February 20, 1977)
  • We are not only of this world: 25 weeks (October 12 - October 18, 1981 and October 26, 1981 - April 11, 1982)
  • So let's plant an apple tree: 7 weeks (September 23 - November 10, 1986)
  • Inside views of a conspecific: 6 weeks (September 18 - October 29, 1989)

Thilo Sarrazin

The German economist and author Thilo Sarrazin was successful with the following 5 books:

  • Germany abolishes itself: 21 weeks (September 13, 2010 - February 6, 2011)
  • Europe doesn't need the euro: 3 weeks (June 4 - June 24, 2012)
  • The new virtue terror: 2 weeks (March 10 - March 23, 2014)
  • Wishful thinking: 3 weeks (April 30th - May 20th, 2016)
  • Hostile Takeover: 3 weeks (September 8 - September 28, 2018)

Richard David Precht

The German philosopher and publicist Richard David Precht was successful with the following 5 books:

  • Who am I - and if so, how many ?: 16 weeks (June 2 - September 21, 2008)
  • Anna, school and God: 2 weeks (May 6th - May 19th 2013)
  • Know yourself: 1 week (November 4th - November 10th 2017)
  • Hunters, Shepherds, Critics: 5 weeks (May 5 - May 18 and May 26 - June 1, June 23 - June 29 and July 21 - July 27, 2018)
  • Be yourself: 2 weeks (October 26th - November 8th, 2019)

Peter Wohlleben

The German forester and author Peter Wohlleben was successful with the following 4 books:

  • The secret life of trees: 33 weeks (September 19 - October 9, November 7 - November 13, November 21 - November 27, 2015, December 12, 2015 - March 25, 2016, April 2 - November 15, 2015) April 28th - July 1st, August 27th to September 23rd, October 1st - October 7th 2016 and July 22nd to July 28th 2017)
  • The soul life of animals: 8 weeks (July 2 - August 26, 2016)
  • Nature's secret network: 8 weeks (October 7th - November 3rd and November 18th - December 15th, 2017)
  • The secret bond between man and nature: 4 weeks (August 24, 2019 - September 13, and from September 21, 2019)

Benedict XVI.

The German emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. was successful with the following 4 books:

  • Jesus of Nazareth: 3 weeks (April 30 - May 20, 2007)
  • Jesus of Nazareth - Volume II: 2 Weeks (March 21 - April 3, 2011)
  • Jesus of Nazareth - Prologue - The Childhood Stories: 1 Week (December 3 - December 9, 2012)
  • Last interviews: 1 week (September 24th - September 30th, 2016)

Authors who replaced themselves in first place

  • 1974: Alexander Solzhenitsyn - "Archipel Gulag" → "Archipel Gulag II"
  • 1994: Günter Ogger - "Rivets in pinstripes" → "The cashier cartel"
  • 1994: Tom Baccei - "The magic eye" → "The magic eye II" → "The magic eye" → "The magic eye II" → "The magic eye" → "The magic eye II" → "The magic eye III"
  • 2016: Peter Wohlleben - "The secret life of trees" → "The soul life of animals" → "The secret life of trees"

"Long-running"

Below are all the books that have been at the top of the bestseller list for a total of at least 26 weeks.

107 weeks

  • Ute Ehrhardt - Good girls go to heaven, bad girls everywhere (September 4, 1995 - October 6, 1996 and November 18, 1996 - November 2, 1997)

103 weeks

95 weeks

  • Christiane F. - We children from Bahnhof Zoo (March 12 - March 18, May 28 - December 9, 1979, January 21 - March 16, March 24 - April 6, August 4 - August 10 , August 18 - December 14, 1980, January 26 - October 11 and October 19 - October 25, 1981)

64 weeks

  • CW Ceram - The First American (February 21 - October 1, October 9 - October 22, 1972, and November 27, 1972 - June 24, 1973)

53 weeks

49 weeks

48 weeks

47 weeks

  • Eckart von Hirschhausen - happiness rarely comes alone ... (March 9 - November 8, November 16 - November 29, 2009, December 21, 2009 - February 14, 2010 and February 22 - March 7, 2010)

45 weeks

  • Günter Ogger - rivets in pinstripes (May 17 - May 23, 1993 and June 14, 1993 - April 17, 1994)

43 weeks

41 weeks

40 weeks

39 weeks

38 weeks

  • Klaus Mehnert - The German Location (July 17, 1967 - April 7, 1968)

37 weeks

36 weeks

35 weeks

  • Ulrich Wickert - The honest is the stupid (January 2 - September 3, 1995)
  • Bas Kast - The Nutrition Compass (April 14 - April 27, May 19 - May 25, June 2 - June 22, July 14 - July 20, July 28 - September 7, 2018, March 2 - April 5, April 20 - April 26 and May 4 - August 23, 2019)

34 weeks

  • Arnulf Baring - Change of power (April 12 - August 29, September 6 - September 12, October 11 - December 26, 1982 and January 3 - January 16, 1983)

33 weeks

  • Peter Wohlleben - The Secret Life of Trees (September 19 - October 9, November 7 - November 13, November 21 - November 27, 2015, December 12, 2015 - March 25, 2016, April 2 - November 15, 2015) April 28th - July 1st, August 27th - September 23rd, October 1st - October 7th 2016 and July 22nd - July 28th 2017)

32 weeks

31 weeks

  • Theodor Heuss - Memories 1905 to 1933 (October 30, 1963 - May 19, 1964 and June 3 - June 16, 1964)

30 weeks

  • Klaus Mehnert - Beijing and Moscow (August 8, 1962 - March 5, 1963)
  • Peter Scholl-Latour - Allah is with the steadfast (March 7 - October 2, 1983 and January 9 - January 15, 1984)

26 weeks

  • Waris Dirie - Desert Flower (January 11th - January 17th and January 25th - July 18th 1999)

Individual evidence

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