Non-fiction leaderboard

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The best non-fiction book is a monthly list of ten non-fiction books in Germany . It is created in cooperation with Deutschlandfunk Kultur , ZDF and Die Zeit .

History and modalities

The publication of a joint non-fiction list was at the Frankfurt Book Fair announced in 2017 after the list of non-fiction books of the month of NDR and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, because of the controversy surrounding the recommendation of the criticized as a right-wing book Finis Germania by Rolf Peter Sieferle had been temporarily suspended. It was first published on November 1, 2017 and will be announced, presented and discussed at the same time in the Deutschlandfunk Kultur program , in the TV programs ZDF aspekte and 3sat Kulturzeit as well as in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . It is also listed on the relevant website.

A jury of thirty critics recommends ten outstanding books each month, which they wish as many readers as possible. The non-fiction best-list appears eleven times a year, in August the jury takes a summer break for a month. Each of the three partners has six jury members, plus twelve other independent renowned literary critics. The jury members include Ijoma Mangold , the literary director of the time, René Aguigah , Julia Voss , Susanne Billig , Christoph Möllers , Stefan Brauburger , Heike Faller , Ralph Bollmann and Hilal Sezgin .

The jurors award fifteen, ten, six and three points to four books each. Points cannot be accumulated on a single book. Each title may appear on the leaderboard a maximum of three times. The publication date must not be more than a year ago, books by jury members are excluded. In contrast to the non-fiction books of the month, at least two jurors have to vote for a book so that it can be recommended.

reception

Patrick Bahners commented on the new best non-fiction book in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as follows: Such a list is "nonsense" because there is no quality ranking for non-fiction books. Whether you prefer to find out more about the Thirty Years' War or the history of communism has only to do with the personal interests of the respective reader, nothing to do with the books themselves.

2018

In 2018, a total of 83 different titles were included in the non-fiction leaderboard, of which 26 titles were awarded twice or more. The following titles were awarded three times: The disambiguation of the world: On the loss of ambiguity and diversity by Thomas Bauer , Zeit der Zauberer. The great decade of philosophy 1919 - 1929 by Wolfram Eilenberger , Existential Crisis of Democracy: On the Political Theory of Liberalism in the Interwar Period by Jens Hacke , The 21. A Journey into the Land of the Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach and The Provenance of Culture: From Mourning of loss to the universal human heritage of Bénédicte Savoy .
Suhrkamp Verlag's books received the most awards with 15 titles.

2019

In 2019, a total of 79 different titles were included in the non-fiction leaderboard, of which 7 titles were awarded three times or more. With four mentions, the most successful non-fiction book title of the year was on the best list of ZDF, Zeit and Deutschlandfunk in 2019, The Rescue of Work. A political appeal from Lisa Herzog .
With a total of 11 different titles, Suhrkamp Verlag's books were once again awarded the most frequent awards in 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Recommended reading: The best non-fiction book for November . In: The time . November 1, 2017, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 2, 2018]).
  2. ↑ NDR: NDR Kultur suspends cooperation. Retrieved January 2, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b After the "Finis Germania" scandal: New best list for non-fiction books starts , Der Tagesspiegel , October 11, 2017
  4. ↑ - “Non-fiction best-list” from Deutschlandfunk Kultur, ZDF and DIE ZEIT is online . In: Deutschlandradio . ( deutschlandradio.de [accessed on January 2, 2018]).
  5. ^ According to “Finis Germania” -Eklat: New non-fiction book best list from Zeit and ZDF ohne Spiegel and NDR , Meedia , October 13, 2017
  6. ↑ DLF Kultur, ZDF and DIE ZEIT start non-fiction best-list , Börsenblatt , October 12, 2017
  7. ↑ New “Non-Fiction Best List” from Deutschlandfunk Kultur, ZDF and DIE ZEIT , book report , October 11, 2017
  8. ↑ a b c Joint non-fiction best list from ZDF, "Zeit" and DLF Kultur , digitalfernsehen.de, October 12, 2017
  9. ↑ Recommended reading: The best non-fiction book for November . ( zdf.de [accessed on January 2, 2018]).
  10. ↑ a b “Non-fiction book best list” by Deutschlandfunk Kultur, ZDF and DIE ZEIT is online , Deutschlandfunk Kultur, November 1, 2017
  11. ↑ Recommended reading: The best non-fiction book for November . In: The time . November 1, 2017, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed January 2, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Patrick Bahners: Non-fiction book best list: The better readers . In: FAZ.NET . October 13, 2017, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed January 2, 2018]).

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