The 'book of the year lists' that are so popular in the US and UK really don't seem to have caught on elsewhere -- they remain relatively few and far between.
Finally, there's a German list of sorts, as the Süddeutsche Zeitung asked fifty-two 'writers and thinkers, artists and intellectuals' to recommend their favorite books of the year, in Die besten Bücher des Jahres.
It's annoyingly spread out over five pages -- but contributors do include Peter Handke and Herta Müller, and it's worth a look. (Most of the titles are German, but a few English ones made the cut, too; overall, a fairly interesting selection.)
Finally, there's a German list of sorts, as the Süddeutsche Zeitung asked fifty-two 'writers and thinkers, artists and intellectuals' to recommend their favorite books of the year, in Die besten Bücher des Jahres.
It's annoyingly spread out over five pages -- but contributors do include Peter Handke and Herta Müller, and it's worth a look. (Most of the titles are German, but a few English ones made the cut, too; overall, a fairly interesting selection.)