At Deutsche Welle Jochen Kürten writes about The 10 must-read German books of 2014.
(A note at the end of the piece claims: "All ten books listed were published in the US in the past 12 months" but this doesn't appear to be accurate: Timur Vermes' Look Who's Back looks to be slated for a spring 2015 US release, Uwe Tellkamp's The Tower is US-available as an e-book, but has only come out in print in the UK, etc. Published in the US but missing in action, on the other hand: H.G.Adler's The Wall.)
And somewhat disappointing to hear/note:
(A note at the end of the piece claims: "All ten books listed were published in the US in the past 12 months" but this doesn't appear to be accurate: Timur Vermes' Look Who's Back looks to be slated for a spring 2015 US release, Uwe Tellkamp's The Tower is US-available as an e-book, but has only come out in print in the UK, etc. Published in the US but missing in action, on the other hand: H.G.Adler's The Wall.)
And somewhat disappointing to hear/note:
When it comes to German novels though, it's mostly small or "micro-" publishers who show an interest, said Riky Stock. Crime fiction and novels by immigrant writers are among the most popular.(So I'm curious to see how Christian Kracht's controversially Teutonic Imperium will do next year: see the FSG publicity page (with Karl Ove Knausgaard blurb !), or pre-order your copy at Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk.)