Books for children and Young Adults in German

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2021 Loewe Verlag

Book Title

Author: Bildermaus - Baggergeschichten

2021 Fischer Kinder- und Jugendbuch Verlag

Die Einschlafweltmeisterschaft der Tiere

Author: Daniel Napp

English title: The Animal World Championship of Falling Asleep 

ISBN: 978-3-7373-5769-2

2020 Arena Verlag

Die zauberhaften Drei (1): Hoggs und der Bärenmut

Author: Stefanie Dahle

Series English: The Enchanting Three (1) 

Title English: Hoggs and Bear

2021 Verlag Jungbrunnen

Ein Kuchen für das Krokodil

Author: Claudia Wirth

English title: A Cake for the Crocodile 

ISBN: 978-3-7026-5957-8 32 pages

2019 Carlsen Verlag

Elektrische Fische

Author: Susan Kreller

English title: Electric Fish 

ISBN: 978-3-551-58404-5 192 pages

2021 Verlag Jungbrunnen

Kitzeln kann man sich nicht allein

Author: Heinz Janisch and Helga Bansch

English title: You Can’t Tickle Yourself 

ISBN: 978-3-7026-5956-1 32 pages

2021 Loewe Verlag

Leselöwen 1. Klasse - Beste Freundinnen halten zusammen

Author: Eva Hierteis / Franziska Harvey

Die Reihen Bildermaus und Leselöwen 

English: Picture Mouse and Reading

2018 Loewe Verlag

Leselöwen 2. Klasse - Schulgeschichten

Author: Katja Richert / Carmen Hochmann

Die Reihen Bildermaus und Leselöwen 

English: Picture Mouse and Reading

2020 Loewe Verlag

Mondschein Drache und Monster Schreck

Author: Cornelia Funke / Daniela Kohl

English title: Moonshine Dragon and Monster Shock ISBN: 9783743206151

2021 Fischer Kinder- und Jugendbuch Verlag

Nachtschattenwald

Author: Kathrin Tordasi

English title: Nightshade Forest 

ISBN: 978-3-7373-5812-5 368 pages

2021 Carlsen Verlag

Opas Engel

Author: Jutta Bauer

English title: Grandpa's Angel 

ISBN: 978-3-551-52161-3 

48 pages

2021 Loewe Verlag

Rittermut und Drachenblut

Author: Cornelia Funke / Daniela Kohl

English title: Knighthood and Dragon's Blood 

ISBN: 9783743206168

2016 Arena Verlag

Woodwalkers Series

Author: Katja Brandis

About the Series: Trendy topic in a novel dress: Katja Brandis sets new accents in animal

2023 Milflores Publishing

All the Lonely People

Author: Kannika Claudine Peña

Aubout the author:

Kannika Claudine Peña graduated with a degree in Creative Writing

2000 University of the Philippines Press

An Embarrassment of the Riches

Author: Charlson Ong

About the Author:

Charlson Ong has published three collections of short fiction: Men of the

2021 Ateneo de Manila University Press

Aswanglaut

Author: Allan N. Derain

About the author: 

Allan N. Derain the author of several books, including Iskrapbuk (UP

2023 19th Avenida Publishijng House

Barcelona

Author: Criselda Yabes

About the author: 

Criselda Yabes, a journalist since the 1980s, wrote her first book on the

2022 Milflores Publishing

Even Ducks Get Liver Cancer

Author: Author Name

About the author: 

Dr. Wilfredo Liangco is a medical oncologist who obtained his medical

2022 Ateneo de Manila University Press

For B (Or How Love Devastates Four Out of Every Five of Us)

Author: Ricky Lee

About the author: 

Ricky Lee is a monument in the Philippines; the magazine «Esquire»

2019 Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Good Dog

Author: Mabek Kawsek

About the Author: 

Mabek Kawsek is a storyteller who grew up observing several kinds of

2020 Komiket Inc.

Little Wolf

Author: Cat S.

Aubot the author:

Cat S. is a self-taught artist who graduated with a Bachelor's Degree

2021 19th Avenida Publishijng House

Naermyth

Author: Author Name

About the author: 

Karen Francisco is a contributing illustrator and designer for books and

2023 Komiket Inc.

Nothing To Lose

Author: Renren Galeno

About the author: 

Renren Galeno is a visual artist from Davao City, Philippines. She graduated Magna Cum Laude f

2022 Yvette Fernandez

The Christmas Toys

Author: Yvette Fernandez

Aubot the author:

Yvette Fernandez is a children's book author based in Manila. She has

2017 Ateneo de Manila University Press

The Quiet Ones

Author: Glenn Diaz

Aubot the author:

Glenn Diaz’s first book The Quiet Ones (2017) won the Palanca Grand

2023 19th Avenida Publishing House

The Vanished

Author: Chuckberry J. Pascual

About the author: 

Chuckberry J. Pascual is a novelist, short story writer, and translator. He i

2021 Anvil Publishing, Inc.

Tingle: Anthology of Pinay Lesbian Writing

Author: Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz

About the Editor: 

Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz is the Palanca award-winning author of Women

2023 Ateneo de Manila University Press

Trilohiya ng Mga Bilang

Author: Edgar Calabia Samar About the author:

Edgar Calabia Samar is a Filipino author of several award-winning

2021 Komiket Inc.

Twinkle Twinkle

Author: Tori Tadiar

Aubot the author:

Tori Tadiar started creating comics by joining the 2nd Comic Book Creator's

2022 Komiket Inc.

Way Way Out There

Author: Cat S.

About the author: 

Cat S. is a self-taught artist who graduated with a Bachelor's Degree

2019 Mākaro Press

Auē

Author: Becky Manawatu

About the author: 

Becky Manawatu is a New Zealand writer and journalist of Ngāi Tahu,

2020 Huia Publishers

Charlie Tangaroa and the Creature from the Sea

Author: TK Roxborogh

About the author: 

TK (Tania Kelly) Roxborogh was born in Christchurch in 1965 and still lives

2015 Dalang Publishing

Cloves for Kolosia

Author: Hanna Rambe

About the author: 

Hanna Rambe, born 1940 in Jakarta, Indonesia, is an author of biographies

2017 Changjiang Literature & Art Publishing House

Encounterings in the Southwest

Author: Feng Liang

About the author: 

Feng Liang (born in 1963) is a writer, publisher and Tibetologist. Until 2019

2019 Various publishers

Figures of Memory from Hong Kong

Author: Five authors from Hongkong

Figures of Memory from Hong Kong (Working title) 

[D: Hongkonger Erinnerungsfiguren]

2005 Fukuinkan Shoten

Kawatare – A Tale of Kappa, the Watersprite

Author: Shaw KUZKI

About the author: 

Shaw KUZKI was born in Hiroshima Prefecture in 1957 and currently lives

2019 Marjin Kiri

Orang-Orang Oetimu [Die Leute von Oetimu]

Author: Felix K. Nesi

About the author: 

Felix K. Nesi was born in 1988 in Nesam-Insana, a village located in

2021 Allen & Unwin Australia

Scary Monsters

Author: Michelle de Kretser

About the author: 

Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka and emigrated to Australia

2013 Kôdansha

Shishiwataribana [Lion Cross Point]

Author: Masatsugu ONO

About the author: 

Masatsugu ONO was born in 1970. He is a Romance studies scholar,

2020 Kanisius

Tembang dan Perang

Author: Junaedi Setiyono

About the author: 

Junaedi Setiyono, born in Kebumen, Java, Indonesia, in 1965, is one of

2016 Western Australia Publishing

The Permanent Resident

Author: Roanna Gonsalves

About the author: 

Roanna Gonsalves is the award-winning author of the acclaimed

2021 Beijing October Arts and Literature Publishing House

Worldly Land

Author: Li Zishu

About the author: 

Li Zishu was born in Malaysia in 1971. She started her career as a journalist

2007 Chûô Kôron Shinsha

Yôkame no semi [The Cicada of the Eighth Day]

Author: Mitsuko KAKUTA

About the author: 

Mitsuko KAKUTA, born in 1967, authored more than 40 books

2022 Klett-Cotta

AUF DER STRASSE HEISSEN WIR ANDERS [WE HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME ON THE STREET]

Author: Laura Cwiertnia

About the book 

240 pages 

Hardcover

2017

Blaupause [Blueprint]

Author: Theresia Enzensberger

About the book 

English title: Blueprint

2022

Creep

Author: Philipp Winkler

About the Book 

English title: Creep 

ISBN: 978-3-351-03725-3

Kiepenheuer&Witsch

Der Silberfuchs meiner Mutter [My Mother’s Silver Fox]

Author: Alois Hotschnig

About the book 

Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch 

Release: 09.09.2021

2022

Die Bagage [The Riff-Raff]

Author: Monika Helfer

About the book 

English title: The Riff-Raff

2022 Claassen

Die Diplomatin [The Diplomat]

Author: Lucy Fricke

About the Book: 

English title: The Diplomat 

ISBN: 978-3-546-10005-2

Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969

2015

Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969

Author: Frank Witzel

About the book 

English title: The invention of the Red Army Faction by a manic-depressive

Die Wut, die bleibt [The Rage That Remains]

2022

Die Wut, die bleibt [The Rage That Remains]

Author: Mareike Fallwickl

About the book 

Publisher: Rowohlt Buchverlag 

Release: 22.03.2022

2021 Kiepenheuer&Witsch

Drei Kameradinnen [Sisters in Arms]

Author: Shida Bazyar

About the book 

Publisher: Kiepenheuer&Witsch 

Release: 15.04.2021

Penguin Verlag

Eine Art Familie [A Kind of Family]

Author: Jo Lendle

About the Book 

English title: A Kind of Family 

ISBN: 978-3-328-60194-4

2019

Glückliche Fälle [Lucky Breaks]

Author: Yevgenia Belorusets

About the book

English title: Lucky Breaks 

ISBN: 978-3-95757-776-4

Hast du uns endlich gefunden [So You Finally Found Us]

2021

Hast du uns endlich gefunden [So You Finally Found Us]

Author: Edgar Selge

About the book 

Publisher: Rowohlt Buchverlag Release: 19.10.2021 304 pages 

ISBN: 978-3-498-00122-3 

English title: So You Finally Found Us

Liebe in Zeiten des Hasses [Love in a Time of Hate]

2021

Liebe in Zeiten des Hasses [Love in a Time of Hate]

Author: Florian Illies

About the Book: 

English title: Love in a Time of Hate 

ISBN: 978-3-10-397073-9

2019

Milchzähne [Milk Teeth]

Author: Helene Bukowski

About the Book 

English title: Milk Teeth 

ISBN: 978-3-351-05068-9 Fiction. 

256 Pages Blumenbar. Hardcover 2019, March

2022

Prana Extrem

Author: Joshua Groß

About the book 

ISBN: 978-3-7518-0086-0 Publisher: Matthes & Seitz Berlin

Wo auch immer ihr seid [Brothers and Ghosts]

2021

Wo auch immer ihr seid [Brothers and Ghosts]

Author: Khuê Phạm

About the Book

English title: Brothers and Ghosts 

ISBN: 978-3-442-75802-9

2025

Academy of Lies - Anatomie einer Verschwörung

Author: Nina Scheweling

About the book:

English Title: Academy of Lies – Anatomy of a Conspiracy

2020

Cryptos

Author: Ursula Poznanski

About the book:

English title: Cryptos Author: Ursula Poznanski

2013

Das geheime Vermächtnis des Pan

Author: Sandra Regnier

About the book: 

Sandra Regnier:  Das geheime Vermächtnis des Pan

2026

Du hast noch einen Sommer, sagt der Tod

Author: Marie-Kristin Hofmann

About the book: 

English title: You Have One More Summer, Says Death

2024

Emma – The Graphic Novel

Author: Claudia Kühn

About the book: 

Author: Claudia Kühn 

English title: Emma – The Graphic

2025

Fair. Ohne Kompromisse

Author: Nina Weger

About the book: 

Author: Nina Weger

English title: Fair. Without ...

2026

Freunde

Author: Eva Kranenburg

About the book: 

English title: Friends March 2026 YA novel for ages 14+,

2023

Gittersee

Author: Charlotte Gneuss

About the book: 

Title: Gittersee A novel

2024

Jane und die Geheimnisse von Branwell Hall

Author: Mechthild Gläser

About the book: 

Author: Mechthild Gläser 

English title: Jane and the Secrets of

2026

Pepper

Author: Nils Mohl

About the book: 
English title: Pepper Coming-of-age YA novel, 272 pages.

2025

Royals of Nightfall. Dämonenfluch

Author: Julia Kuhn

About the book: 

Julia Kuhn: Royals of Nightfall. Dämonenfluch

2026

Schattenlicht

Author: Yasmin Shakarami About the book:

English title: Shadowlight

Author:  Yasmin Shakarami

2025

Seven Ways to Tell a Lie

Author: Colin Hadler

About the book: 

German title: Seven Ways to Tell a Lie Author: Colin Hadler

2024

Stolz und Vorurteil – Die Graphic Novel nach Jane Austen

Author: Claudia Kühn

About the book: 

Author: Claudia Kühn 

English title: Pride and Prejudice –

2025

Stromlinien

Author: Rebekka Frank

About the book: 

English title: Streamlines A novel

2024

Und die Welt, sie fliegt hoch

Author: Sarah Jäger

About the book: 

English title: Towards a Brighter Sky Illustrated YA novel for ages 12+, 272

2025

Und mir bleibt der hässliche Hund

Author: Franziska Hörner

About the book: 

Author: Franziska Hörner 

English title: And I'm Left With the

Vortex. Der Tag, an dem die Welt zerriss

2020

Vortex. Der Tag, an dem die Welt zerriss

Author: Anna Benning

About the book: 

English title: Vortex. The Day the World Was Torn Apart First volume of a YA trilogy,

2023

Weil

Author: Martin Muser

About the book: 

Martin Muser: WEIL. 

English title: BECAUSE

2025

Wenn Heute unser Morgen wäre

Author: Sophie Herbst

About the book: 

Author: Sophie Herbst English title: If Today Was Our

2025

Witch of Fate and Poison

Author: Alexandra Fuchs

About the book: 

Title: Witch of Fate and Poison Romantic Fantasy

2022

Austern. Ein Portrait

Author: Andreas Ammer

About the book 

English title: Oysters. A Portrait 

Publication year: 2022

2023

Das Schloss der Schriftsteller

Author: Uwe Neumahr

About the book 

English title: The Castle of Writers 

Subtitle: Nürnberg ‘46 - Treffen am

2023 Kiepenheuer & Witsch

Die Jagd auf das chinesische Phantom. Der gefährlichste Waffenhändler der Welt oder: Die Ohnmacht des Westens

Author: Bastian Obermayer / Frederik Obermaier / Philipp Josef Grüll / Christoph Giesen

About the book 

English title: The Chinese Phantom.

2023

Die Krise der Narration

Author: Byung-chul Han

About the book 

English title: The Crisis of Narration 

ISBN: 978-3-7518-0564-3

Die Nase vorn. Eine Reise in die Welt des Geruchssinns

2021

Die Nase vorn. Eine Reise in die Welt des Geruchssinns

Author: Bill Hansson

About the book 

English title: Smelling to Survive Amazing stories from the world of

2023

Die Reue des Prometheus

Author: Peter Sloterdijk

About the book 

English title: Prometheus’s Remorse 

ISBN: 978-3-518-02985-5

Die Unterwerfung. Anfang und Ende der menschlichen Herrschaft über die Natur

2022

Die Unterwerfung. Anfang und Ende der menschlichen Herrschaft über die Natur

Author: Philipp Blom

About the book 

English title: Subjugate the Earth: The beginning and end of humanity’s

Ein neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit und die deliberative Politik

2022

Ein neuer Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit und die deliberative Politik

Author: Jürgen Habermas

About the book 

English title: A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

2022

Ethik der Appropriation

Author: Jens Balzer

About the book 

English title: Ethics of Appropriation 

Publication year: 2022

2016

Gegen den Hass

Author: Carolin Emcke

About the book 

English title: Against Hate Publisher: S. FISCHER

HOMO EX MACHINA. Der Mensch von Morgen. Chancen und Risiken des Transhumanismus

2023

HOMO EX MACHINA. Der Mensch von Morgen. Chancen und Risiken des Transhumanismus

Author: Bernd Kleine-Gunk/Stefan Lorenz Sorgner: Homo Ex Machina

About the book 

English title: Homo Ex Machina Tomorrow’s human: a nuanced look

Lebendige Nacht. Vom verborgenen Leben der Tiere

2023

Lebendige Nacht. Vom verborgenen Leben der Tiere

Author: Sophias Kimmig

About the book 

English title: Living Night: On the world wonders we sleep through

2023

Meine Reise mit den Meeresschildkröten

Author: Christine Figgener

About the book 

English title: My Journey with Sea Turtles

Revanche. Wie Putin das bedrohlichste Regime der Welt geschaffen hat

2023

Revanche. Wie Putin das bedrohlichste Regime der Welt geschaffen hat

Author: Michael Thumann

About the book 

English title: Revanche 

Subtitle: How Putin created the mos

Rewilding. Auf der Suche nach einem Gleichgewicht zwischen Mensch und Natur

2021

Rewilding. Auf der Suche nach einem Gleichgewicht zwischen Mensch und Natur

Author: Simone Böcker

About the book 

English title: Rewilding 

Subtitle: The Search for Balance

Warum es so schwer ist, ein guter Mensch zu sein ... und wie wir das ändern können: Antworten eines Verhaltensökonomen

2022

Warum es so schwer ist, ein guter Mensch zu sein ... und wie wir das ändern können: Antworten eines Verhaltensökonomen

Author: Armin Falk

About the book 

English title: Why It’s So Hard to Be Good

Xi Jinping. Der mächtigste Mann der Welt

2021

Xi Jinping. Der mächtigste Mann der Welt

Author: Stefan Aust/Adrian Geiges

About the book 

English title: Xi Jinping The most powerful man in the world

2022

Zusammen

Author: Ulrich Schnabel

About the book 

English title: Together 

Subtitle: How to overcome global

2014

Heike Abidi: Tatsächlich 13

Author: author

English title: Really 13

ISBN: 978-3-86430-025-7

Publisher: Oetinger

YA novel, 12+, 176 pages

April 2014