As of October 2023, the most successful work of fiction in Germany was After You (in German Ein ganz neues Leben) by Jojo Moyes which spent 22 weeks at number one. Timur Vermes' satirical novel Look Who's Back (Er ist wider da in German) came in second place, having spent 18 weeks in first place on the bestseller list.
Ranking of the most successful fiction novels in Germany 2023, by weeks at number one
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ZDF. (October 21, 2023). Ranking of the most successful fiction novels in Germany 2023, by weeks at number one [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1439942/most-successful-bestselling-books-germany/
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