German Non-Fiction Award 2025

After years of research, Ulli Lust returns with her non-fiction comic about the beginnings of art and the importance of...

After years of research, Ulli Lust returns with her non-fiction comic about the beginnings of art and the importance of empathy for the survival of our species: a forgotten world unfolds around the archaic female figures, in which the hero's journey was a group affair, with women, men, children and even non-binary people in sometimes richly adorned roles.

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are symptoms of a turning point that has been decades in the...

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are symptoms of a turning point that has been decades in the making: Military confrontation is once again increasingly seen as a legitimate means of pursuing policy. Starting from this moment, but also looking at earlier conflicts, Franz-Stefan Gady analyses the constant nature of war and the changing character of warfare.

Few stories are told as often as that of the inexorable rise of technology companies to the top of the...

Few stories are told as often as that of the inexorable rise of technology companies to the top of the globally connected world. Only one chapter remains untold: The price paid by the global South. Ingo Dachwitz and Sven Hilbig shed light on this blind spot, highlighting the global consequences of digital colonialism as well as existing approaches to a fairer digitalisation.

35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: What has become of the happiness of 1989? Where does all...

35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall: What has become of the happiness of 1989? Where does all the anger come from? Where do the false images come from? Ines Geipel goes back to the crack in time and delves into the upheavals that followed the end of the division of Germany. She takes a hard look at the politically inflammatory stories being told in the country.

For children and young people, the state of crisis has become the norm. The young generation is politically overlooked and...

For children and young people, the state of crisis has become the norm. The young generation is politically overlooked and socially neglected. This book calls for a rethink: children must be placed at the centre of political and social thinking. With comprehensive analysis, it shows the enormous changes that are shaping childhood today and how we can do justice to the youngest.

The Earth is warming. And it is doing so at an unprecedented rate. Without glossing over the facts, Bernhard Kegel...

The Earth is warming. And it is doing so at an unprecedented rate. Without glossing over the facts, Bernhard Kegel assembles all the technical and biological possibilities to stop this catastrophic development. Light and photosynthesis have made higher life possible and shaped it; now they could help to save it from one of its most serious crises.

Humans appear as flawed beings, while their machines are celebrated as conquerors of their weaknesses. Martina Hessler tells the story...

Humans appear as flawed beings, while their machines are celebrated as conquerors of their weaknesses. Martina Hessler tells the story of this powerful idea, in which human fallibility is stubbornly linked to technological perfection. It is time to say goodbye to this outdated illusion.

Walburga Hülk tells of the fate and the myth of the grand homme Victor Hugo as an intellectual, writer and...

Walburga Hülk tells of the fate and the myth of the grand homme Victor Hugo as an intellectual, writer and multi-talented artist - and of his visions and contradictions. She paints a picture of a man and writer caught between freedom and exile, a picture that also reflects the history of 19th-century France.