German Book Prize Nominees 2008
Lukas Baerfuss
"Hundert Tage" (One Hundred Days) -- Wallstein, March 2008
Marcel Beyer
"Kaltenburg" -- Suhrkamp, March 2008
Dietmar Dath
"Die Abschaffung der Arten" (The Abolition of the Species) -- Suhrkamp, Sep. 2008
Karen Duve
"Taxi" -- Eichborn Berlin, May 2008
Sherko Fatah
"Das Dunkle Schiff" (The Dark Ship) -- Jung und Jung, Feb. 2008
Olga Flor
"Kolleteralschaden" (Collateral Damage) -- Zsolnay, July 2008
Norbert Gstrein
"Die Winter im Sueden" (Winters in the South) -- Hanser, Aug. 2008
Peter Handke
"Die Morawische Nacht" (The Moravian Night) -- Suhrkamp, Jan. 2008
Iris Hanika
"Treffen sich Zwei" (Two People Meet) -- Droschl, Jan. 2008
Martin Kluger
"Der Vogel, der spazieren ging" (The Bird that Went for a Walk) -- DuMont, Feb. 2008
Judith Kuckart
"Die Verdaechtige" (The Suspect) -- DuMont, Aug. 2008
Rolf Lappert
"Nach Hause Schwimmen" (Swimming Home) -- Hanser, Feb. 2008
Norbert Niemann
"Willkommen Neue Traeume" (Welcome New Dreams) -- Hanser, Aug. 2008
Karl-Heinz Ott
"Ob wir wollen oder nicht" (Whether We Like it or Not) -- Hoffmann und Campe, Aug. 2008
Hans Pleschinski
"Ludwigshoehe" -- C. H. Beck, Aug. 2008
Ingo Schulze
"Adam und Evelyn" (Adam and Evelyn) -- Berlin Verlag, Aug. 2008
Uwe Tellkamp
"Der Turm" (The Tower) -- Suhrkamp, Sep. 2008
Uwe Timm
"Halbschatten" (Half Shadow) -- Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Aug. 2008
Martin Walser
"Ein Liebender Mann" (A Man in Love) -- Rowohlt, March 2008
Feridun Zaimoglu
"Liebesbrand" (Fire of Love) -- Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Feb. 2008