Overview

• Calendar week 38 saw 15 books debut across Spiegel’s charts, marking a clustered mid‑September release wave.
• Romance and thriller titles drove the surge across formats, reflecting current reading preferences in Germany.
• Lilly Lucas’s This could be forever opened at No. 1 in paperback, with seven new paperbacks entering the rankings.
• Hardcover welcomed four newcomers, including Mona Kasten’s Gentle Heart at No. 3, underscoring romance strength in print.
• In Taschenbuch, Lin Dox’s Ghost – Solange du mich brauchst arrived at No. 4 and Robert Galbraith’s The Hallmarked Man at No. 11, as Frankfurter Rundschau issued a free 10‑crime PDF spotlighting an increasingly international field.