June 2025

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Most of you have witnessed these months of spectacular success of our books, two of them standing out above all others: For Polina by Takis Würger and Love and Fury by Martin Suter. They’ve been dominating the top ranks of the Spiegel bestseller list and taken all the spotlight – do not miss out on the literary gems under their shadow: steady-selling authors whom we have published for several years, and newly signed authors who are enriching our list with their bold and bright ideas, here to stay.

Here's a special edition of our newsletter, dedicated especially to them. As always, please let us know if you would like to receive more information.

    
Your Diogenes Rights Team,

✉️ Susanne Bauknecht (Rights Director)

✉️ Suzanne Hégelé

✉️ Jana Lissek

✉️ Claudia Reinert

✉️ Andrej Ruesch

»A wild mix of western classics like High Noon, John Ironmonger’s bestseller The Whale at the End of the World and Cormac McCarthy’s legendary novel The Road.«

Angela Wittmann / Brigitte, Hamburg

»This one has everything it takes for a proper banger.«

Joachim Scholl / DLF Kultur, Hanover

»Stefanie vor Schulte’s language is artful, but precise and straightforward at the same time.«

Juliane Fischer / Falter, Vienna

»A comprehensive analysis of why beauty has always been political.«

Die Zeit, Hamburg

»She does that with thoroughness and analytical accuracy, humanism and laconic wit, an absolute delight to read.«

Tanja Rest / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

»It is enjoyable how she critically points out the racism, sexism, and eurocentrism behind [beauty] ideals, without depreciating the joy in decorating oneself.«

Ralf Stiftel / Westfälischer Anzeiger, Hamm

»The look into a mirror is different after reading this book.«

Madame, Munich

We have sold more than 170'000 copies of Eve Harris' two books. The ›Booker‹ nominee The Marrying of Chani Kaufman sold more than 100’000 copies in Sandstone’s original UK edition alone.

»Harris's eye for suburban social mores is wickedly acute, as is her evident relish in describing both the sensual life and its absence.«

The Guardian, London

»Harris writes of this closed world with knowledge and understanding, and highly observant, slightly acidic humour. Deservedly longlisted for the ›Booker‹.«

The Times, London

»A fantastic book, densely written, precisely researched and absolutely addictive.«

Sarah Levy / Brigitte, Hamburg

»Yiddish humour is paired with British humour, making it a real pleasure to read.«

Nicole Freyfus / Jüdische Allgemeine, Berlin 

French rights to Micha Lewinsky’s literary debut Flight or Fight have been sold to Éditions Phébus, who are going to publish it as one of their top titles for the rentrée in autumn.

»Micha Lewinsky's novel Flight or Fight is a refined play on our anxieties about the future.«

Annemarie Stoltenberg / NDR Kultur, Hamburg

»A most amusing read.«

Ruhr Nachrichten, Dortmund

»Highly comical, highly funny, but of course very tragic, too.«

Petra Hartlieb / ORF, Vienna

»A splendid debut!«

Nürnberger Nachrichten, Nuremberg

»An entertaining pleasure that will make you want to read the original, too.«

Linda Stift / Die Presse, Vienna

»In combination with the narrator’s own emotional chaos, an entirely new reading of Magic Mountain unfolds here.«

Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Berlin

»Casual, with plenty of irony and self-irony, entertaining and informative.«

Badische Neueste Nachrichten, Karlsruhe

»This entertaining book spans an arc from the past into the future. Today more than ever, the world is in need of healing.«

Welf Grombacher / Schwäbische Zeitung, Ravensburg

We have sold 30’000 copies of Leon de Winter’s City of Dogs, in our hardcover edition alone.

»In almost five decades of successful work, the author and filmmaker stays true to his storytelling, and yet surprises us time and again.«

Uwe Sauerwein / Berliner Morgenpost

»A novel about reality and fantasy, about life and death, war and peace, and about love. Confusing, compelling, and full of cryptic clues.«  

Elke Heidenreich / Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Cologne

Now published in translation: Kremulator by Sasha Filipenko in Italian

Ugo Guanda, Milan.