From a total of 244 works, a jury selected eight candidates for the German Non-Fiction Prize 2022.

The nominees include historical books such as “The Hohenzollerns and the Nazis.

History of a Collaboration” by Stephan Malinowski (Propyläen Verlag) and “The German-Russian Century.

Story of a special relationship” by Stefan Creuzberger (Rowohlt Verlag), as announced by the German Book Trade Association on Tuesday in Frankfurt.

A total of 130 publishers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland submitted non-fiction books.

From the so-called shortlist, the jury will now choose the winning title, which will be announced at the award ceremony on May 30 in the Humboldt Forum in Berlin.

"The nominated books provide clever problematization and sharp analyzes of some of the basic constellations of our time," said the jury spokeswoman and "taz" journalist Tania Martini.

"They impress with precision and intellectual honesty or with unorthodox approaches and surprising associations."

The Book Culture and Reading Promotion Foundation of the Börsenverein awards the prize to an "outstanding non-fiction book written in German that provides impetus for social debate".

The prize is endowed with a total of 42,500 euros, of which 25,000 euros go to the winning title.

In 2021, Jürgen Kaube, the publisher responsible for the feuilleton of the Frankfurter Allgemeine, received an award for his non-fiction book "Hegel's World".

The other six nominated non-fiction books are:

  • "On the verge of bliss.

    Over the Beach" by Bettina Baltschev (Berenberg Verlag)

  • “The women of Belarus.

    About revolution, courage and the urge for freedom” by Alice Bota (Berlin Verlag)

  • "Narrative monkeys.

    Myths, lies, utopias - how stories determine our lives" by Samira El Ouassil & Friedemann Karig (Ullstein Verlag)

  • "The rational animal.

    A cognitive-biological search for clues" by Ludwig Huber (Suhrkamp Verlag)

  • "Sorting machines.

    Reinventing the border in the 21st century” by Steffen Mau (publisher CHBeck)

  • "Vanishing Points of Memory.

    On the Present of the Holocaust and Colonialism” by Natan Sznaider (Carl Hanser Verlag)