Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag

Founded in 1948, Kiepenheuer & Witsch is a German general-interest publisher that publishes critical and popular non-fiction books alongside literary and light-reading-type
books by well-known authors and by young German-language and international authors. It currently has books by 800 authors on its list. It has offered its own paperback series, ‘Kiwi-Paperbacks’, since 1982, and since 2007 it has owned the Galiani Berlin imprint. The company is based in Cologne, and is part of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group.

Books featured on Litrix.de

Thomas Melle Haus zur Sonne
[House in the Sun]

Marius Goldhorn Die Prozesse
[The Trials]

Daniela Dröscher Lügen über meine Mutter
[Lies About My Mother]

Shida Bazyar Drei Kameradinnen
[Sisters in arms]

Leif Randt Allegro Pastell
[Allegro Pastell]

Matthias Brandt Blackbird
[Blackbird]

Uwe Timm Ikarien
[Icaria]

Book cover When the People Rise. The Allure and Atrocity of Revolution

Gero von Randow Wenn das Volk sich erhebt. Schönheit und Schrecken der Revolution
[When the People Rise. The Allure and Atrocity of Revolution]

Matthias Brandt Raumpatrouille
[Space Patrol]

Angelika Klüssendorf April
[April]

Peter Schneider Die Lieben meiner Mutter
[My mother’s loves]

Christoph Schlingensief Ich weiß, ich war's
[I know it was me]

Michael Kumpfmüller Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens
[The glory of life]

Feridun Zaimoglu Liebesbrand
[Blazing love]

Uwe Timm Halbschatten
[Penumbra]

Sibylle Berg Die Fahrt
[The journey]

Katja Lange-Müller Böse Schafe
[Angry sheep]

Book cover Fleeing force society in motion - Of migrants and tourists

Tom Holert Mark Terkessidis Fliehkraft. Gesellschaft in Bewegung - Von Migranten und Touristen
[Fleeing force society in motion - Of migrants and tourists]

Thomas Hettche Woraus wir gemacht sind
[What we' re made of]

Eva Menasse Vienna
[Vienna]

Uwe Timm Am Beispiel meines Bruders
[My brother's example]

2025-2027
Focus: Polish

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Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag

Books featured on Litrix.de

Thomas Melle Haus zur Sonne [House in the Sun]

Marius Goldhorn Die Prozesse [The Trials]

Daniela Dröscher Lügen über meine Mutter [Lies About My Mother]

Shida Bazyar Drei Kameradinnen [Sisters in arms]

Leif Randt Allegro Pastell [Allegro Pastell]

Matthias Brandt Blackbird [Blackbird]

Uwe Timm Ikarien [Icaria]

Gero von Randow Wenn das Volk sich erhebt. Schönheit und Schrecken der Revolution [When the People Rise. The Allure and Atrocity of Revolution]

Matthias Brandt Raumpatrouille [Space Patrol]

Angelika Klüssendorf April [April]

Peter Schneider Die Lieben meiner Mutter [My mother’s loves]

Christoph Schlingensief Ich weiß, ich war's [I know it was me]

Michael Kumpfmüller Die Herrlichkeit des Lebens [The glory of life]

Feridun Zaimoglu Liebesbrand [Blazing love]

Uwe Timm Halbschatten [Penumbra]

Sibylle Berg Die Fahrt [The journey]

Katja Lange-Müller Böse Schafe [Angry sheep]

Tom Holert Mark Terkessidis Fliehkraft. Gesellschaft in Bewegung - Von Migranten und Touristen [Fleeing force society in motion - Of migrants and tourists]

Thomas Hettche Woraus wir gemacht sind [What we' re made of]

Eva Menasse Vienna [Vienna]

Uwe Timm Am Beispiel meines Bruders [My brother's example]

2025-2027 Focus: Polish