Denis Scheck: Schecks Bestsellerbibel

Treasures and trash from 20 years

In his new book, Germany's best-known literary critic Denis Scheck fearlessly passes judgment on the SPIEGEL bestseller lists of the last 20 years: which books are annoying time-wasters and which are delightful companions for life? Scheck's bestseller bible teaches how to distinguish wheat from chaff, sows from pearls - and establishes the Ten Commandments of Reading. From the question of how to fall in love with a book to the importance of literature in times of loneliness - Denis Scheck takes us on a literary journey through the highs and lows of the German reading landscape.

Denis Scheck, born in Stuttgart in 1964, now lives in Cologne. He founded his own literary agency at the age of 13. As a literary translator and editor, he has worked with authors such as Michael Chabon, William Gaddis and David Foster Wallace, Antje Rávik Strubel and Judith Schalansky. He worked as a literary critic on the radio for many years and is now the presenter of the television program "Druckfrisch" on ARD and curator of various literary festivals.