Top 50 Novels in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest novels in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 436 novels tracked in Germany, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Healthy food, Old Testament and Healthy Recipes lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 7,964,053 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 462,502, and the largest, Healthy food, reaches around 5,249,923 people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each novel, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Healthy food	5,249,923	6.4%	Novel	Health
2	Old Testament	1,490,046	12.0%	Novel	Politics & Society
3	Healthy Recipes	1,224,084	8.1%	Novel	Food & Beverages
4	The Godfather (novel)	1,063,644	9.7%	Novel	Literature
5	Jurassic Park (novel)	1,035,721	5.8%	Novel	Literature
6	The Count of Monte Cristo	878,561	8.3%	Novel	Literature
7	Gossip Girl (novel series)	779,685	7.1%	Novel	Literature
8	The Green Mile (novel)	593,745	7.6%	Novel	Literature
9	Don Quixote	584,466	1.3%	Novel	Literature
10	Book of Revelation	583,321	4.7%	Novel	Politics & Society
11	The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands	479,665	98.6%	Novel	Literature
12	Book of Exodus	443,694	10.2%	Novel	Politics & Society
13	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	401,383	5.5%	Novel	Movies & TV
14	Labour law	374,781	3.5%	Novel	Politics & Society
15	Winnie-the-Pooh	373,682	2.8%	Novel	Kids & Family
16	Metamorphoses	371,791	8.8%	Novel	Literature
17	Divergent (novel)	350,984	3.8%	Novel	Literature
18	White wedding	350,869	2.4%	Novel	Kids & Family
19	Watership Down	345,830	21.8%	Novel	Literature
20	All Quiet on the Western Front	342,911	8.4%	Novel	Literature
21	Prime time	341,182	3.0%	Novel	Movies & TV
22	Yoga Sutras of Patanjali	330,103	5.6%	Novel	Politics & Society
23	Hansel and Gretel	318,012	20.5%	Novel	Literature
24	Roller skates	291,288	2.8%	Novel	Sports
25	Overton's	287,201	76.6%	Novel	Literature
26	The War of the Worlds	237,494	3.5%	Novel	Movies & TV
27	Hallowe'en Party	214,703	36.4%	Novel	Literature
28	The Alchemist (novel)	212,894	5.5%	Novel	Literature
29	Ender's Game	205,462	7.0%	Novel	Literature
30	Oliver Twist	199,128	7.4%	Novel	Literature
31	Consumer behaviour	197,652	14.0%	Novel	Business & Career
32	'Salem's Lot	187,833	7.0%	Novel	Literature
33	The Metamorphosis	182,183	17.7%	Novel	Literature
34	Another (novel)	174,573	8.9%	Novel	Literature
35	The Call of the Wild	173,824	12.0%	Novel	Literature
36	Berlin Alexanderplatz	172,700	81.6%	Novel	Travel & Leisure
37	Anne of Green Gables	168,689	6.3%	Novel	Literature
38	Travelbook	165,758	41.2%	Novel	Travel & Leisure
39	Gospel of Mark	163,667	2.0%	Novel	Politics & Society
40	Torah	162,293	5.5%	Novel	Literature
41	A Christmas Carol	158,705	4.3%	Novel	Literature
42	The Old Man and the Sea	155,034	13.0%	Novel	Literature
43	The Name of the Rose	153,990	32.3%	Novel	Literature
44	Energy Healing	147,959	5.8%	Novel	Health
45	Lord of the Flies	144,812	5.8%	Novel	Literature
46	The Picture of Dorian Gray	139,575	10.8%	Novel	Literature
47	Gulliver's Travels	138,386	13.4%	Novel	Literature
48	Uncle Tom's Cabin	130,049	15.6%	Novel	Literature
49	Wage labour	129,256	8.3%	Novel	Business & Career
50	First Epistle to the Thessalonians	121,939	0.4%	Novel	Politics & Society