Navella Allen's 'Game on' Rises to #4 on SPIEGEL Bestseller List

The SPIEGEL weekly bestseller list for the week of 6‑12 August 2026 highlighted several new entrants. Navella Allen’s third novel in the Lights‑Out trilogy, Game on, reached #4 on the paperback list, following the series’ earlier success with the first volume topping the New York Times list. Kristine Bilkau’s award‑winning novel Halbinsel, which won the Leipzig Book Fair prize in 2025, entered the paperback list at #17. In the non‑fiction paperback chart, content creator and psychology student Silvi Carlsson debuted at #1 with Good Girl Exit, a book examining the “good‑girl” archetype.

These entries illustrate the influence of social‑media trends and niche publishing topics on Germany’s current reading market, with titles ranging from literary fiction to self‑help guides gaining rapid traction.