Frankfurt - Six novels have been short-listed by judges for the German Book Prize, an annual, 25,000-euro (35,000-dollar) award for German-speaking authors, the German Book Trade Federation said in Frankfurt Wednesday.

The novels and authors were The Tower (Uwe Tellkamp), Adam and Evelyn (Ingo Schulze), Abolition of Species (Dietmar Dath), Dark Ship (Sherko Fatah), Swim Home 
(Rolf Lappert) and Two Meet (Iris Hanika).

The winner is to be announced in Frankfurt on October 13, just before the Frankfurt Book Fair. (dpa)