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The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
973 books — 956 voters
Rubinrot by Kerstin GierInkheart by Cornelia FunkeMomo by Michael EndeSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best German Authors
606 books — 704 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 498 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
370 books — 290 voters

Sommernacht by Julie KagawaHerzklopfen auf Französisch by Stephanie PerkinsBiss zum Morgengrauen by Stephenie MeyerGefährliche Liebe by Suzanne CollinsIch fürchte mich nicht by Tahereh Mafi
How Embarrassing – German Titles of Translated Books …
154 books — 257 voters
Rubinrot by Kerstin GierDream a Little Dream by Kerstin GierErebos by Ursula PoznanskiInkheart by Cornelia FunkeReckless by Cornelia Funke
YA Books by German Writers
395 books — 257 voters

The Neverending Story by Michael EndeMomo by Michael EndeInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmKrabat by Otfried Preußler
Best German Children Literature
234 books — 201 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Novels Set in Germany
416 books — 199 voters

The Nightingale by Kristin HannahAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrBeneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanThe Alice Network by Kate QuinnCode Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein
WW2: The Resistance - Fiction & Non-Fiction
304 books — 191 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerIron Kingdom by Christopher ClarkThe Coming of the Third Reich by Richard J. EvansThe Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark
German History
596 books — 154 voters

Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
German Classics
227 books — 151 voters
The Neverending Story by Michael EndeRubinrot by Kerstin GierThe 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter MoersTintenherz [1-4] by Cornelia FunkeMomo by Michael Ende
German Fantasy Novels/ Deutsche Fantasy Romane
294 books — 122 voters

Das Parfum. Die Geschichte eines Mörders by Patrick SüskindDie unendliche Geschichte by Michael EndeMomo by Michael EndeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFaust. Der Tragödie Erster Teil by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Unsere Besten - Das große Lesen: Das Lieblingsbuch der Deutschen
125 books — 118 voters
Tschick by Wolfgang HerrndorfMeasuring the World by Daniel KehlmannNight Train to Lisbon by Pascal MercierHerr Lehmann by Sven RegenerVom Ende der Einsamkeit by Benedict Wells
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature of the 21st Century
198 books — 114 voters

The Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe World of Yesterday by Stefan ZweigDream Story by Arthur SchnitzlerThe Third Man by Graham GreeneA Nervous Splendor by Frederic Morton
Vienna/Wien
256 books — 113 voters
Die kleine Hexe by Otfried PreußlerThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeMomo by Michael EndeDas kleine Gespenst by Otfried PreußlerDer Räuber Hotzenplotz by Otfried Preußler
German Childrens' Books in German
303 books — 112 voters

Himmelstiefe by Daphne UnruhSchattenmelodie by Daphne UnruhRabenblut drängt by Nikola HotelSoap by Michael MeisheitNicht von dieser Welt by Vanessa Mansini
Deutsche E-Books
228 books — 97 voters
The Reader by Bernhard SchlinkMeasuring the World by Daniel KehlmannTschick by Wolfgang HerrndorfVisitation by Jenny ErpenbeckThree Bags Full by Leonie Swann
Young / Contemporary German Literature
77 books — 57 voters

Der Schwarm by Frank SchätzingDer Augensammler by Sebastian FitzekErebos by Ursula PoznanskiDie Therapie by Sebastian FitzekDer Seelenbrecher by Sebastian Fitzek
German Contemporary Thrillers (no translations!)
44 books — 55 voters
A Bed of Spices by Barbara SamuelCsardas by Diane PearsonSo Worthy My Love by Kathleen E. WoodiwissThe Reluctant Heiress by Eva IbbotsonThe V Girl by Mya Robarts
Romance in Germany/Netherlands/Austria/Switzerland (and/or) German/Dutch/Austrian/Swiss Heroes and Heroines
97 books — 52 voters

Die Mitte der Welt by Andreas SteinhöfelBenjamins Gärten by J. WaltherPhillips Bilder by J. WaltherIm Zimmer wird es still by J. WaltherDer Klub der Ungeliebten by Dennis Stephan
German LGBT Literature
323 books — 39 voters
The Reader by Bernhard SchlinkInkheart by Cornelia FunkePerfume by Patrick SüskindRuby Red by Kerstin GierThe 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
Modern German Literature translated into English
127 books — 38 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
Best European Novels Of All Times
121 books — 17 voters
Der Tag, an dem die Welt zerriss by Anna BenningDie Welt wird brennen by Lena KieferNeon Birds by Marie GraßhoffRostiges Herz by Sarah StoffersAutumn & Leaf by J.K. Bloom
German Dystopian Novels/Deutschsprachige Dystopien
114 books — 15 voters

Het parfum; De geschiedenis van een moordenaar by Patrick SüskindHet oneindige verhaal by Michael EndeSchaaknovelle by Stefan ZweigHet lijden van de jonge Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDe schimmelruiter by Theodor Storm
Dutch translations of German books
120 books — 14 voters
Fire & Ice by Laura HamiltonUp to No Good by Karen S. SmithMénage by Emma HollyCassandra's Conflict by Fredrica AlleynZomerkoorts by Anna Ricci
Black Lace collection
46 books — 14 voters

Das Gewicht von Sternenstaub by Allegra Ophelia SchroederDie unendliche Geschichte by Michael EndeWer hat Angst vorm bösen Wolf? by Nicole BöhmBernsteinstaub by Mechthild GläserAlice im Spiegelland by Lewis Carroll
Best Cover of German Books
54 books — 14 voters
Untenrum frei by Margarete StokowskiDer kleine Unterschied und seine großen Folgen by Alice SchwarzerSprache und Sein by Kübra GümüşayDie Wand by Marlen HaushoferUnlearn Patriarchy by Lisa Jaspers
Feminismus auf Deutsch
79 books — 13 voters

A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail LermontovThe Road by Cormac McCarthyCoal Black Horse by Robert OlmsteadThe Collector of Worlds by Ilija TrojanowGolo Mann by Tilmann Lahme
SWR Bestenliste 2006 - 2010
151 books — 11 voters
Austerlitz by W.G. SebaldThe Royal Physician's Visit by Per Olov EnquistIgnorance by Milan KunderaSaturday by Ian McEwanThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
SWR Bestenliste 2001 - 2005
126 books — 10 voters

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