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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréStasiland by Anna FunderEvery Man Dies Alone by Hans FalladaA Woman in Berlin by AnonymousIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson
Berlin
316 books — 187 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGhost Tamer by Meredith R. LyonsA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
City Life
319 books — 186 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakBottled Goods by Sophie van LlewynWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergThe Accidental Empress by Allison PatakiWe Were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
Historical Fiction - Central/Eastern Europe
242 books — 117 voters
A Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreIron Curtain by Anne ApplebaumThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonThe Billion Dollar Spy by David E. HoffmanThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
The Cold War (nonfiction)
364 books — 106 voters

The Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana ZapataKulti by Mariana ZapataBully by Penelope DouglasBeautiful Bastard by Christina LaurenWallbanger by Alice Clayton
RARE17
169 books — 94 voters
Stasiland by Anna FunderThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréThe Valley of Unknowing by Philip SingtonThe Triumph of Improvisation by James Graham WilsonIron Curtain by Anne Applebaum
The Former East Germany, GDR, DDR
177 books — 84 voters

Ahab by Brad HuestisEmil and the Detectives by Erich KästnerThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Devil's Missal by Cathy Dobson
Germany
229 books — 79 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

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréSmiley's People by John le CarréThe Looking Glass War by John le CarréGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
The Best Cold War Novels
43 books — 44 voters
Der nasse Fisch by Volker KutscherDer stumme Tod by Volker KutscherGoldstein by Volker KutscherDie Akte Vaterland by Volker KutscherThe Einstein Girl by Philip Sington
Crime Thriller, set in Berlin 1920-1940
38 books — 21 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakWhen Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit by Judith KerrLisa and Lottie by Erich KästnerFrom Anna by Jean LittleWallflower by Holly-Jane Rahlens
Germany in Juvenile Fiction
232 books — 20 voters
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher IsherwoodStasiland by Anna FunderBerlin Diaries, 1940-1945 by Marie VassiltchikovBowie In Berlin by Thomas Jerome SeabrookBerlin by Jason Lutes
Berlin in the Title
148 books — 11 voters

Neither Here nor There by Bill BrysonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Prisoner of Heaven by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best English-Language Books To Read in Europe
30 books — 7 voters
Rivers of London by Ben AaronovitchStrange Practice by Vivian ShawThe Arabian Nightmare by Robert IrwinThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha PulleyBrown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
SFF Set in Global Cities (No YA)
64 books — 6 voters

Blackshirts and Reds by Michael ParentiThe Magic Lantern by Timothy Garton AshRevolution 1989 by Victor SebestyenThe Collapse of the Soviet Union by International Communist Sem...Coward by Jaroslav Balek
The Velvet Revolution - 1989
34 books — 5 voters
Orphan Train by Christina Baker KlineThe African Queen by C.S. ForesterThe Last Lifeboat by Hazel GaynorResistance Women by Jennifer ChiaveriniThe Paris Bookseller by Kerri Maher
So Many World War Books
13 books — 4 voters

Berlin Game by Len DeightonThe Berlin Exchange by Joseph KanonBerlin by Jason LutesLilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyThe Marketer by Antonio La Matina
Germany by State: Berlin and Brandenburg
106 books — 4 voters
Angela's Arm by Roland AllnachThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickFlow My Tears, the Policeman Said by Philip K. DickVALIS by Philip K. Dick
The (never official) World/Inferno Friendship Society book list
45 books — 3 voters

The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionAtlas of Remote Islands by Judith SchalanskyAlone in Berlin by Hans FalladaNew Selected Stories by Alice MunroOne Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina
Dialogue Books Recommends in 2011
11 books — 2 voters
My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanCrying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Books Mentioned in Jane Flett's Class pt 2
100 books — 2 voters

I sonnambuli by Paul GrossmanNessun indizio by Paul GrossmanNoi, i ragazzi dello zoo di Berlino by Christiane V. FelscherinowFatherland by Robert HarrisLettera a Berlino by Ian McEwan
Berlino
7 books — 1 voter
Demut by Szczepan TwardochIn the End, It Was All About Love by Musa OkwongaSchlachtensee by Helene HegemannDer falsche Gruß by Maxim BillerLustprinzip by Rebekka Kricheldorf
Romane die in Berlin spielen
66 books — 1 voter

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