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The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Trial by Franz KafkaSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,029 books — 954 voters
Rubinrot by Kerstin GierInkheart by Cornelia FunkeMomo by Michael EndeSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best German Authors
608 books — 703 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Regeneration Trilogy by Pat BarkerMaisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear
WWI: The Great War (Historical Fiction)
541 books — 389 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselPattern of Shadows by Judith BarrowSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
World War II Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once
344 books — 252 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe White Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryNefertiti by Michelle Moran
Royal Fiction
525 books — 226 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBonjour tristesse by Françoise SaganMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar
Europe Minus Men and English
856 books — 225 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 Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison WeirNicholas and Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Children of Henry VIII by Alison WeirThe Life of Elizabeth I by Alison WeirThe Princes in the Tower by Alison Weir
Of Kings and Queens
450 books — 197 voters

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 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 EndeLe Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiTintenherz by Cornelia FunkeThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Fantasy - Beyond the English Language
397 books — 144 voters

The 231 Club by J. BartellThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
Best Espionage Books (nonfiction)
158 books — 109 voters
Notes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergPaul & Kiki's Guide to Vacationing in Italy by Paul StuartExpats Spain by Mark ShearmanAegean Dream by Dario Ciriello
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Europe
127 books — 106 voters

World Atlas of Wine by Hugh JohnsonThe Wine Bible by Karen MacNeilThe Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin WallaceRed, White, and Drunk All Over by Natalie MacLeanWine and War by Don Kladstrup
Best Wine Books
112 books — 93 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMein Kampf by Adolf HitlerIn the Garden of Beasts by Erik LarsonI Will Bear Witness 1933-41 by Victor Klemperer
Classics on Nazi Germany
112 books — 76 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

Us in Ruins by Rachel MooreClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingClockwork Prince by Cassandra ClareAnna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
YA Books Set in Europe
80 books — 43 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueBambi by Felix SaltenThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Books Banned by Nazis
102 books — 29 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallySophie Scholl and the White Rose by Annette DumbachOperation Einstein by Mark A. Cooper
Germans Defying Hitler
80 books — 29 voters
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall KellyThe Last Secret of The Soul by Stephen P. SmithThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John BoyneSkeletons at the Feast by Chris BohjalianSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Concentration Camps in Fiction
120 books — 21 voters

When Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBroken April by Ismail KadareLes Miserables by Victor Hugo
Read Around Europe
60 books — 15 voters
The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDie Räuber by Friedrich SchillerLove And Intrigue by Friedrich SchillerGötz von Berlichingen by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSturm und Drang by Friedrich Maximilian Klinger
Sturm und Drang
41 books — 14 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
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

When Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergA History of Eastern Europe by Vejas Gabriel LiuleviciusThe Troika of Osip Teitelbaum by Grant PattersonCome to This Court and Cry by Linda KinstlerMen As Friends by Irwin Epstein
A History of Eastern Europe Suggested Readings
51 books — 12 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

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