Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature

Books originally written in German, or by those born in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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398	Thumbprint by Friedrich Glauser 3.64 avg rating — 403 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
398	Komm, süßer Tod (Brenner, #3) by Wolf Haas 3.97 avg rating — 1,374 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
398	The Little French Bistro by Nina George (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 18,481 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
398	Hymns and Fragments by Friedrich Hölderlin 4.41 avg rating — 217 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
405	Die drei Sprünge des Wang-lun. Chinesischer Roman by Alfred Döblin 3.61 avg rating — 75 ratings score: 171, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
405	The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke 3.18 avg rating — 5,408 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
407	Das Vaterspiel by Josef Haslinger 3.80 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
407	Leonce und Lena by Georg Büchner 3.31 avg rating — 1,226 ratings score: 170, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
407	Driestuiversroman by Bertolt Brecht 3.79 avg rating — 1,117 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
410	Volume Three: Joan of Arc / William Tell by Friedrich Schiller 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
410	Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery Of Dora Diamant by Kathi Diamant (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
412	Dantons Tod by Georg Büchner 3.35 avg rating — 3,554 ratings score: 167, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
412	Der Hals der Giraffe by Judith Schalansky 3.20 avg rating — 2,271 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
414	The German Legends of the Brothers Grimm, Volume 1 by Donald Ward (editor) 3.92 avg rating — 191 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
414	Memoires van een antisemiet by Gregor von Rezzori 4.07 avg rating — 1,237 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
416	Opernball by Josef Haslinger 3.78 avg rating — 270 ratings score: 164, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
417	The German Legends of the Brothers Grimm, Volume 2 by Donald Ward 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
417	Fever (Wachtmeister Studer #2) by Friedrich Glauser 3.62 avg rating — 153 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
419	Die Marquise Von O... by Heinrich von Kleist 3.53 avg rating — 4,678 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
420	The Stalin Front: A Novel of World War II by Gert Ledig 3.92 avg rating — 356 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
420	Oneness With All Life: Inspirational Selections from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle 4.36 avg rating — 2,326 ratings score: 160, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
422	Josephus-Trilogie: Der jüdische Krieg/Die Söhne/Der Tag wird kommen by Lion Feuchtwanger 4.56 avg rating — 143 ratings score: 158, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
423	Schweigeminute by Siegfried Lenz 3.51 avg rating — 2,303 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
423	Mademoiselle de Scudéri by E.T.A. Hoffmann 3.29 avg rating — 3,788 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
425	On the Natural History of Destruction by W.G. Sebald really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,893 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
426	Immensee by Theodor Storm 3.69 avg rating — 736 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
426	Fundbüro by Siegfried Lenz 3.31 avg rating — 294 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
428	Die Erben der Tante Jolesch by Friedrich Torberg 4.16 avg rating — 493 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
428	Circe's Mountain by Marie Luise Kaschnitz 3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
430	Liefdesverhalen by Robert Walser 3.85 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
430	De avonturen van Hermann Lauscher by Hermann Hesse 3.31 avg rating — 270 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
432	Desire and Delusion: Three Novellas by Arthur Schnitzler 4.02 avg rating — 99 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
432	Confusion by Stefan Zweig 4.02 avg rating — 10,564 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
432	GRM: Brainfuck by Sibylle Berg (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 2,865 ratings score: 152, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
435	Eure Heimat ist unser Albtraum by Fatma Aydemir (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 4,366 ratings score: 151, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
436	Gordon by Edith Templeton 3.41 avg rating — 541 ratings score: 149, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
437	A Soldier's Legacy by Heinrich Böll 3.55 avg rating — 506 ratings score: 147, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
438	Der Zahlenteufel by Hans Magnus Enzensberger 3.92 avg rating — 6,985 ratings score: 146, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
439	The Spanish Ballad by Lion Feuchtwanger 4.22 avg rating — 1,540 ratings score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
439	Scoglio Pomo oder Rout am Fliegenden Holländer by Fritz von Herzmanovsky-Orlando 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
439	The Book of Words by Jenny Erpenbeck 3.66 avg rating — 468 ratings score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
442	Blumen, Frucht- oder Dornenstücke oder Ehestand, Tod und Hochzeit des Armenadvokaten F. St. Siebenkäs by Jean Paul Friedrich Richter 3.72 avg rating — 67 ratings score: 143, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
442	Die Weissagung by Arthur Schnitzler 3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 143, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
442	Burning Secret by Stefan Zweig 3.89 avg rating — 11,984 ratings score: 143, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
445	Engelszungen by Dimitré Dinev 4.38 avg rating — 485 ratings score: 142, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
445	Der Tag, als ich lernte die Spinnen zu zähmen by Jutta Richter liked it 3.00 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 142, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
447	Five Plays: The Robbers / Passion and Politics / Don Carlos / Mary Stuart / Joan of Arc by Friedrich Schiller 4.05 avg rating — 55 ratings score: 141, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
448	Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1 by Karl Marx 4.08 avg rating — 21,904 ratings score: 140, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
448	Der Trafikant by Robert Seethaler 3.74 avg rating — 19,207 ratings score: 140, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
450	Being and Time - Sein und Zeit by Martin Heidegger 4.05 avg rating — 25,692 ratings score: 139, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
451	Jefta und seine Tochter. by Lion Feuchtwanger 4.20 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 138, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
452	Arcadia Awakens (Arcadia, #1) by Kai Meyer (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 5,267 ratings score: 136, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
452	The Terrors of Ice and Darkness by Christoph Ransmayr 4.01 avg rating — 683 ratings score: 136, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
452	Vom Schönen, Guten, Baren: Die schönsten Bildergeschichten und Bildgedichte by Robert Gernhardt 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 136, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
455	Die Wand by Marlen Haushofer 4.03 avg rating — 21,445 ratings score: 134, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
456	Menschheitsdämmerung by Kurt Pinthus (Editor) 4.26 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 133, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
457	The Invisible Collection / Buchmendel by Stefan Zweig 4.31 avg rating — 1,063 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
458	On Love and Death by Patrick Süskind 3.35 avg rating — 2,471 ratings score: 131, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
459	The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs by Friedrich Nietzsche 4.26 avg rating — 18,638 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
459	Die Mansarde by Marlen Haushofer 3.82 avg rating — 541 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
461	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.19 avg rating — 3,870,544 ratings score: 129, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
462	Die Geschichte von dem Kleinen Muck by Wilhelm Hauff 4.01 avg rating — 431 ratings score: 125, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
462	Das Erdbeben in Chili by Heinrich von Kleist 3.31 avg rating — 1,565 ratings score: 125, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
464	La leggenda del santo bevitore by Joseph Roth 3.74 avg rating — 6,247 ratings score: 124, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
465	The Saga of the Volsungs by Anonymous really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6,666 ratings score: 122, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
466	Tauben im Gras by Wolfgang Koeppen 3.20 avg rating — 2,098 ratings score: 121, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
467	Der Meister des Jüngsten Tages by Leo Perutz 3.86 avg rating — 1,165 ratings score: 119, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
468	Der grüne Kakadu by Arthur Schnitzler 3.52 avg rating — 93 ratings score: 118, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
469	Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: A Florilegium of her Works by Hrotsvitha 3.67 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 113, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
470	Der Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa by Arnold Zweig 3.88 avg rating — 194 ratings score: 112, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
471	In Free Fall by Juli Zeh 3.68 avg rating — 1,893 ratings score: 111, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
472	Die Stadt ohne Juden: Ein Roman von übermorgen by Hugo Bettauer 3.91 avg rating — 225 ratings score: 110, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
472	Oliebol : een zee- en moordverhaal by Wilhelm Raabe 3.12 avg rating — 153 ratings score: 110, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
474	Irrungen, Wirrungen by Theodor Fontane 3.25 avg rating — 3,480 ratings score: 108, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
474	Die andere Seite. Ein phantastischer Roman. by Alfred Kubin 3.73 avg rating — 2,017 ratings score: 108, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
476	Das jüdische Begräbnis. by Lothar Schöne 2.92 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 106, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
477	Crictor by Tomi Ungerer Tomi 4.12 avg rating — 2,054 ratings score: 105, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
478	Der Gefängnisarzt, oder Die Vaterlosen by Ernst Weiss 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 104, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
479	A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka 3.68 avg rating — 6,524 ratings score: 103, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Deutschland, Eine Reise by Wolfgang Büscher 3.55 avg rating — 96 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Die Blutsäule. Zeichen und Wunder am Sereth. by Soma Morgenstern 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt by Dieter Noll 4.26 avg rating — 261 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Spielplatz der Helden by Michael Köhlmeier 4.05 avg rating — 88 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Erzähler der Nacht by Rafik Schami 4.05 avg rating — 1,730 ratings score: 100, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	A Man Called Cervantes by Bruno Frank 3.93 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Die Wolfshaut by Hans Lebert 4.37 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Die Fantastischen Sternenkrieger (Duocarns, #1-3) by Pat McCraw (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Rabenblut – In dunkelster Nacht erwacht by Marcel Weyers (Goodreads Author) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Verloren by Nina Jean Slack (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Die Waffen nieder! by Bertha von Suttner 4.14 avg rating — 332 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Thought Flights by Robert Musil 4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Blood Brothers: A Novel by Ernst Haffner 3.90 avg rating — 1,192 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Deutsche College-Kredit by John Blandly it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Dick en Dallie en de ponies by Ursula Bruns 4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	SpielRaum by Alex Acht it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	The Shadow of His Past by Nickie Cochran (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Learning German by Tim Luscombe 4.44 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Cosmos by Witold Gombrowicz 4.01 avg rating — 4,336 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (Goodreads Author) 3.51 avg rating — 102,685 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
480	Die zufällige Kaiserin by Justin R. Smith (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Clarice (new)

Feb 10, 2009 11:55PM

How about widening the circle and also including Swiss German writers, such as Duerrenmatt?

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message 2: by Thom (new)

Aug 31, 2009 06:30PM

Who wrote Antigone and the Garden Gnomes ? Loved that story. I'm wondering, as well, if there isn't somewhere a song book of all the old sentimental favorites that still get sung at Oktoberfest here in Cincinnati: Du, Du liegst mir im herzen; Du kannst mich liebe fur drei tolle Tagen; Die Lorelei; etc.

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message 3: by 3535 (last edited Aug 31, 2009 11:59PM) (new)

Aug 31, 2009 11:55PM

And where, may I ask, is Heinz G. Konsalik? ;D

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message 4: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Sep 01, 2009 06:57AM) (new)

Sep 01, 2009 03:28AM

GOOD question -- where is he indeed? ;) (And Johannes Mario Simmel, come to think of it!)

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message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

Sep 03, 2009 08:32AM

is The Lorelei here? I would like to vote for it.

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message 6: by Kakanier (new)

Dec 06, 2009 09:46AM

Arthur Schnitzler? Kein Arthur Schnitzler?

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message 7: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Dec 06, 2009 11:03AM

Kakanier: There are several collections of works by Arthur Schnitzler on the list (currently nos. 66, 70 and 155).

Canary: Heine's "Buch der Lieder" and "Collected Poems" -- in English translation -- are on p. 2 of this list. You could vote for them ... or add a book with the ISBN no. 3446123024, which is a short book on the "Loreley" poem specifically. (I'd do it myself, but I've already exhausted my 100 permitted entries! :) )

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message 8: by [deleted user] (new)

Dec 06, 2009 06:12PM

Themis-Athena wrote: "Kakanier: There are several collections of works by Arthur Schnitzler on the list (currently nos. 66, 70 and 155).

Canary: Heine's "Buch der Lieder" and "Collected Poems" -- in English translation..."

Thanks! I voted for it here and may try to add it by ISBN number later but not up to it tonight.
Canary Alice

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message 9: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Dec 27, 2013 02:49AM) (new)

Dec 27, 2013 02:46AM

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (currently no. 202) is not German but Dutch and should not be on this list. Apart from him being Dutch, his Praise of folly was written in Latin, as far as I know, and not in German.

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message 10: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Oct 03, 2015 07:59AM) (new)

Oct 03, 2015 07:58AM

Removed Praise of Folly (again). Not written in German, nor was Erasmus German. See above message.

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message 11: by Robobobo (new)

Jan 11, 2016 11:05AM

I've added Hans Henny Jahnn's Night of Lead . He should definitely be on this list with at least one book.

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message 12: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 11, 2016 09:42AM) (new)

Jun 11, 2016 09:38AM

Leseratte wrote: "I deleted some books, wich were not written in german."

Please, next time do mention which books you've deleted (see for intance message 10). Thanks!

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message 13: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 28, 2017 07:14AM) (new)

Jun 11, 2016 07:20PM

@Leseratte
Gordon by Edith Templeton is one of the books I added. It was not writtten in German, I agree, but my reason for adding it is that the description of the Listopia says "... or by those born in Germany, Austria and Switzerland"

Edith Templeton was born in Prague, but as it was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, personally I'd say she belongs on this list (falls in the category of writers born in Austria, if you like), which is why I added the book (and which is why I took the liberty of adding it again).

Lilly Axster was born in Germany, according to her profile. And Ludwig Wittgenstein was born in Austria...

@Amy
As you are the creator of the list, do books by authors born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire count or not? When their place of birth is not part of present day Germany of Austria, I mean. Borders of countries have changed over the years, and Gordon is not the only title I've added by an author born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire who didn't write in German.

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message 14: by Tomasz (new)

Feb 28, 2017 03:17AM

Hanna Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism was written orignially in English. In few days I will remove it , if there are no opposing votes.

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message 15: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 28, 2017 07:15AM) (new)

Feb 28, 2017 06:00AM

Tomasz wrote: "Hanna Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism was written orignially in English. In few days I will remove it , if there are no opposing votes."

I haven't read the book, nor do I know the author, but according to GR she was born in Germany, and the description of the Listopia clearly says "Books originally written in German, OR by those born in Germany, Austria and Switzerland".... (which is why I added a French novel written bij a Swiss author, an English novel by an Austrian author; see also my earlier comment)

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message 16: by Tomasz (new)

Feb 28, 2017 06:08AM

Booklovinglady wrote: "Tomasz wrote: "Hanna Arendt's Origins of Totalitarianism was written orignially in English. In few days I will remove it , if there are no opposing votes."

I haven't read the book, nor do I know t..."

You are right. Her first books were written in German, but later in her life she started writing in English. OoT was (AFAIK) the first of them.

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message 17: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 28, 2017 06:34AM) (new)

Feb 28, 2017 06:17AM

Tomasz wrote: "You are right. Her first books were written in German, but later in her life she started writing in English. OoT was (AFAIK) the first of them. ..."

Being Jewish, she was forced to leave Germany in 1933, so it's only logical that she started writing in the language she then undoubtedly spoke (as, according to GR, she emigrated to the US in 1941 and the book you mentioned was published in 1951). Vicki Baum, for example, was also Jewish and wrote in English as well later on in her life.

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message 18: by George P. (new)

Jul 22, 2018 06:59PM

I've only read 7 of the top 100 even though I a have a German family name (my mother's maiden name was German too). I'd better get with it! The Magic Mountain is #17 in my TBR list so I expect to read it by the end of this year.

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message 19: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jul 22, 2018 09:05PM

George wrote: "The Magic Mountain is #17 in my TBR list so I expect to read it by the end of this year...."

Not an easy book to read, but a great one!

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message 20: by Margareta (new)

Aug 03, 2019 10:36AM

I am looking for a list where the German books are in German... So I might skip the translations… Somebody who knows??

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message 21: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 04, 2019 12:36AM) (new)

Aug 04, 2019 12:16AM

Margareta wrote: "I am looking for a list where the German books are in German... So I might skip the translations… Somebody who knows??"

On this list you'll find by far mostly books originally written in German... GR has the nasty habit to change books to the most popular edition, that's why there are translations on this list.

Also, have a look at
German Childrens' Books in German
German Contemporary Thrillers
Thrillers in German (original or translated)

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message 22: by Margareta (new)

Aug 04, 2019 07:57AM

Thanks! So then I will just keep on scrolling, because it is the literature I'm looking for :)

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message 23: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 04, 2019 08:03AM) (new)

Aug 04, 2019 08:02AM

@Margareta

I personally have a shelf with mostly literature originally written in German:
german-austrian (The titles are in Dutch but the books were originally published in German)

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message 24: by Margareta (new)

Aug 04, 2019 10:10PM

Great! Dat klinkt alsof we gewoon Nederlands kunnen schrijven. Now I start to remember all the names of novellists I heard about at school.

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message 25: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Aug 05, 2019 02:23AM) (new)

Aug 05, 2019 12:32AM

Margareta wrote: "Great! Dat klinkt alsof we gewoon Nederlands kunnen schrijven. Now I start to remember all the names of novellists I heard about at school."

We kunnen inderdaad Nederlands schrijven 😃

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message 26: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Aug 05, 2019 02:23AM

@Margareta
Heb je er trouwens ooit aan gedacht om lid te worden van de Netherlands & Flanders group?

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message 27: by Margareta (new)

Aug 05, 2019 03:33AM

Wist niet dat die bestond…. Ik begin nu net zo'n beetje wat meer rond te neuzen en 'gericht' te zoeken in GR. Wat behelst die groep?

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message 28: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Aug 05, 2019 07:35AM

Margareta wrote: "Wist niet dat die bestond…. Ik begin nu net zo'n beetje wat meer rond te neuzen en 'gericht' te zoeken in GR. Wat behelst die groep?"

Kijk even rond, zou ik zeggen (volgens mij kan dat namelijk ook als je geen lid bent).

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message 29: by Müffelo (new)

Aug 18, 2019 12:30PM

I find it astonishing, as well as outrageous to merely see two female names in the first 100 authors. The canon of books worth reading, just like the resulting so-called "best literature" lists, where constructed under patriarchy and mostly by men. However, as should be clear, women writers have made important contributions to the field of literature in German-speaking countries. Let's acknowledge and further spread their work by equally including them here.

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message 30: by George P. (last edited Aug 19, 2019 09:07PM) (new)

Aug 19, 2019 09:05PM

Müffelo wrote: "I find it astonishing, as well as outrageous to merely see two female names in the first 100 authors. The canon of books worth reading, just like the resulting so-called "best literature" lists..."

It is remarkably disappointing. Are German-author readers historically more sexist than English- author readers? Germany does have a woman prime minister now.
I will plan on reading Malina by Ingeborg Bachmann, currently at #108. If one or two other readers do also, and vote for it, it can move into the top 100 in this poll.

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message 31: by Müffelo (last edited Aug 21, 2019 12:16AM) (new)

Aug 20, 2019 11:10PM

George P. wrote: "Müffelo wrote: "I find it astonishing, as well as outrageous to merely see two female names in the first 100 authors. The canon of books worth reading, just like the resulting so-called "best liter..."

Well, I believe it has everything to do with the patriarchal system(s) in German literary criticism in the past, as well as in the present. Works by male authors were celebrated as brilliant "classics" of world literature, whereas the (mostly male) critics did not even acknowledge women to have the potential to create literature as monumental as men, since they were assigned different competences. In patriarchy, men value other men, if any.

In the last couple of weeks, a hashtag has been trending on Twitter: #dichterdran (for those of you who understand German). It's all about current day literary criticism and how it treats genders differently. Women write about male authors just how male critics write about female authors. It's really entertaining and revealing, of course.

That sounds great. I would be interested in reading Malina. I'm currently trying to read more female authors published in the GDR, such as Christa Wold, Brigitte Reimann, or Maxie Wander.

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message 32: by David (last edited Nov 28, 2020 05:29AM) (new)

Nov 28, 2020 05:28AM

I find it interesting that there are several titles by W.G. Sebald, who wrote in English but was German by birth and nationality, as well as several by Kafka, who wrote in German, but was most definitely not German, nor Austrian nor Swiss. What are the criteria for inclusion?

Would Beckett be included among a similar list of French writers?

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message 33: by Book2Dragon (new)

Jul 16, 2021 08:53PM

BookLovingLady wrote: "@Margareta

I personally have a shelf with mostly literature originally written in German:
german-austrian (The titles are in Dutch but the books were originally published in German)"

How about making a list then?

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message 34: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 17, 2021 12:07AM) (new)

Jul 17, 2021 12:01AM

@Book2Dragon
Not interested. Thanks.
(I already made one quite a while ago, see Nederlandse vertalingen van Duitstalige auteurs)

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message 35: by George P. (new)

Mar 05, 2023 10:05AM

# 678 Heimwee Naar de Jungle was written by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier in Spanish with title Los Pasos Perdidos (titled The Lost Steps in English).

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message 36: by Sano (new)

Mar 07, 2023 03:16AM

David wrote: "I find it interesting that there are several titles by W.G. Sebald, who wrote in English but was German by birth and nationality, as well as several by Kafka, who wrote in German, but was most defi..."

I think you are misinformed: Sebald wrote in German! Of course, he could also write in English, if he chose to do so, but his famous novels were written in the German language.

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message 37: by Clarice (last edited May 06, 2023 10:52PM) (new)

May 06, 2023 10:51PM

George P. wrote: "# 678 Heimwee Naar de Jungle was written by Cuban author Alejo Carpentier in Spanish with title Los Pasos Perdidos (titled The Lost Steps in English)."

Kafka was a Bohemian German speaker and wrote in German. I think it's safe to say, we can include him on this list. The nationality in one's passport is not a criterium for inclusion on this list. And as we all know, the borders of Germany are / were in flux.

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message 38: by Novall (new)

Feb 21, 2024 08:52AM