Books from Germany
185 popular german books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Germany.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Undine by Friedrich de La Motte Fouqué EN
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Undine is a novel by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque concerning Undine, a water spirit who marries a Knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. It is an early German romance, which has been translated into English and other languages. During the nineteenth century the book was very popular and was, according to The Times in 1843, "a book which, of all others, if you ask for it at a foreign library, you are sure to find engaged."
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»Ich möchte dir für immer die Möglichkeit nehmen, nicht zu wissen, wer ich war. Du sollst erfahren, wie es deiner Familie in Deutschland ging, wie der letzte Sommer meiner Jugend war, bevor fast alle meine Freunde verschwunden sind. Du sollst wissen, wie es war, als deine alten Freunde mir auf die Schulter klopften und sagten, ich würde irgendwann werden wie du: Held einer gescheiterten Revolution. Ich werde diese Geschichten aufschreiben.«
Necati Öziri schreibt eine Familiengeschichte über einen Sohn, eine Mutter und eine Schwester, deren Leben und... continue
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Vertigo by Winfried Georg Sebald EN
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Part fiction, part travelogue, the narrator of this compelling masterpiece pursues his solitary, eccentric course from England to Italy and beyond, succumbing to the vertiginous unreliability of memory itself. What could possibly connect Stendhal's unrequited love, the artistry of Pisanello, a series of murders by a clandestine organisation, a missing passport, Casanova, the suicide of a dinner companion, stale apple cake, the Great Fire of London, a story by Kafka about a doomed huntsman and a closed-down pizzeria in Verona?
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Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck EN
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A forested property on a Brandenburg lake outside of Berlin lies at the heart of this novel. This novel offers us the stories of twelve individuals who make their homes here.
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Von Norden rollt ein Donner : Roman by Markus Thielemann DE
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Täglich treiben der 19-jährige Jannes und seine Familie die Schafe über die Flächen der Lüneburger Heide. Doch es herrscht eine gärende Unruhe in der Gegend, der Wolf ist zurück. Es mehren sich Schafsrisse und mit ihnen Konflikte im Dorf, die schnell politisch werden.
Kann Heimatschutz Gewalt rechtfertigen? Während sich die Situation zuspitzt und in Selbstjustiz der Bevölkerung zu eskalieren droht, flüchtet Jannes zu seinen Schafen in die Heide. Bis er dort immer wieder auf eine merkwürdige Frau trifft. Er beginnt, ihr zu folgen, und ko... continue
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Wedervaring by Bodo Kirchhoff NL
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Een al wat oudere man en vrouw ervaren op Sicilië de liefde voor elkaar, maar die wordt op de proef gesteld als een Afrikaanse vluchtelinge hun pad kruist.
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What You Can See From Here by Mariana Leky EN
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“I loved this novel truly, madly, deeply.” —Nina George, bestselling author of The Book of Dreams and The Little Paris Bookshop In this international bestseller by the award-winning novelist Mariana Leky, a heartwarming story unfolds about a small town, a grandmother whose dreams foretell a coming death, and the young woman forever changed by these losses and her loving, endearingly oddball community On a beautiful spring day, a small village wakes up to an omen: Selma has dreamed of an okapi. Someone is about to die. Luisa, Selma’s ten-year-old granddaughter, looks on as the predictable chara... continue
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Why We Took the Car by Wolfgang Herrndorf EN
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An American debut by a best-selling German author follows the darkly comic coming-of-age story of misfits Mike and Tschick, whose decided unpopularity and exclusion from a gorgeous girl's party trigger a fateful road trip.
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Wir Kinder Von Bahnhof Zoo by Christiane F. DE
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I selvbiografisk form fortæller den 15-årige Christiane, hvordan samfundsmæssige forhold, dårlige familie- og boligforhold, samt manglende venner får hende til at blive heroin-junkie og barneluder som 13-årig