German Literature

19,922 members

237 reviews

4

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2

The Metamorphosis

12,520 members

221 reviews

3.9

20 Members: kaixo, smcwl, Rodemail, roby72, blackdove07, Myyst, Myrrha, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, alex68, plt, ahef1963, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, Tinuvia, zottel, FranzK72, Bryan1991, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Magic Mountain

All Quiet on the Western Front

9,621 members

176 reviews

4.2

16 Members: eromsted, kaixo, Rodemail, roby72, Myrrha, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, chwiggy, zottel, FranzK72, Bryan1991, Drapetsona

4

by Erich Maria Remarque

19,120 members

403 reviews

4.1

16 Members: eromsted, aulsmith, roby72, jsabater, Myyst, Myrrha, thecoroner, lewbs, leigonj, alex68, Bretzky1, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, FranzK72, Bryan1991

5

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

5,684 members

109 reviews

4.2

15 Members: thorold, aulsmith, Rodemail, roby72, jsabater, Myrrha, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, Tinuvia, FranzK72, Bryan1991

6

Faust I & II

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

5,448 members

40 reviews

3.9

12 Members: eromsted, kaixo, thorold, roby72, Myrrha, thecoroner, alex68, plt, rplinke, FranzK72, Bryan1991, Drapetsona

7

The Castle

8,261 members

93 reviews

3.9

14 Members: eromsted, kaixo, Rodemail, roby72, Myyst, Myrrha, thecoroner, lewbs, leigonj, alex68, plt, rplinke, chwiggy, Bryan1991

8

Steppenwolf

by Hermann Hesse

13,534 members

193 reviews

4

15 Members: thorold, roby72, Myyst, Myrrha, thecoroner, Dilara86, leigonj, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, Tinuvia, chwiggy, Bryan1991, Drapetsona,jsabater

9

The Threepenny Opera

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

1,630 members

20 reviews

3.9

13 Members: hipdeep, smcwl, aulsmith, roby72, blackdove07, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, plt, ahef1963, Tinuvia, Bryan1991, Drapetsona

10

The Tin Drum

by Günter Grass

7,614 members

93 reviews

4

11 Members: eromsted, thorold, roby72, Myrrha, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, plt, rplinke, Tinuvia, FranzK72

11

by Brothers Grimm

874 members

8 reviews

4.2

11 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, plt, ahef1963, FranzK72, Bryan1991, ManWithAnAgenda, Drapetsona

12

Berlin Alexanderplatz

by Alfred Döblin

2,720 members

40 reviews

3.8

11 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, FranzK72, Bryan1991, Drapetsona, UKK

13

Homo Faber

by Max Frisch

2,540 members

29 reviews

3.8

11 Members: kaixo, blackdove07, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, Lapsus16, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, chwiggy, Bryan1991,jsabater

14

The Man Without Qualities

by Robert Musil

618 members

12 reviews

4.2

8 Members: kaixo, Rodemail, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, plt, zottel, FranzK72

15

Death in Venice

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

5,359 members

104 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, plt, FranzK72, Bryan1991, ManWithAnAgenda

16

2,505 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

10 Members: roby72, jsabater, blackdove07, Myyst, leigonj, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, chwiggy, FranzK72, Drapetsona

17

Doctor Faustus

4,108 members

47 reviews

4.1

9 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, plt, zottel, FranzK72, Drapetsona

18

The Clown

2,483 members

40 reviews

4

11 Members: thorold, roby72, jsabater, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, FranzK72, Drapetsona

19

Siddhartha

by Hermann Hesse

27,865 members

380 reviews

4

8 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, blackdove07, Myrrha, Bretzky1, plt, Tinuvia, chwiggy

20

The Visit

1,435 members

15 reviews

3.9

10 Members: smcwl, aulsmith, blackdove07, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, plt, rplinke, chwiggy, FranzK72

21

The Physicists

1,926 members

11 reviews

4.1

11 Members: kaixo, blackdove07, Myyst, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, plt, Tinuvia, chwiggy, FranzK72, Drapetsona,jsabater

22

Auto-da-Fé

by Elias Canetti

2,354 members

30 reviews

4

9 Members: thorold, Rodemail, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Lapsus16, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, FranzK72

23

The Radetzky March

by Joseph Roth

2,892 members

76 reviews

4.2

9 Members: roby72, jsabater, thecoroner, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, chwiggy, FranzK72, Bryan1991

24

Chess Story

The Confusions of Young Törless

4,020 members

117 reviews

4.1

9 Members: kaixo, blackdove07, Myyst, lewbs, alex68, zumstein, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke

25

Effi Briest

by Theodor Fontane

2,214 members

32 reviews

½ 3.6

9 Members: thorold, Rodemail, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, Tinuvia, Drapetsona

26

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche

13,382 members

107 reviews

3.9

9 Members: Rodemail, roby72, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, zumstein, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, chwiggy,bluepiano
Explanations: bluepiano : non-fiction

27

by Robert Musil

2,150 members

33 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, FranzK72

28

Nibelungenlied

by Anonymous

2,931 members

32 reviews

3.8

6 Members: smcwl, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, Drapetsona

29

Joseph and His Brothers: The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the Provider

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

1,107 members

19 reviews

4

7 Members: Rodemail, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, FranzK72, Drapetsona

30

Malina

by Ingeborg Bachmann

749 members

11 reviews

3.8

6 Members: thorold, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, kthxy, Bryan1991

31

The Rings of Saturn

by W. G. Sebald

3,313 members

82 reviews

4.2

7 Members: kaixo, thorold, thecoroner, lewbs, Lapsus16, si, FlorianKarpfinger

32

by Patrick Süskind

18,160 members

449 reviews

3.9

6 Members: blackdove07, Myrrha, si, ahef1963, rplinke, Bryan1991,jsabater

33

Simplicissimus

by Johann Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen

1,209 members

17 reviews

3.8

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Tinuvia, chwiggy, FranzK72, Drapetsona

34

Amerika

The Marquise of O and Other Stories

2,366 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: Rodemail, roby72, thecoroner, leigonj, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72

35

by Heinrich von Kleist

840 members

11 reviews

3.8

5 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, Lapsus16, Drapetsona

36

The Piano Teacher

by Elfriede Jelinek

2,006 members

40 reviews

½ 3.5

8 Members: thorold, blackdove07, thecoroner, leigonj, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, FranzK72

37

Mother Courage and Her Children

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

2,389 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

6 Members: smcwl, thorold, blackdove07, Myyst, plt, Drapetsona

38

by Rainer Maria Rilke

2,495 members

26 reviews

3.9

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, plt, FranzK72

39

The Invention of Curried Sausage

by Uwe Timm

619 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: thorold, Lapsus16, zumstein, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke

40

Life of Galileo

2,257 members

18 reviews

3.8

5 Members: hipdeep, blackdove07, Myyst, Tinuvia, chwiggy

41

Group Portrait With Lady

1,323 members

18 reviews

3.9

6 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72

42

Faust, Part One

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

5,036 members

39 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thorold, blackdove07, leigonj, Tinuvia, FranzK72,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : Duplicate (unless you're saying only Pt. 1 is worth reading)

43

The Neverending Story

by Michael Ende

12,121 members

227 reviews

4.1

6 Members: blackdove07, Dilara86, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, Tinuvia,JuliaMaria

44

The Quarry

The Judge and His Hangman

647 members

5 reviews

3.9

6 Members: thorold, blackdove07, thecoroner, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, chwiggy

45

Man of Straw

by Heinrich Mann

850 members

11 reviews

3.9

5 Members: eromsted, jsabater, Lapsus16, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke

46

1,736 members

21 reviews

3.8

6 Members: thorold, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, chwiggy, FranzK72

47

Wittgenstein's Nephew

by Thomas Bernhard

1,037 members

28 reviews

4.1

5 Members: thorold, blackdove07, Lapsus16, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke

48

The Pledge

The rider on the white horse

1,125 members

23 reviews

4

6 Members: thorold, thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, chwiggy, FranzK72

49

Youth Without God

by Ödön von Horváth

567 members

11 reviews

3.9

5 Members: blackdove07, FlorianKarpfinger, Tinuvia, chwiggy, zottel

50

by Theodor Storm

938 members

18 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: inge87, thorold, blackdove07, chwiggy

51

Leonce and Lena + Woyzeck

by Georg Büchner

454 members

1 review

½ 3.6

5 Members: smcwl, blackdove07, alex68, Lapsus16, Bryan1991

52

Momo

by Michael Ende

3,980 members

87 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: blackdove07, Dilara86, Lapsus16, FlorianKarpfinger, Tinuvia,JuliaMaria

53

The Pigeon

by Patrick Süskind

1,598 members

36 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: blackdove07, Dilara86, si, zumstein,JuliaMaria

54

The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade

by Peter Weiss

1,245 members

13 reviews

3.9

4 Members: eromsted, aulsmith, Myyst, Lapsus16

55

Lieutenant Gustl

by Arthur Schnitzler

338 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, plt, FranzK72

56

I'm Not Stiller

by Max Frisch

1,366 members

16 reviews

4

5 Members: alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, Tinuvia, Bryan1991

57

The World of Yesterday

The Good Woman of Setzuan

2,566 members

76 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: smcwl, Rodemail, alex68, plt, Drapetsona

58

1,213 members

14 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aulsmith, blackdove07, Myyst, Tinuvia

59

The Complete Stories

Reclam Studienausgabe : Georg Büchner : Woyzeck

5,768 members

27 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, leigonj, Drapetsona

60

Mary Stuart

by Friedrich Schiller

848 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: inge87, roby72, thecoroner, chwiggy

61

Jacob the Liar

by Jurek Becker

683 members

15 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Lapsus16, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke

62

by Georg Büchner

211 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: smcwl, Myyst, thecoroner, Drapetsona

63

The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr together with a fragmentary Biography of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler on Random Sheets of Waste Paper

by E. T. A. Hoffmann

805 members

24 reviews

4

4 Members: thorold, Rodemail, lewbs, Drapetsona
Explanations: thorold: The title explains it perfectly

64

The Reader

by Bernhard Schlink

13,432 members

393 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: blackdove07, si, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke

65

Billiards at Half-Past Nine

And Where Were You, Adam?

1,361 members

20 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thorold, jsabater, plt, FlorianKarpfinger

66

Austerlitz

by W. G. Sebald

4,128 members

101 reviews

4.1

6 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, plt, FlorianKarpfinger,JuliaMaria

67

Jakob von Gunten

by Robert Walser

1,238 members

30 reviews

3.9

4 Members: thorold, thecoroner, alex68, si

68

Measuring the World

by Daniel Kehlmann

3,185 members

107 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: alex68, rplinke, Tinuvia, Bryan1991

69

The Tower: Tales from a Lost Country

412 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: thorold, jsabater, FlorianKarpfinger, Tinuvia

70

by Uwe Tellkamp

504 members

14 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Rodemail, lagrandeschmock, FlorianKarpfinger

71

Tales of a Long Night

by Alfred Döblin

102 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: FlorianKarpfinger, Tinuvia, chwiggy, Bryan1991

72

Emil and the Detectives

by Erich Kästner

1,824 members

35 reviews

4

5 Members: thorold, thecoroner, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, Tinuvia

73

Mary, Queen of Scotland and the Isles

706 members

11 reviews

4

4 Members: smcwl, thecoroner, plt, FlorianKarpfinger

74

Tonio Kröger

593 members

11 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aulsmith, Rodemail, thecoroner, plt

75

Vertigo

by W. G. Sebald

1,637 members

25 reviews

3.9

4 Members: thorold, Lapsus16, FlorianKarpfinger, Bryan1991

76

Every Man Dies Alone

by Hans Fallada

3,615 members

159 reviews

4.2

4 Members: jsabater, Dilara86, plt, FlorianKarpfinger

77

Mario and the Magician

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny [libretto]

297 members

7 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: Rodemail, jsabater, FlorianKarpfinger, Drapetsona

78

The Seventh Cross

by Anna Seghers

801 members

15 reviews

4.1

3 Members: FlorianKarpfinger, Drapetsona, Nepumuk

79

The Death of Virgil

by Hermann Broch

1,183 members

14 reviews

4

3 Members: thecoroner, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger

80

Letters to a Young Poet

by Rainer Maria Rilke

6,532 members

92 reviews

4.2

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, plt

81

The Thief Lord

by Cornelia Funke

9,093 members

191 reviews

3.8

3 Members: blackdove07, Lapsus16, cej1027,rplinke

82

Cassandra

by Christa Wolf

703 members

14 reviews

4

4 Members: Rodemail, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, Drapetsona

83

Lisa and Lottie

by Erich Kästner

835 members

14 reviews

4.1

4 Members: thorold, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, Tinuvia

84

Medea

by Christa Wolf

479 members

9 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Rodemail, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, Drapetsona

85

The Blue Angel

by Heinrich Mann

663 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: thorold, alex68, plt, FlorianKarpfinger

86

The Flounder

by Günter Grass

1,359 members

19 reviews

3.8

3 Members: eromsted, plt, rplinke

87

Parzival

by Wolfram von Eschenbach

1,682 members

11 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, Drapetsona

88

Andorra

by Max Frisch

1,023 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: blackdove07, rplinke, chwiggy

89

Job: The Story of a Simple Man

186 members

1 review

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, plt

90

by Joseph Roth

922 members

23 reviews

4

4 Members: thecoroner, plt, FlorianKarpfinger, Drapetsona

91

Beware of Pity

Fabian: The Story of a Moralist

1,716 members

45 reviews

4.2

3 Members: smcwl, thecoroner, plt

92

by Erich Kästner

513 members

17 reviews

4

4 Members: thorold, blackdove07, plt, FlorianKarpfinger

93

Nathan the Wise

by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

1,259 members

7 reviews

3.8

3 Members: blackdove07, Tinuvia, chwiggy

94

Mephisto

by Klaus Mann

1,085 members

17 reviews

4

3 Members: FlorianKarpfinger, Tinuvia, Drapetsona

95

The Caucasian chalk circle

Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman

1,120 members

11 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: blackdove07, Myyst, plt

96

Die Aula

by Hermann Kant

94 members

1 review

3

2 Members: DefinitelyUnlikely, Drapetsona

97

Doktor Murkes gesammeltes Schweigen und andere Satiren

1,026 members

31 reviews

4

3 Members: smcwl, plt, Tinuvia

98