Books from Germany
247 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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Suferinţele tânărului Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe RO
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„O, ce fiinta e si omul ca se poate plinge de el insusi! Vreau in aceste clipe, iubite prietene, iti fagaduiesc, vreau sa ma indrept, nu vreau sa mai rumeg putinul rau pe care destinul ni-l harazeste, asa cum am facut pina acum; vreau sa ma bucur de clipa de fata, si tot ce e trecut sa ramina trecut. Desigur, tu ai dreptate, prietene; durerile oamenilor ar fi mai mici daca ei – Dumnezeu stie de ce sint facuti astfel! – nu s-ar ocupa cu un atit de mare zel al inchipuirii de amintirea relelor trecute si ar indura un prezent nepasator.“ (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
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Swimming in the Dark : A Novel by Tomasz Jedrowski EN
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"When university student Ludwik meets Janusz at a summer agricultural camp, he is fascinated yet wary of this handsome, carefree stranger. But a chance meeting by the river soon becomes an intense, exhilarating, and all-consuming affair. After their camp duties are fulfilled, the pair spend a dreamlike few weeks camping in the countryside, bonding over an illicit copy of James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room. Inhabiting a beautiful natural world removed from society and its constraints, Ludwik and Janusz fall deeply in love. But in their repressive communist and Catholic society, the passion they sh... continue
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Talus : Die Hexen von Edinburgh by Liza Grimm DE
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Eine skeptische Studentin, die plötzlich einem echten Geist gegenübersteht.
Ein begabter Tarotleger, der sich vor der Zukunft fürchtet.
Eine junge Hexe, die ihre Begabung verflucht.
Ein stolzer Wasserhexer, der die Wahrheit sucht.
Sie alle haben einen Herzenswunsch - und als das sagenumwobenene Artefakt Talus auftaucht, scheint die Erfüllung ihrer größten Träume zum Greifen nah. Aber ein so mächtiger Gegenstand ruft auch böse Mächte auf den Plan. Und je näher sie Talus kommen, desto dunkler werden die Geheimnisse, die das Artefakt... continue
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Tauben im Gras : Roman by Wolfgang Koeppen DE
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»Koeppens Werk besteht, wie das von allen Schriftstellern, aus Büchern von sehr unterschiedlicher Bedeutung. Ich schätze besonders den frühen Roman Eine unglückliche Liebe, den Roman Der Tod in Rom und das Fragment Jugend. Für das allerwichtigste Buch von Koeppen halte ich den herrlichen Roman Tauben im Gras, veröffentlicht 1951 und nach wie vor viel zu wenig bekannt. Wer diesen Roman nicht gelesen hat, der solle nicht glauben, er kenne die deutsche Literatur nach 1945.« Marcel Reich-Ranicki
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Tender Rebel by Johanna Lindsey EN
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Scottish beauty Roslynn Chadwick needs the safety of marriage to protect her from an unscrupulous cousin and the fortune-hunting scoundrels who covet her wealth. And Anthony Malory is precisely the sort of handsome rogue she's been warned against. A cunning, ruthless, yet irresistible rake, Anthony's sensual blue eyes speak of pleasures beyond her imagining—and Roslynn dearly wishes she dared to surrender to such a man. Believing his passionate promises will surely lead to disaster. But denying her heart may cost the exquisite Highlands lady an unparalleled love hotter than flame and more prec... continue
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The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers EN
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Unlike cats, bluebears have 27 lives, which can be very handy when one considers the manner in which the hero of this story repeatedly manages to avoid death only by a paw's breadth. The story describes Captain Bluebear's first 13 and a half lives.
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The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations by Max Weber EN
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Max Weber is widely recognized as the greatest of the founders of classical sociology. Yet whilst his thought is often associated with the development of capitalism in Western Europe or the analysis of modernity, Weber also had a profound scholarly interest in ancient societies and the Near East. The Agrarian Sociology of Ancient Civilizations—Weber's neglected masterpiece which first appeared in German in 1987 and was reissued in 1909—represents a fascinating and rigorous exercise to bring the newly-forged concepts of sociology to bear on civilizations as diverse as Mesopotamia and Egypt, Heb... continue
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The Appointment : A Novel by Katharina Volckmer EN
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“A darkly funny untangling of national and sexual identity.” —The Guardian * “Transgressive...Incendiary.” —The New Yorker * “A furious comic monologue...with a disregard for propriety worthy of Alexander Portnoy.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Sexy, hilarious, and subversive.” —The Paris Review For readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Han Kang, a whip-smart debut novel in which a woman on the verge of major change addresses her doctor in a stream of consciousness narrative. In a well-appointed examination in London, a young woman unburdens herself to a certain Dr. Seligman. Though she can bar... continue