100 German Must-Reads from Deutsche Welle

1.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,226 ratings
2.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,094 ratings
3.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,043 ratings
4.
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family 4.20 avg rating — 34,067 ratings
5.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 3.69 avg rating — 17,762 ratings
6.
Visitation
Visitation 3.58 avg rating — 6,227 ratings
7.
Homo Faber
Homo Faber 3.68 avg rating — 30,237 ratings
8.
The Wall
The Wall 4.03 avg rating — 27,525 ratings
9.
Measuring the World
Measuring the World 3.73 avg rating — 21,339 ratings
10.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,304 ratings
11.
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz 3.84 avg rating — 10,884 ratings
12.
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary
by: Anonymous
4.29 avg rating — 17,074 ratings
13.
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum 3.95 avg rating — 45,957 ratings
14.
The Piano Teacher
The Piano Teacher 3.60 avg rating — 15,369 ratings
15.
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 438,723 ratings
16.
The Giraffe's Neck
The Giraffe's Neck 3.20 avg rating — 2,434 ratings
17.
Demian
Demian 4.14 avg rating — 129,453 ratings
18.
Threepenny Novel
Threepenny Novel 3.77 avg rating — 1,182 ratings
19.
The Artificial Silk Girl
The Artificial Silk Girl 3.61 avg rating — 5,156 ratings
20.
Night Train to Lisbon
Night Train to Lisbon 3.74 avg rating — 27,127 ratings
21.
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone 3.98 avg rating — 2,781 ratings
22.
The Method
The Method
by: Juli Zeh
3.32 avg rating — 18,570 ratings
23.
Jakob von Gunten
Jakob von Gunten 3.88 avg rating — 5,804 ratings
24.
A Whole Life
A Whole Life 3.94 avg rating — 22,387 ratings
25.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
26.
The Loyal Subject
The Loyal Subject 3.53 avg rating — 4,871 ratings
26.
Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel 3.88 avg rating — 2,499 ratings
28.
The Oppermanns
The Oppermanns 4.41 avg rating — 2,073 ratings
29.
Auto-da-FĂ©
Auto-da-Fé 4.02 avg rating — 6,567 ratings
30.
Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten
Fabian. Die Geschichte eines Moralisten 4.15 avg rating — 8,566 ratings
31.
Alone in Berlin
Alone in Berlin 4.27 avg rating — 35,339 ratings
32.
Beware of Pity
Beware of Pity 4.26 avg rating — 19,908 ratings
33.
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross 3.97 avg rating — 3,095 ratings
34.
Memoirs of an Anti-Semite
Memoirs of an Anti-Semite 4.08 avg rating — 1,289 ratings
35.
The Discovery of Slowness
The Discovery of Slowness 3.94 avg rating — 3,992 ratings
36.
Woodcutters
Woodcutters 4.19 avg rating — 7,951 ratings
37.
Agnes
Agnes 3.23 avg rating — 6,039 ratings
38.
The Mussel Feast
The Mussel Feast 3.66 avg rating — 4,532 ratings
39.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,612 ratings
40.
Mrs Sartoris
Mrs Sartoris 3.48 avg rating — 233 ratings
41.
The Swarm
The Swarm 4.10 avg rating — 29,053 ratings
42.
Babylon Berlin
Babylon Berlin 3.76 avg rating — 8,870 ratings
43.
The Tower
The Tower 3.50 avg rating — 1,020 ratings
44.
Broken Glass Park
Broken Glass Park 3.52 avg rating — 2,230 ratings
45.
The Hunger Angel
The Hunger Angel 3.90 avg rating — 6,792 ratings
46.
The End of Loneliness
The End of Loneliness 4.38 avg rating — 57,521 ratings
47.
Bricks and Mortar
Bricks and Mortar 3.32 avg rating — 288 ratings
48.
The Confusions of Young Törless
The Confusions of Young Törless 3.67 avg rating — 9,865 ratings
49.
Altes Land
Altes Land 4.02 avg rating — 8,057 ratings
50.
My Heart: A Novel of Love
My Heart: A Novel of Love 3.45 avg rating — 71 ratings
51.
Rheinsberg: ein Bilderbuch fĂĽr Verliebte
Rheinsberg: ein Bilderbuch für Verliebte 3.50 avg rating — 573 ratings
52.
Storm of Steel
Storm of Steel 4.15 avg rating — 20,487 ratings
53.
Job
Job 3.90 avg rating — 5,754 ratings
54.
Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers 3.91 avg rating — 1,249 ratings
55.
Mephisto
Mephisto 4.07 avg rating — 5,644 ratings
56.
The Vienna Melody
The Vienna Melody 3.86 avg rating — 576 ratings
57.
The Greater Hope
The Greater Hope 3.80 avg rating — 351 ratings
58.
Death in Rome
Death in Rome 3.90 avg rating — 578 ratings
59.
Die Dämonen
Die Dämonen 4.34 avg rating — 171 ratings
60.
Payback
Payback 3.95 avg rating — 262 ratings
61.
They Divided the Sky
They Divided the Sky 3.40 avg rating — 1,974 ratings
62.
Jakob the Liar
Jakob the Liar 3.85 avg rating — 3,339 ratings
63.
Anniversaries: From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl
Anniversaries: From the Life of Gesine Cresspahl 4.34 avg rating — 495 ratings
64.
Malina
Malina 4.04 avg rating — 5,022 ratings
65.
Short Letter, Long Farewell
Short Letter, Long Farewell 3.31 avg rating — 2,299 ratings
66.
The New Sorrows of Young W.
The New Sorrows of Young W. 3.29 avg rating — 3,583 ratings
67.
The Nazi and the Barber
The Nazi and the Barber 3.99 avg rating — 2,092 ratings
68.
Runaway Horse
Runaway Horse 3.40 avg rating — 1,438 ratings
69.
The Wall Jumper: A Berlin Story
The Wall Jumper: A Berlin Story 3.62 avg rating — 1,508 ratings
70.
Insane
Insane 3.71 avg rating — 482 ratings
71.
Raw Material
Raw Material 4.11 avg rating — 1,003 ratings
72.
The Film Explainer
The Film Explainer 3.57 avg rating — 84 ratings
73.
You Are Not Like Other Mothers
You Are Not Like Other Mothers 4.09 avg rating — 2,522 ratings
74.
Life Is a Caravanserai
Life Is a Caravanserai 3.71 avg rating — 322 ratings
75.
Brother of Sleep
Brother of Sleep 3.80 avg rating — 4,149 ratings
76.
Ich
Ich 3.51 avg rating — 103 ratings
77.
Animal triste
Animal triste 3.95 avg rating — 896 ratings
78.
Midsummer Night
Midsummer Night
by: Uwe Timm
3.41 avg rating — 229 ratings
79.
Lost
Lost 3.02 avg rating — 1,554 ratings
80.
The Tortoises
The Tortoises 3.58 avg rating — 69 ratings
81.
The Shadow-Boxing Woman
The Shadow-Boxing Woman 3.01 avg rating — 105 ratings
82.
The Architects
The Architects 3.48 avg rating — 168 ratings
83.
Berlin Blues
Berlin Blues 3.91 avg rating — 6,794 ratings
84.
The Swimmer
The Swimmer 3.89 avg rating — 1,075 ratings
85.
Young Light (Seagull Books - Seagull World Literature)
Young Light (Seagull Books - Seagull World Literature) 3.67 avg rating — 209 ratings
86.
Day In Day Out
Day In Day Out 3.66 avg rating — 330 ratings
87.
The Collector of Worlds
The Collector of Worlds 3.46 avg rating — 1,304 ratings
88.
The Blind Side of the Heart
The Blind Side of the Heart 3.48 avg rating — 2,328 ratings
89.
A Minute's Silence
A Minute's Silence 3.51 avg rating — 2,416 ratings
90.
An Exclusive Love
An Exclusive Love 3.73 avg rating — 1,203 ratings
91.
Apostoloff
Apostoloff 3.08 avg rating — 159 ratings
92.
Summer Resort
Summer Resort 3.24 avg rating — 37 ratings
93.
Why We Took the Car
Why We Took the Car 3.54 avg rating — 35,413 ratings
94.
In Times of Fading Light
In Times of Fading Light 3.68 avg rating — 3,652 ratings
95.
All Russians Love Birch Trees
All Russians Love Birch Trees 3.73 avg rating — 3,070 ratings
96.
Atlas of an Anxious Man
Atlas of an Anxious Man 3.87 avg rating — 586 ratings
97.
Maybe Esther: A Family Story
Maybe Esther: A Family Story 3.84 avg rating — 1,801 ratings
98.
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
Memoirs of a Polar Bear 3.37 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
99.
Kruso
Kruso 3.27 avg rating — 866 ratings
100.
Hooligan
Hooligan 3.66 avg rating — 703 ratings